Details
A New Leaf (Limited Edition) 4K UHD + Blu-Ray (US Import)
Vinegar Syndrome / Cinématographe
Original title: A New Leaf
Year: 1971
Country: USA
Region Code: 4K UHD: A/B/C; Blu-Ray: A
Content: 4K UHD + Blu-Ray
EAN: 810161483419
Image: 1.85:1 (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision / HDR10
Audio: English - DTS-HD MA 1.0
Subtitles: English SDH
Age rating: G
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Jack Weston
Director: Elaine May
Synopsis:
Henry Graham (Walter Matthau, The Bad News Bears ), a descendant of a wealthy New York family, has exhausted his inheritance, leaving him near penniless, much to the dismay of his uncle Harry (James Coco, Murder By Death ), who refuses his request for a loan. Upon suggestion of his valet driver Harold (George Rose, The Flesh and the Fiends ), Henry devises a plot to marry wealthy professor Henrietta Lowell (played by writer/director Elaine May) and murder her, becoming the beneficiary of her fortune. Along the way, Henry faces various obstacles, including unexpectedly falling in love.
Extras:
- 2-Disc Set: 4K Ultra HD + Region A Blu-ray
- New audio commentary by film programmer, writer and educator KJ Relth-Miller and Maya Montañez Smukler, author of Liberating Hollywood: Women Directors and the Feminist Reform of 1970s American Cinema
- Director Jail - a new video interview with Carrie Courogen, author of Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood's Hidden Genius
- Looking for Elaine May - a new video essay by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, co-editor of ReFocus: The Films of Elaine May
- Elaine May and Mike Nichols In Conversation - an hour long post-screening discussion between Elaine May and her frequent collaborator, conducted at Film at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater in New York City in 2006
- Elaine May's A New Leaf 50th Anniversary - an episode of the Silver Streams podcast from the American Film Institute featuring programmers of the AFI Silver Theater discussing May's film
- The Cutting Room Floor - an archival interview with assistant editor Angelo Corrao
- Women in Hollywood: A Tragedy of Comic Proportions - an archival appreciation of Elaine May with filmmaker Amy Heckerling
- Theatrical Trailer
- New text essays from film writer Sarah Fensom; film critic Elena Lazic; queer historian and film critic Willow Catelyn Maclay; and film critic and editor Hannah Strong as well as a previously published piece by film critic Richard Brody
- Fold out poster featuring new art by cartoonist Michael DeForge
- English SDH subtitles
