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The Hot Spot (1990)

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Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.

Director

Dennis Hopper

Box Office

$1,293,976

Upcoming Release August 17, 2026

Label

Radiance Films

Edition

Limited Edition

Street Date

August 17, 2026

What's confirmed

Packaging
Keepcase · Full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip (leaving packaging free of certificates and markings). Reversible sleeve featuring original and new artwork by Time Tomorrow. Limited to 5000 copies.
In the box
Limited edition booklet featuring writing by critics Elena Lazic on the film, Leslie Byron Pitt on the erotic thriller genre and the film’s place within it, and an archival piece featuring an interview with Hopper by RJ Smith
Reversible sleeve with original and new artwork by Time Tomorrow
Discs
2 discs — 1 BD-66, 1 BD-50
HDR
Dolby Vision
Audio
English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
Subtitles
English HoH

Restoration

New 4K restoration from the original camera negative, presented in HDR / Dolby Vision.

Special features

Archival interview with Dennis Hopper discussing The Hot Spot, with footage of John Lee Hooker and set images (1991, 4 mins)
Interview with Virginia Madsen (2021, 7 mins)
Interview with William Sadler (2021, 6 mins)
Nick Dawson on Dennis Hopper and The Hot Spot — interview with the editor of Dennis Hopper: Interviews (2023, 20 mins)
Duane Swierczynski on Charles Williams’ source novel — crime writer's look at the adaptation and author background (2023, 25 mins)
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Editor's Notes

Note

Radiance is giving Dennis Hopper's 1990 neo-noir its first 4K from the original negative, with a UK street of August 17 and a US date of August 18. The Miles Davis and John Lee Hooker score gets uncompressed stereo PCM, and the Limited Edition runs 5000 copies in Scanavo packaging with a removable OBI, a reversible Time Tomorrow sleeve, and a booklet of new essays from Elena Lazic and Leslie Byron Pitt.

noted May 8, 2026

Releases of The Hot Spot

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"The Hot Spot" Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD - Coming August 17th, 2026 9 FYI: Radiance have confirmed that the included Blu-Ray in their 4K release of THE HOT SPOT is the same 2K master BD they 21

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