On 22 January in the UK and 23 January in the USA, Indicator kicks off another exciting year of cinematic excavation and appreciation with the release of three unfairly neglected films, each of which combines British and international talent to produce powerful and uncompromising results – John Frankenheimer's Impossible Object, Jamil Dehlavi's Jinnah, and John Krish's The Man Who Had Power Over Women.
IMPOSSIBLE OBJECT (1973) | Limited Edition Blu-ray | 22 January 2024 | £16.99
Directed by John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate), Impossible Object (also released as Story of a Love Story) is a surreal drama starring Alan Bates (A Day in the Death of Joe Egg), Michel Auclair (The Day of the Jackal), Dominique Sanda (The Conformist), and Lea Massari (L'avventura).
Harry (Bates), a British author living in France with his wife and family, begins an affair with Natalie (Sanda), who herself is unhappily married to Georges (Auclair). However, Harry is unable to untangle the facts of his life from the fictions which he creates, and the line between fantasy and reality become blurred.
Adapted by Nicholas Mosley (Accident) from his own Booker Prize-shortlisted novel, photographed by Claude Renoir (Barbarella), and scored by Michel Legrand (Eve), Impossible Object is a long-overlooked classic of seventies European cinema.
LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- New 4K restoration
- Two presentations of the film: Impossible Object, the original French theatrical cut (113 mins); and Story of a Love Story, the alternative English-language international cut (104 mins)
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film expert Tim Lucas (2023)
- Interview with John Frankenheimer (1973): extract from the French television programme Cinéma à, in which the director discusses the first public screening of Impossible Object
- Stories of a Love Story (2023): video comparison analysing the differences between the two versions of the film
- Image gallery: publicity and promotional material
- Newly translated English subtitles for the French theatrical cut
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English-language international cut
- Limited edition exclusive 36-page booklet with a new essay by Adam Scovell, a look at the work of Nicholas Mosley and the themes of the source novel, excerpts from John Frankenheimer interviews, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
- World premiere on Blu-ray
- Limited edition of 4,000 copies for the UK and US
All extras subject to change
JINNAH (1998) | Limited Edition Blu-ray | 22 January 2024 | £16.99
Christopher Lee (I, Monster) stars in Jinnah, an epic drama about the life of Pakistan’sfounding father, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, directed by Jamil Dehlavi (Born of Fire, Immaculate Conception).
Exploring Jinnah’s journey, from political isolation in the Indian National Congress to his leadership of the Muslim League, and from his controversial fight for a Muslim homeland to the Partition of India, this ravishing and enthralling film examines the founding of Pakistan, as well as the bloody aftermath.
Co-starring Indian screen icon Shashi Kapoor (Shakespeare Wallah), and with support from James Fox (Performance), Indira Varma (Game of Thrones), Sam Dastor (The Life and Death of Peter Sellers), and Maria Aitken (A Fish Called Wanda), Jinnah features a commanding performance from Lee – one which he himself considered to be the best of his career.
LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- High Definition remaster, newly regraded under the supervision of director Jamil Dehlavi
- Original 5.1 surround sound and stereo audio tracks
- Alternative Urdu stereo audio track
- Dare to Dream (1997/2023, 37 mins): insightful documentary about the making of the film
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: original location photography
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Optional English subtitles for the Urdu soundtrack
- Limited edition exclusive 40-page booklet with a new essay on the film’s troubled production by cinema expert and film festival programmer Éric Peretti, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
- Limited edition of 4,000 copies for the UK and US
All extras subject to change
THE MAN WHO HAD POWER OVER WOMEN (1969)
Limited Edition Blu-ray | 22 January 2024 | £16.99
Note: This limited edition is exclusive to the Powerhouse Films website and will not be available to purchase at any other physical retailer or website.
The dark side of Swinging London is explored in The Man Who Had Power Over Women, starring Rod Taylor (Zabriskie Point), Carol White (Cathy Come Home), James Booth (90° in the Shade), and Keith Barron (The Land That Time Forgot).
Womanising talent agent Peter Reaney (Taylor) splits from his long-suffering wife, moves in with his best friend Val (Booth), and promptly starts an affair with Val's wife Jody (White). Added to the complexities of his personal life is his client, wayward popstar Barry Black (Clive Francis), for whom he is asked to cover up a dark secret...
Directed by John Krish (Unearthly Stranger), this release includes extensive interview material with Krish, as well as newly restored versions of two of Krish’s acclaimed short films – Break-In (1956), and the powerful anti-apartheid drama-documentary Let My People Go (1961).
LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- 4K restoration
- Original mono audio
- The BEHP Interview with John Krish(1994–2004, 90 mins): archival audio recording of the celebrated director in a career-spanning conversation with Rodney Giesler, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project
- A Bad Marriage (2023, 11 mins): screenwriter Allan Scott discusses the process of adapting The Man Who Had Power Over Women for the big screen with writing partner Chris Bryant, and the reasons for removing their names from the final film
- Break-In (1956, 44 mins): Krish’s dramatised training film about the military police, made for the British Army and featuring Jim Dale in his earliest-known screen appearance
- Let My People Go (1961, 23 mins): Krish’s powerful, polemical film which combines archival footage and staged reconstructions to inform and educate about the brutal realities of Apartheid in South Africa
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Limited edition exclusive 40-page booklet with a new essay by Vic Pratt, archival interviews with Rod Taylor and John Krish, new writing on Break-In, Patrick Russell on Let My People Go, and film credits
- World premiere on Blu-ray
- Limited edition website exclusive of 3,000 copies
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