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The Night Of The Hunter

The Night Of The Hunter

FilmThe Night of the Hunter
Format2× DVD
Region1
Runtime93 minutes
AudioMonaural
SubtitlesEnglish SDH
LanguagesEnglish
Aspect Ratio1.66:1
ColorBlack & White
Video StandardNTSC
PackagingKeep case
ClassificationMPAA Not Rated
Criterion Collection Spine #541
BrandThe Criterion Collection, United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, UCLA Film and Television Archive, INA
CopyrightMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., The Criterion Collection
Distributed ByThe Criterion Collection
Under license fromTwentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
TerritoryUnited States
Notes"The Night of the Hunter"—incredibly, the only film the great actor Charles Laughton ever directed—is truly a stand-alone masterwork. A horror movie with qualities of a Grimm fairy tale, it stars a sublimely sinister Robert Mitchum as a traveling preacher named Harry Powell (he of the tattooed knuckles), whose nefarious motives for marrying a fragile widow, played by Shelley Winters, are uncovered by her terrified young children. Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humor, this ethereal, expressionistic American classic—also featuring the contributions of actress Lillian Gish and writer James Agee—is cinema’s most eccentric rendering of the battle between good and evil. SPECIAL FEATURES New digital transfer made from 35 mm film elements restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive in cooperation with MGM Studios, with funding provided by the Film Foundation and Robert Sturm Audio commentary featuring second-unit director Terry Sanders, film critic F. X. Feeney, archivist Robert Gitt, and author Preston Neal Jones "Charles Laughton Directs “The Night of the Hunter,”" a two-and-a-half-hour treasure trove of outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage New documentary featuring interviews with producer Paul Gregory, Sanders, Feeney, Jones, and author Jeffrey Couchman New video interview with Laughton biographer Simon Callow Clip from the "The Ed Sullivan Show" in which cast members perform a scene deleted from the film Fifteen-minute episode of the BBC show "Moving Pictures" about the film Archival interview with cinematographer Stanley Cortez Gallery of sketches by author Davis Grubb, author of the source novel New video conversation between Gitt and film critic Leonard Maltin about "Charles Laughton Directs" Original theatrical trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by critics Terrence Rafferty and Michael Sragow New cover by Eric Skillman
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