British labels Nucleus Films has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Giulio Questi's cult film
Death Laid an Egg a.k.a.
La morte ha fatto l'uovo (1968), starring Gina Lollobrigida, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ewa Aulin, Renato Romano, and Jean Sobieski. The release will arrive on the market later this year.
Synopsis: A woman (Ewa Aulin) plans to kill both her lover (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and his wife (Gina Lollobrigida) but conspires with each one to get the job done. Cinematography by Dario Di Palma (Ettore Scola's
Ugly, Dirty and Bad, Lina Wertmüller's
The Seduction of Mimi).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K RESTORATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE COMPLETE DIRECTOR'S CUT of the film (104 mins)
- NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE 'GIALLO' CUT of the film (91 mins)
- Optional English Subtitles for both cuts
- Audio: Italian and English 24bit LPCM tracks
- Audio Commentary with critics Alan Jones and Kim Newman
- Featurette One: - Discovering Questi (20 mins)
- Featurette Two - Sonic Explorations (24 mins)
- Archival Interview with Giulio Questi (13 mins)
- Antonio Bruschini - Film Review (5 mins)
- BBFC film cuts (1969)
- European Trash Cinema: "Death Laid an Egg" issue
- Gallery One - Promotional Materials
- Gallery Two - Home Video Cover Scans
- Alternate Opening Credits
- English opening credits
- German opening credits
- Original English trailer
- Italian trailer, with optional English subtitles
- Limited Indiegogo edition also includes:
- Contributor Credits (if you ordered for that perk)
- Limited slip case, individually numbered
- Limited set of 5 postcards
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Included below are promotional stills from the new 2K restoration. However, they are not representative of the final quality of the technical presentation of Death Laid an Egg