Eclipse (1977) Blu-ray

The British Film Institute has provided a promotional trailer and final details for its upcoming Blu-ray release of Simon Perry's Eclipse(1977), starring Tom Conti, Gay Hamilton, Gavin Wallace, Paul Kermack, and David Steuart. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on April 21.

Description: BFI Flipside's latest rediscovery is Eclipse, a film practically unseen since a limited cinema release in 1977.

In Simon Perry's eerie, atmospheric psychological thriller, Tom Conti (Oppenheimer, Slade in Flame) stars as a bereaved brother troubled by memories of his twin, who he saw die at sea.

Strange and unsettling in the tradition of the best Flipsides, Eclipse now finds safe harbor on Blu-ray disc for the first time worldwide, in a new scan made from the best-available 35mm archival materials.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
• Newly recorded audio commentary by Vic Pratt, co-founder of the BFI Flipside
• Sun & Moon – Tom Conti discusses Eclipse (2025, 10 mins): the actor on his experience of making the film
• Relative Strangers: The Chalk Mark (1988, 24 mins) and Marooned (1994, 21 mins): two stylish short films that enigmatically echo the disjointed relationships central to Eclipse
• Not Waving, Drowning: Joe and Petunia: Coastguard (1968, 2 mins); Charley Says: Falling in the Water (1973, 1 min); Lonely Water (1973, 1 min): three haunting water-safety Public Information Films eerily adjacent to the psychogeographic headspace of the main feature
• 2025 trailer
• Image gallery
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• FIRST PRESSING ONLY Illustrated booklet with new writing on the film by Vic Pratt, an archival interview with director Simon Perry, an original review, and writing on The Chalk Mark and Marooned by the BFI's William Fowler