Phase IV Limited Edition Blu-ray
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Posted February 21, 2020 04:39 PM by Webmaster
British label 101 Films has announced that it will release a Limited Edition of Saul Bass' film Phase IV (1974), starring Michael Murphy, Nigel Davenport, Lynne Frederick, Alan Gifford, and Helen Horton. The release will be available for purchase on April 6.
In a sealed lab in the Arizona desert, scientists James Lesko (Michael Murphy, Manhattan) and Dr. Ernest Hubbs (Nigel Davenport, A Man for All Seasons) search for answers to an evolutionary shift in the ant population; the development of a collective intelligence and cross-species hive mentality. With humanity under threat, the scientists are faced with the choice of either communicating with, or eradicating their antagonists.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DISC ONE
In a sealed lab in the Arizona desert, scientists James Lesko (Michael Murphy, Manhattan) and Dr. Ernest Hubbs (Nigel Davenport, A Man for All Seasons) search for answers to an evolutionary shift in the ant population; the development of a collective intelligence and cross-species hive mentality. With humanity under threat, the scientists are faced with the choice of either communicating with, or eradicating their antagonists.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DISC ONE
- NEW RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- The Original Saul Bass ending (plus optional commentary)
- An Ant's Life: Contextualising Phase IV, a documentary on the film's influences
- Commentary with film historians Allan Bryce and Richard Holliss
- Limited Edition Booklet: includes Phase IV by Deborah Allison, and Adapt or Die: Killer Bug Cinema and Phase IV by Liam Hathaway
- Saul Bass: Short Films
- The Searching Eye (1964)
- Why Man Creates (1968)
- Bass on Titles (1977)
- Notes on the Popular Arts (1978)
- The Solar Film (1980)
- Quest (1984) (new HD restoration)
- Audio: LPCM 2.0
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
- REGION-B "LOCKED"
