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The Dresser (Limited Edition) Blu-Ray (UK Import)
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Presale - Release Date: 21.07.2025
Original title: The Dresser
Year: 1983
Country: UK
Region code: B
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5060697924152
Image: 1.85:1 (1080p)
HDR: -
Audio: English - Original Mono
Subtitles: English SDH
Age rating: PG
Genre: Drama
Cast: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox
Director: Peter Yates
Synopsis:
During the Second World War, a group of actors take Shakespeare across the industrial north, led by an aging and imperious actor known only as 'Sir' (Finney), against a background of air-raid sirens and exploding bombs. With his mental and physical condition deteriorating, selfless dresser Norman (Courtenay) struggles to ensure that the show – Sir's 227th performance as King Lear – goes on.
Extras:
- High Definition remaster
- Original mono audio
- Interview with actor Claire Harrison (2025)
- Interview with director of photography Kelvin Pike (2025)
- Interview with camera operator Dewi Humphreys (2025)
- Interview with sound mixer John Hayward (2025)
- Interviews with property master John Chisholm and property buyer Jill Quertier (2025)
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: advertising and promotional material
- New English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Limited edition exclusive booklet with new essay by Thirza Wakefield, a selection of interviews with director Peter Yates and actors Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay charting the film's production, an overview of critical responses, and film credits
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- Limited edition of 3,000 copies for the UK
