The Osterman Weekend Blu-ray
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Posted March 24, 2022 05:54 PM by Webmaster
Australian label Via Vision Entertainment has provided us with a promotional trailer for its upcoming Blu-ray release of Sam Peckinpah's The Osterman Weekend (1982), starring Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson, Dennis Hopper, and Chris Sarandon. The release will be available for purchase on March 30.
Label description: The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security.
Based on the novel of the same name by Robert Ludlum, this political thriller features an all-star cast including Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Burt Lancaster, Dennis Hopper, Meg Foster, Helen Shaver, Chris Sarandon and Craig T. Nelson.
Sam Peckinpah's final film was initially taken away from his control and released broadly in a re-edited (shortened) version. This new special edition release presents brand new 2k scans from newly sourced 35mm prints of Sam Peckinpah's personal directors cut negative, along with the Theatrical Cut.
This stunning new release will give finally the film a well overdue opportunity for reappraisal.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DIRECTOR'S CUT
Label description: The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security.
Based on the novel of the same name by Robert Ludlum, this political thriller features an all-star cast including Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Burt Lancaster, Dennis Hopper, Meg Foster, Helen Shaver, Chris Sarandon and Craig T. Nelson.
This stunning new release will give finally the film a well overdue opportunity for reappraisal.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DIRECTOR'S CUT
- TWO-DISC BLU-RAY SET
- NEW UNRESTORED 2K SCAN sourced from Sam Peckinpah's personal 35mm directors cut negative
- NEW Audio commentary by Peckinpah expert Mike Siegel
- NEW Passion & Poetry: Sam's Final Cut – documentary by Peckinpah expert Mike Siegel
- NEW The Two Cuts – comparison video by Peckinpah expert Mike Siegel
- NEW Three Animated Galleries:
- Filming "The Osterman Weekend"
- "The Osterman Weekend" in Pictures
- Promoting "The Osterman Weekend"
- Aspect Ratio 1.60:1
- Audio English LPCM Mono
- Optional English Subtitles
- 1080p high-definition presentation of the Theatrical Cut in 1.78:1 aspect ratio
- Alternative unrestored presentation of the film in 1.66:1 aspect ratio scanned from a 35mm German print
- Audio commentary by film historians Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons, David Weddle, and Nick Redman
- Alpha to Omega: Exposing "The Osterman Weekend" – feature documentary
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Optional English SDH Subtitles
