Duke Mitchell Collection (Massacre Mafia Style & Gone With The Pope)

Massacre Mafia Style (1978)

Italian-American actor and nightclub singer Duke Mitchell wrote, produced, directed and starred in this homemade answer to THE GODFATHER, self-financed with earnings from his career as the self-proclaimed "Mr. Palm Springs." Previously known for his Martin and Lewis act with Sammy Petrillo as seen in BELA LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLA, Duke plays the ruthless son of a Mafia kingpin who blasts his way through Hollywood on a bloody crime spree. Promising "more guts, more action, more dynamite" than the Mario Puzo gangster classic, MASSACRE MAFIA STYLE delivers an onslaught of low-budget mayhem unlike anything you've ever seen. Grindhouse Releasing proudly presents the definitive release of the most violent movie ever made!

Gone With The Pope (2010)

Lost for over 30 years, GONE WITH THE POPE stars famed nightclub performer Duke Mitchell as Paul, a paroled gangster with an unholy scheme: to kidnap the Pope and charge "a dollar from every Catholic in the world" as the ransom. Shot in 1975, GONE WITH THE POPE was unfinished at the time of Duke Mitchell's death in 1981. Sage Stallone and Bob Murawski of Grindhouse Releasing rediscovered GONE WITH THE POPE in 1995 and vowed to save it from obscurity. Academy Award-winning film editor Murawski (THE HURT LOCKER, ARMY OF DARKNESS) spent 15 years completing GONE WITH THE POPE from the surviving film elements. Grindhouse Releasing proudly presents the Holy Grail of exploitation cinema!

Format: Blu-Ray & DVD
Region/TV Standard: Region 0 / NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles: None
Running Time: MMS: 82 mins / GWTP: 83 mins
Aspect Ratio: MMS: 1.85:1 / GWTP: 1.78:1
Case Type: Standard with slipcover
Extra Features::

Massacre Mafia Style

DISC ONE (Blu-ray)

"Like Father, Like Son" documentary (43:20)
Matt Cimber and Jim Lobianco interviews (10:10)
Duke Mitchell’s Home Movies (52:00)
"Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla" feature film (74:20) (480i NTSC)
"Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla" Trailer
"Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla" Stills Gallery
An Impressionistic Tribute to Jimmy Durante (37:10) (480i NTSC)
Stills Galleries
- Production stills and materials
- Color stills
- Theatrical production art
- Home video art
- Duke Mitchell promotional photos
- Duke Mitchell and Cara Salerno filmographies
Theatrical Trailer
Radio spots
Grindhouse Releasing trailers
- "Cannibal Ferox"
- "Cannibal Holocaust"
- "The Beyond"
- "Pieces"
- "An American Hippie in Israel"
- "Gone with the Pope"
- "The Tough Ones"
- "Poor White Trash 2"
- "Cat in the Brain"
- "I Drink Your Blood"

DISC TWO (DVD Copy)

Gone With The Pope

DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
* The Film
"The Players" documentary (66:52)
"Shooting 'Pope'" featurette (23:18)
"Restoring 'Pope'" featurette (3:14)
Deleted Scenes (17:18)
Outtakes (12:41)
"Inserts" featurette (6:11)
"Frankie Carr and the Nov-Elites: Live in Vegas" performance (8:15)
"Hollywood World Premiere" featurette (20:48)
Galleries
- "Production Materials" (34 images)
- "Theatrical Release" (34 images)
Duke Mitchell Filmography (with trailers for "Massacre Mafia Style" and "Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla")
Theatrical Trailer (2:00)
Disc Credits

DISC TWO (DVD)
* The Film
"The Players" documentary (66:52)
"Shooting 'Pope'" featurette (23:18)
"Restoring 'Pope'" featurette (3:14)
Deleted Scenes (17:18)
Outtakes (12:41)
"Inserts" featurette (6:11)
"Frankie Carr and the Nov-Elites: Live in Vegas" performance (8:15)
"Hollywood World Premiere" featurette (20:48)
Galleries
- "Production Materials" (34 images)
- "Theatrical Release" (34 images)
Duke Mitchell Filmography (with trailers for "Massacre Mafia Style" and "Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla")
Theatrical Trailer (2:00)

DVD-ROM: Early Treatment and Script Pages (.pdf, 57 pages) and "Kidnapping the Pope in The Grey Zone: The Re/constructive Restoration of
Gone with the Pope" by John Damer (.pdf, 20 pages)