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Studio Canal
Directed by: Richard Franklin
Stacy Keach (Fat City) and Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween) star in Richard Franklin’s 1981 Australian slasher classic, inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window. Keach plays Quid, an American trucker who, with the help of Curtis’s hitchhiker, tracks down a serial killer active on the long, empty roads of southern Australia. This deluxe, extras-laden edition boasts an all-new 2020 restoration from a 4K scan of the duplicate negative, produced exclusively for this release.
Technical Specifications
Format: Blu-ray
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2.35:1
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English 1.0 PCM Mono
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English
Region:
B
Discs:
1 Disc |
BD-50
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Supplements
- Audio commentary with director Richard Franklin (2003)
- Audio commentary with cinematographer Vincent Monton, costume designer Aphrodite Kondos, production secretary Helen Watts, and film historian Mark Hartley (2019)
- Audio commentary with writers and programmers Anna Bogutskaya and Olivia Howe (2020)
- Kangaroo Hitchcock (2003): archival documentary on the making of Roadgames featuring interviews with Richard Franklin and actor Stacy Keach
- Australian Long Haul (2019): actor Stacy Keach discusses the role of Pat Quid and working in Australia
- Audio interview with Stacy Keach (2016): further thoughts on the film by the actor
- Audio interview with Richard Franklin (2001): the director recalls his early career as a filmmaker and the production of Roadgames
- Archival Interview with Richard Franklin (1981): documentary profile of the director
- Audio interview with Grant Page (2016): an in-depth discussion with the actor and stunt co-ordinator
- ‘Not Quite Hollywood’ Interview Excerpts (2008): over an hour of outtakes from Hartley’s acclaimed documentary on Australian cinema, featuring Richard Franklin, Grant Page, actors Stacy Keach and Jamie Lee Curtis, screenwriter Everett De Roche, and assistant director Vincent Monton
- Roadgames: A Lecture (1980): archival recording of Richard Franklin, co-producer Barbi Taylor and composer Brian May discussing the making of the film
- Trouble Bound (2020, 13 mins): appreciation by film historian Neil Sinyard
- …And His Ghost May Be Heard (1973): rare short film by Franklin, marking his first collaboration with Roadgames cinematographer Monton
- Script Read (1980): audio recording of a pre-production read-through, featuring Richard Franklin and actors Stacy Keach and Marion Edwards
- Music demos: excerpts from the Brian May score in demo form
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Lee Gambin, extensive archival interviews with Richard Franklin, Stacy Keach and Jamie Lee Curtis, Franklin’s 1980 Alfred Hitchcock obituary, an overview of contemporary critical responses, Mark Hartley on …And His Ghost May Be Heard, and film credits
- Limited edition exclusive double-sided poster
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