DVD, Digital HD Release: Operation Avalanche

Digital Release Date: Jan. 3, 2017, DVD Release Date: Jan. 3, 2017
Price: DVD $13.99
Studio: Lionsgate


Filmmaker and actor Matt Johnson stars alongside Owen Williams and Josh Boles as undercover CIA agents on a Cold War-era mission at NASA in the conspiracy thriller Operation Avalanche.

operation-avalanche1_optIn 1967, the two CIA operatives go undercover at NASA to investigate a possible Russian mole. In disguise as documentary filmmakers, they tap phones and break into offices while purporting to learn more about the Apollo project.  But when they end up uncovering a shocking NASA secret — and a major government cover-up — they decide to embark on a new mission that may put their own lives at risk.

In its DVD incarnation, the critically well-received R-rated film, a festival favorite, contains the following bonuses:

  • Audio Commentaries
    • Director’s Commentary with Matt Johnson
    • “The Look of Operation Avalanche” Commentary with Directors of Photography Andy Appelle and Jared Raab, Colorist Conor Fisher and 16mm Film Artist Pablo Perez
    • “Writing Through Editing – The Post Production of Operation Avalanche” Commentary with Producer Matthew Miller, Editor Curt Lobb and VFX Supervisor Tristan Zerafa
  • Deleted Scenes
    • “A Huge Mission”
    • “Setting Up”
    • “Webb Tap”
    • “Shut It Down”
  • Behind the Scenes Featurettes
    • “Behind the Scenes: Operation Avalanche
    • “Behind the Scenes: Car Chase”
    • “Behind the Scenes: Pool Party”
    • “The Creators Project – Reanimating Kubrick”
    • “Vice Presents – The Making of Operation Avalanche
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Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.