Criterion to Release Terrence Malick's The New World on Blu-ray
Posted February 26, 2016 06:54 PM by Webmaster
Criterion will release acclaimed director Terrence Malick's film The New World on Blu-ray. While an exact street date has not yet been revealed, the boutique label has confirmed that it has been working closely with and Terrence Malick and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki to create a new 4K restoration of the director's preferred 172-minute cut of the film.
In 2006, The New World was nominated for Oscar Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography.
Synopsis: Powhatan tribal people stare in wonder as three ships approach shore... It's a story every schoolchild knows. And, as told by filmmaker Terrence Malick (Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line), it's a story you never imagined. Working in part from firsthand histories and adding his extraordinary sense of image and human drama, Malick crafts a spellbinding tale of the Jamestown settlement, of cultures connecting and of deadly consequences when connections fray. Capt. John Smith (Colin Farrell), Pocahontas (Q'orianka Kilcher), John Rolfe (Christian Bale): You know the names. But you could never experience the visceral power of the stories behind those names until now.