Metromedia adverts!
With the tagline: "A Man Fighting Fire... A Girl Fighting Fear...," Iver boldly advertised two titles on their new Metromedia label - both of which becoming minor rental successes...
Plucked from the expansive vaults of the US-based Metromedia (Television) company, with whom Iver had struck gold in securing a lucrative distribution arrangement: It is here that Iver "dumped" their former television titles; those supposedly low-key efforts which were deemed unsuitable for the main flagship IFS label.
The first of these, FIREHOUSE, a superior racial drama and television pilot in which 'Shaft' star Richard Roundtree plays a "rookie" firefighter, who joins a predominantly white New York fire team. FIREHOUSE was re-released in 1986 by Krypton Force' Delta Video (the same independent distributor behind sub-labels, Eagle Crest, Kestrel Gold, Crown Crest, Filmview and Ambassador Video labels), which appeared under its alternate title, Night Watch.
A short time later (approx March 1990), No Place to Hide was re-released, appearing on the obscure Genesis Video label. This time however John Llewellyn Moxey's superior "oddball" drama went out under the curious title of Soon Amy Soon.
At the time of writing, both films are notably absent from any of the "modern" digital home video formats.
Plucked from the expansive vaults of the US-based Metromedia (Television) company, with whom Iver had struck gold in securing a lucrative distribution arrangement: It is here that Iver "dumped" their former television titles; those supposedly low-key efforts which were deemed unsuitable for the main flagship IFS label.
The first of these, FIREHOUSE, a superior racial drama and television pilot in which 'Shaft' star Richard Roundtree plays a "rookie" firefighter, who joins a predominantly white New York fire team. FIREHOUSE was re-released in 1986 by Krypton Force' Delta Video (the same independent distributor behind sub-labels, Eagle Crest, Kestrel Gold, Crown Crest, Filmview and Ambassador Video labels), which appeared under its alternate title, Night Watch.
A short time later (approx March 1990), No Place to Hide was re-released, appearing on the obscure Genesis Video label. This time however John Llewellyn Moxey's superior "oddball" drama went out under the curious title of Soon Amy Soon.
At the time of writing, both films are notably absent from any of the "modern" digital home video formats.
