Roadgames (Standard Edition)

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Stacy Keach (Fat City) and Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween) star in Richard Franklin#39;s 1981 Australian slasher classic, inspired by Alfred Hitchcock#39;s Rear Window. Keach plays Quid, an American trucker who, with the help of Curtis#39;s hitchhiker, track

Stacy Keach (Fat City) and Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween) star in Richard Franklin#39;s 1981 Australian slasher classic, inspired by Alfred Hitchcock#39;s Rear Window. Keach plays Quid, an American trucker who, with the help of Curtis#39;s hitchhiker, tracks down a serial killer active on the long, empty roads of southern Australia. This extras-laden edition boasts an all-new 2020 restoration from a 4K scan of the duplicate negative, produced exclusively for this release.Special Features:Brand new restoration by Powerhouse Films, from a new 4K scan of the internegativeOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with director Richard Franklin and film historian Perry Martin (2003)Audio commentary with cinematographer Vincent Monton, costume designer Aphrodite Kondos, production secretary Helen Watts, and filmmaker Mark Hartley (2019)Audio commentary with writers and programmers Anna Bogutskaya and Olivia Howe (2020)Kangaroo Hitchcock (2003, 20 mins): archival documentary on the making of RoadgamesAustralian Long Haul (2019, 14 mins): actor Stacy Keach reflects on the role of Pat Quid and working in AustraliaArchival Interview with Richard Franklin (1981, 26 mins): the director discusses his early films and RoadgamesAudio interviews with Richard Franklin (2001, 23 mins), Stacy Keach (2016, 10 mins), and stunt co-ordinator Grant Page (2016, 33 mins)#39;Not Quite Hollywood#39; Interview Excerpts (2008, 64 mins): over an hour of outtakes from Hartley#39;s acclaimed documentary on Australian cinema, featuring Franklin, Page, actors Keach and Jamie Lee Curtis, screenwriter Everett De Roche, and assistant director Tom Burstall#39;Roadgames#39;: A Lecture (1980, 131 mins): archival recording of Franklin, co-producer Barbi Taylor and composer Brian MayTrouble Bound (2020, 13 mins): appreciation by film historian Neil SinyardScript Read (1980, 117 mins): audio recording of a pre-production read-through, featuring Franklin, Keach and Marion EdwardMusic Demos (1980, 5 mins): excerpts from the Brian May score in demo form...And His Ghost May Be Heard (1973, 15 mins): rare short film directed by FranklinOriginal theatrical trailerImage gallery: promotional and publicity materialsNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

Product details

Barcode / identifier

5060697921847

Brand

Powerhouse Films

Manufacturer part number

PHIBD198

Category

Blu-ray

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Entertainment > DVD and Blu-Ray > Blu-ray