You can win this prize package built around long-lost '80s action flick Miami Connection. Enter below for your shot at the VHS Starter Kit.
Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, for your chance to win a time machine* — or rather, a VCR you can connect to your screen of choice and play back the “lost” action flick Miami Connection, a 1980s gem full of cocaine ninjas, cheesy synthpop and battling masters of tae kwon do.
Now that the 1987 movie, which martial artist/philosopher Y.K. Kim co-wrote and co-directed with Woo-sang Park, has been pulled intact from the trash heap of history by a film producer from Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, it’s turning into something of a cult hit. As Alamo Drafthouse programmer Zack Carlson wrote in a recent essay for Wired (“Miami Connection Destroys the Myth of ‘So Bad They’re Good’ Movies),” Miami Connection ”is amateurish and dated … and sincerely, powerfully, supernaturally, unbelievably entertaining.”
The film gets re-released today on DVD, Blu-ray, limited-edition VHS (only 400 copies) and various digital download options (starting at $6) as a result of the Alamo’s partnership with indie distribution platform VHX.
But while anyone can own Miami Connection in all its glory now, there’s only one Miami Connection VHS Starter Kit. This deluxe prize, brought to you by Wired and Alamo Drafthouse Films, includes the following items (which can be seen in the gallery above, along with the Miami Connection trailer and an exclusive “making of” clip):
• VCR plus AV cables
• VHS copy of Miami Connection
• Three mystery ’80s action movies on VHS from the personal collection of Drafthouse Films’ Creative Director Evan Husney
• Blu-ray of Miami Connection
• Large Dragon Sound T-shirt
• 7-inch Dragon Sound vinyl soundtrack
To qualify for the giveaway, leave a comment below telling us what your favorite ’80s action flick is and why. Deadline to enter is 12:01 a.m. Pacific on Dec. 18, 2012. One randomly selected winner will be notified by e-mail or Twitter. Winners must live in the United States.
Note: If you do not have an e-mail address or Twitter handle associated with your Disqus login, you must include contact information in your comment to be eligible. Any winner who does not respond to Wired’s notification within 72 hours will forfeit the prize.
*Not an actual time machine.
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