Second Sight: 4K Restoration of Walkabout Dated for Blu-ray (UPDATED)

British label Second Sight has dated its upcoming Blu-ray release of the new 4K restoration of Nic Roeg's film Walkabout (1974), starring Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, David Gulpilil, John Meillon, and Robert McDarra. The release will be available for purchase on July 27.

UPDATE: Complete technical specs and supplemental features to be included on the release have been included below.

Synopsis: Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist (John Meillon) takes his teenage daughter (Jenny Agutter) and 6-year-old son (Lucien John) into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aborigine boy (David Gulpilil) who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
• New audio commentary with Luc Roeg and David Thompson
• Producing Walkabout: a new interview with Producer Si Litvinoff
• Luc's Walkabout: a new interview with Luc Roeg
• Jenny in the Outback: a new interview with Jenny Agutter
• Remembering Roeg: a new interview with Danny Boyle
• 2011 BFI Q&A with Nicolas Roeg, Jenny Agutter and Luc Roeg
• Archive introduction by Nicolas Roeg
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the hearing impaired
• REGION-B "LOCKED"

Additional content:

• Limited Edition Box Set of only 3,000
• Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Michael Boland
• The source novel 'Walkabout' with cover artwork excusive to this release
• Soft cover book featuring facsimile copy of the original 65 page First Draft Script with preface by Daniel Bird
• Soft cover book with new essays by Sophie Monks Kaufman, Simon Abrams and Daniel Bird plus stills and lobby card images