Spirit Entertainment has confirmed the December UK releases from the Criterion Collection, all on 4K UHD & Blu-ray, as David Lynch's potent cinematic dreamscape Lost Highway, Terry Gilliam's magnificent, Manhattan-set fairy tale grounded in poignant reality, The Fisher King, and the musical spectacular that marked Barbara Streisand's screen debut, Funny Girl.
LOST HIGHWAY (France | USA 1997)
4K UHD & Blu-ray | 2 December 2024 | £29.99
"We've met before, haven't we?" A mesmerizing meditation on the mysterious nature of identity, Lost Highway, David Lynch's seventh feature film, is one of the filmmaker's most potent cinematic dreamscapes. Starring Patricia Arquette and Bill Pullman, the film expands the horizons of the medium, taking its audience on a journey through the unknown and the unknowable. As this postmodern noir detours into the realm of science fiction, it becomes apparent that the only certainty is uncertainty.
Previously available only in the USA, this director-approaved, 4K UHD edition is finally to be made available in the UK as a UHD and Blu-ray combo.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director David Lynch, with new 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack and alternate uncompressed stereo soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch, a feature-length 1997 documentary by Toby Keeler featuring Lynch and his collaborators Angelo Badalamenti, Peter Deming, Barry Gifford, Mary Sweeney, and others, along with on-set footage from Lost Highway
- Reading by Lynch and critic Kristine McKenna of excerpts from their 2018 book, Room to Dream
- Archival interviews with Lynch and actors Patricia Arquette, Bill Pullman, and Robert Loggia
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: Excerpts from an interview with Lynch from filmmaker and writer Chris Rodley's book Lynch on Lynch
THE FISHER KING (USA 1991)
4K UHD & Blu-ray | 2 December 2024 | £29.99
A fairy tale grounded in poignant reality, Terry Gilliam's magnificent, Manhattan-set The Fisher King features Jeff Bridges and Robin Williams in two of their most brilliant roles. Bridges plays a former radio shock jock reconstructing his life after a scandal, and Williams a homeless man on a quest for the Holy Grail—which he believes to be hidden somewhere on the Upper East Side. Unknowingly linked by their pasts, the two men aid each other on a fanciful journey toward their own humanity.
This singular American odyssey features a witty script by Richard LaGravenese, evocative cinematography by Roger Pratt, and superb supporting performances by Amanda Plummer and an Oscar-winning Mercedes Ruehl, all harnessed by Gilliam into a compassionate, funny modern-day myth.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Terry Gilliam, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Audio commentary featuring Gilliam
- Interviews with Gilliam, producer Lynda Obst, screenwriter Richard LaGravenese, and actors Jeff Bridges, Amanda Plummer, and Mercedes Ruehl
- Interviews with artists Keith Greco and Vincent Jefferds on the creation of the film's Red Knight
- Interview from 2006 with actor Robin Williams
- Video essay featuring Bridges's on-set photographs
- Footage from 1991 of Bridges training as a radio personality with acting coach Stephen W. Bridgewater
- Deleted scenes, with audio commentary by Gilliam
- Costume tests
- Trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Bilge Ebiri
FUNNY GIRL (USA 1968)
4K UHD & Blu-ray | 2 December 2024 | £29.99
Witness the birth of a movie star as Barbra Streisand makes a screen debut for the ages in this musical spectacular. From humour to pathos, she hits every note as popular 1920s singer-comedian Fanny Brice, a young Jewish New Yorker whose spirit and supernova talent propel her to fame in the Ziegfeld Follies, but whose devotion to an unreliable gambler (a charismatic Omar Sharif) brings drama and heartbreak into her life.
Adapted from a hit Broadway show and directed by Hollywood master William Wyler, Funny Girl hits emotional highs in unforgettable performances of songs like People and Don't Rain on My Parade—moments that won Streisand one of the most richly deserved Best Actress awards in Oscar history.
4K UHD + BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- [4K UHD ONLY] One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- New audio interview with star Barbra Streisand
- New conversation between director William Wyler's son David and author and Turner Classic Movies host Alicia Malone
- Directed by William Wyler (1986), a documentary on Wyler's life and career
- Archival interview with actor Omar Sharif
- Deleted scene featuring Streisand and Sharif
- Featurettes from the original theatrical release
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by author and film critic Michael Koresky
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