Before she was all prim and proper and a Serious Actress a young Nicole Kidman would star for Australian B-Movie maestro Brian Trenchard-Smith in BMX Bandits, a film that would go on to spawn an unlikely international cult. And now all those cultists can get their fix thanks to an upcoming DVD and BluRay release from Severin Films. Here's the official word:
WALKIE-TALKIES, COOL BICYCLES, '80S SYNTH MUSIC AND A 16-YEAR-OLD NICOLE KIDMAN - YES, IT'S THE CULT FAVORITE ON DISC AT LAST!
BMX BANDITS
The Big-Screen Debut by the Future Oscar Winner and Current Nominee Flies Onto
Blu-ray and DVD for the First Time on March 15, 2011, Packed With Priceless Extras
"After The Others, this is my favorite Nicole Kidman performance." - Quentin Tarantino
"a fast-moving comedy-chase thriller ... The stunt-riding is excellent." - David Stratton, Variety
New York, NY (February 1, 2011) - Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman had her first leading movie role at age 16 as the pouffy-haired star of BMX BANDITS, the action comedy about a cache of stolen walkie-talkies, three BMX bike-riding friends and the ruthless bank robbers on their tale. The cult favorite from 1983 makes its long-awaited Blu-ray and DVD debut on March 15, 2011, via Severin Films, with an SRP of $24.98 and $19.98, respectively.
The movie is accompanied by a hilarious vintage interview with the teenaged Kidman and commentary by director Brian Trenchard-Smith.
BMX BANDITS is a high-flying ride to adventure filled with wild stunts, cool bike outfits, creepy innuendo, cheezy synth music, an obnoxious fat kid, and gobs of fast and furious fun as the three young pals are pursued through every graveyard, shopping mall, construction site and waterpark in New South Wales, Australia.
John Ley (Mad Max), David Argue (Razorback) and Bryan Marshall (The Long Good Friday) co-star with Kidman, Oscar winner for The Hours and Best Actress nominee for 2010's Rabbit Hole. Kidman is an icon of modern Hollywood thanks to her performances in such films as To Die For, Eyes Wide Shut and Moulin Rouge, but BMX BANDITS will give her countless fans a look at her earliest work - complete with her natural wild red hair!
The Down Under cult classic - it became a long-building hit on video and cable TV in the 1980s - was directed by "Ozploitation" master Brian Trenchard-Smith (Turkey Shoot, Dead-End Drive In, Stunt Rock). The thrilling and breathtaking cinematography is by future Oscar winner John Seale (The English Patient, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone).