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That Cold Day in the Park Limited Edition

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Released: 8th April 2024. "Made after years of directing television and industrial films – and just one year before his commercial breakthrough with M*A*S*H – Robert Altman’s underrated psychosexual chiller That Cold Day in the Park, arguably the first true ‘Altman film’, is a stylish harbinger of the themes that would resonate through many of the director’s later masterpieces such as Images and 3 Women. On a cold and rainy day, Frances Austen (Sandy Dennis, Academy Award winner for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), a reclusive virgin sheltered from the sexual revolution happening outside her door, suddenly becomes obsessed with an enigmatic 19 year-old boy she sees sitting on a park bench. Inviting him into her apartment to be bathed and fed, Frances’ repressed fantasies soon violently boil over into a dangerous and disturbing desire to keep the boy in her clutches… no matter what. Adapted from Richard Miles’ novel by British author Gillian Freeman (The Leather Boys), Altman expertly turns the screws in this suspenseful tale of sexual repression, the chilly Vancouver locations vividly photographed by LászlĂł Kovács the same year he lensed Easy Rider, and accompanied by a haunting score from Johnny Mandel, just before he co-wrote the anthem “Suicide Is Painless” for Altman’s next film. TWO-DISC LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tom Ralston Illustrated collectors’ booklet featuring new writing by Brad Stevens, Anna Bogutskaya and James Flower, original press notes including an essay by Altman, and an excerpt from David Thompson’s Altman on Altman DISC ONE High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation Original lossless mono audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing New audio commentary by critic Samm Deighan Isolated music and effects track in lossless mono Crazy in the Rain: Altman’s Vancouver, a newly produced featurette revisiting the locations by Kier-La Janisse, author of House of Psychotic Women Archive interview with film critic and historian David Thompson, author of Altman on Altman Extended scenes from a pre-release print of the film, never seen on home video before Over ten minutes of behind-the-scenes footage featuring Altman and Dennis, from the archives of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Theatrical trailer Image gallery DISC TWO (LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE) High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of a newly extended 114-minute version of the film re-integrating previously deleted material from a surviving pre-release print Original lossless mono audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing"

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  • Details

    Released:
    8th April 2024
    Category:
    Drama
    Format:
    Blu-ray
    Barcode:
    5027035026541
  • Description

    "Made after years of directing television and industrial films – and just one year before his commercial breakthrough with M*A*S*H – Robert Altman’s underrated psychosexual chiller That Cold Day in the Park, arguably the first true ‘Altman film’, is a stylish harbinger of the themes that would resonate through many of the director’s later masterpieces such as Images and 3 Women.

    On a cold and rainy day, Frances Austen (Sandy Dennis, Academy Award winner for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), a reclusive virgin sheltered from the sexual revolution happening outside her door, suddenly becomes obsessed with an enigmatic 19 year-old boy she sees sitting on a park bench. Inviting him into her apartment to be bathed and fed, Frances’ repressed fantasies soon violently boil over into a dangerous and disturbing desire to keep the boy in her clutches… no matter what.

    Adapted from Richard Miles’ novel by British author Gillian Freeman (The Leather Boys), Altman expertly turns the screws in this suspenseful tale of sexual repression, the chilly Vancouver locations vividly photographed by LászlĂł Kovács the same year he lensed Easy Rider, and accompanied by a haunting score from Johnny Mandel, just before he co-wrote the anthem “Suicide Is Painless” for Altman’s next film.

    TWO-DISC LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
    • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tom Ralston
    • Illustrated collectors’ booklet featuring new writing by Brad Stevens, Anna Bogutskaya and James Flower, original press notes including an essay by Altman, and an excerpt from David Thompson’s Altman on Altman

    DISC ONE
    • High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
    • Original lossless mono audio
    • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
    • New audio commentary by critic Samm Deighan
    • Isolated music and effects track in lossless mono
    • Crazy in the Rain: Altman’s Vancouver, a newly produced featurette revisiting the locations by Kier-La Janisse, author of House of Psychotic Women
    • Archive interview with film critic and historian David Thompson, author of Altman on Altman
    • Extended scenes from a pre-release print of the film, never seen on home video before
    • Over ten minutes of behind-the-scenes footage featuring Altman and Dennis, from the archives of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
    • Theatrical trailer
    • Image gallery

    DISC TWO (LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE)
    • High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of a newly extended 114-minute version of the film re-integrating previously deleted material from a surviving pre-release print
    • Original lossless mono audio
    • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing"
    Region Code:
    Region B
    Duration:
    107 minutes
    Extras:
    Language(s): English, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1:1.78, Mono, Behind the Scenes, Booklet, Bonus Footage, Commentary: Samm Deighan (critic), Documentaries: 'Crazy in the Rain: Altman's Vancouver', Image Gallery, Interviews: David Thompson (critic/author), Isloated Score, Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tom Ralston; Extended scenes; Newly extended 114-minute version of the film re-integrating previously deleted material from a surviving pre-release print, Trailers
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