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The Dead 4K UHD + Blu-Ray (US Import)
Criterion

Pre-sale - Release date: 20.01.2025

Original title: The Dead

Year: 1987
Country: UK / USA
Region Code: 4K UHD: A/B/C; Blu-Ray: A
Content: 4K UHD + Blu-Ray
EAN: 715515327015

Image: 1.85:1 (2160p)

HDR: Dolby Vision / HDR10

Audio: English - 4.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio

Subtitles: English SDH

Age rating: R

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann

Director: John Huston


Synopsis:

The elegiac last film by John Huston finds the legendary director adapting a masterly short story by his favorite writer, James Joyce, into a poignant reflection on the totality of life. During a snowy winter in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Dublin, the members of an extended family agree to a night of wine, song, and celebration—but it's not until after the festivities that Gretta (Anjelica Huston) reveals a secret to her husband (Donal McCann) that casts the entire evening in a new light. Aglow with a mix of nostalgia and melancholy, and featuring a cast of stellar Irish actors, The Dead gracefully evokes the passage of time and the haunting power of memory.

Extras:

• New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director of photography Fred Murphy, with 4.0 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
• New interview with author Colum McCann on the James Joyce short story and its adaptation for the film
• New 2K restoration of John Huston and the Dubliners (1987), a behind-the-scenes documentary by Lilyan Sievernich
• Audio excerpts from actor Anjelica Huston's 2014 memoir, Watch Me
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by author and film critic Michael Koresky and a 1987 piece by screenwriter Tony Huston about the making of the film