The Trial 4K Blu-ray
Description: A feverishly inspired take on Franz Kafka's novel, Orson Welles's The Trial casts Anthony Perkins as the bewildered office drone Josef K., whose arrest for an unspecified crime plunges him into a menacing bureaucratic labyrinth of guilt, corruption, and paranoia. Exiled from Hollywood and creatively unchained, Welles poured his ire at the studio system, McCarthyism, and all forms of totalitarian oppression into this cinematic statement—one of his boldest and most personal, and the film that he himself considered his greatest. Dizzying camera angles, expressionistic lighting, increasingly surreal locations—Welles unleashed the full force of his visual brilliance to convey the nightmarish disorientation of a world gone mad.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW 4K RESTORATION BY STUDIOCANAL
New audio commentary featuring film historian Joseph McBride
Filming "The Trial," a 1981 documentary about the film's production
Archival interviews with Welles, actor Jeanne Moreau, and director of photography Edmond Richard
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by author Jonathan Lethem
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 19.
The Trial
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW 4K RESTORATION BY STUDIOCANAL
New audio commentary featuring film historian Joseph McBride
Filming "The Trial," a 1981 documentary about the film's production
Archival interviews with Welles, actor Jeanne Moreau, and director of photography Edmond Richard
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by author Jonathan Lethem
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 19.
Walkabout 4K Blu-ray
Description: A young sister and brother are abandoned in the harsh Australian outback and must learn to cope in the natural world, without their usual comforts, in this hypnotic masterpiece from Nicolas Roeg. Along the way, they meet an Aboriginal youth on his walkabout, a rite of passage in which adolescent boys are initiated into manhood by journeying into the wilderness alone. Walkabout is a thrilling adventure as well as a provocative rumination on time and civilization.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW 4K RESTORATION with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
Audio commentary featuring director Nicolas Roeg and actor Jenny Agutter
Interviews with Agutter and actor Luc Roeg
Gulpilil—One Red Blood (2002), a documentary on the life and career of actor David Gulpilil
Theatrical trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by author Paul Ryan
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 12.
The Princess Bride 4K Blu-ray
Description: A high-spirited adventure that pits true love against inconceivable odds, The Princess Bride has charmed legions of fans with its irreverent gags, eccentric ensemble, and dazzling swordplay. A kid (Fred Savage), home sick from school, grudgingly allows his grandfather (Peter Falk) to read him a dusty storybook—which is how we meet the innocent Buttercup (Robin Wright, in her breakout role), about to marry the nefarious Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon) though her heart belongs to Westley (Cary Elwes). The wedding plans are interrupted, however, by a mysterious pirate, a vengeful Spaniard, and a good-natured giant, in a tale full of swashbuckling, romance, and outrageously hilarious spoofery. Directed by Rob Reiner from an endlessly quotable script by William Goldman, The Princess Bride reigns as a fairy-tale classic.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
Audio commentary featuring director Rob Reiner, screenwriter William Goldman, producer Andrew Scheinman, and actors Billy Crystal and Peter Falk
Edited audiobook reading of Goldman's novel The Princess Bride by Reiner
Program about Goldman's screenplay
Program about Goldman's tapestry based on his novel
Interviews with Reiner, Goldman, and actors Crystal, Cary Elwes, Christopher Guest, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Fred Savage, and Robin Wright
Interview with art director Richard Holland
Programs about makeup, fencing, and fairy tales
On-set video diary filmed and narrated by Elwes
Five behind-the-scenes videos with commentaries by Reiner, Scheinman, and Crystal
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by author Sloane Crosley and Goldman's introduction to his Princess Bride script from his collection Four Screenplays, in a lavishly illustrated, clothbound book
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 5.
Moonage Daydream 4K Blu-ray
Description: An ecstatic voyage through the creative and spiritual universe of David Bowie, Moonage Daydream is a fittingly unclassifiable tribute to the shape-shifting rock iconoclast and his singular sound and vision. Exploding the conventions of the music documentary, director Brett Morgen remixes dazzling, never-before-seen footage of the artist throughout his career, reveling in his otherworldly presence while revealing the restless philosophical inquiry that guided his myriad metamorphoses. Graced with soulful narration by Bowie, this immersive audiovisual head rush transmits the essence of a phenomenon that cannot be explained—only experienced.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
4K DIGITAL MASTER, supervised by writer-director-editor-producer Brett Morgen, with Dolby Atmos and stereo soundtracks
Audio commentary featuring Morgen
Q&A with Morgen, filmmaker Mark Romanek, and musician Mike Garson at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood
Interview with rerecording mixers David Giammarco and Paul Massey
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by film critic Jonathan Romney and a collectible poster insert
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 26.
Moonage Daydream
Special Features and Technical Specs:
4K DIGITAL MASTER, supervised by writer-director-editor-producer Brett Morgen, with Dolby Atmos and stereo soundtracks
Audio commentary featuring Morgen
Q&A with Morgen, filmmaker Mark Romanek, and musician Mike Garson at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood
Interview with rerecording mixers David Giammarco and Paul Massey
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by film critic Jonathan Romney and a collectible poster insert
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 26.
La Bamba
Description: The brief but incandescent life of rock-and-roll trailblazer Ritchie Valens is immortalized in this enthralling biopic from another Mexican American icon, Luis Valdez, the father of Chicano cinema. With sweetness and swagger, Lou Diamond Phillips embodies the 1950s California teenager who, forged by his fiercely supportive mother (Rosanna DeSoto) and rebellious brother (Esai Morales), rises from his farm-working roots to chart-topping fame in the early days of rock—until one fateful night that haunts music history. Propelled by a hip-shaking soundtrack featuring Los Lobos and Carlos Santana, La Bamba captures the electric vitality of an artist who bridged cultures to create his own American dream.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW 4K RESTORATION, approved by director Luis Valdez, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
Audio commentaries featuring Valdez, actors Lou Diamond Phillips and Esai Morales, and producers Stuart Benjamin, Taylor Hackford, and Daniel Valdez
New interview with Luis Valdez
Conversation between Valdez and filmmaker Robert Rodriguez from El Rey Network's The Director's Chair
Making-of program featuring cast and crew
Audition footage
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and Spanish subtitles
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 26.