StudioCanal: First Look at New 4K Restoration of Murder in the First
HomeStudioCanal: First Look at New 4K Restoration of Murder in the First
Posted September 27, 2025 10:04 PM by Webmaster
StudioCanal have provided a promotional trailer for the new 4K restoration of Marc Rocco's Murder in the First (1995), which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. The 4K restoration will be made available on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray on November 17th.
Description: After being imprisoned in Alcatraz for petty theft, Henri Young (Kevin Bacon) leads a failed escape attempt from the infamous prison. As punishment for the doomed getaway, prison warden Milton Glenn (Gary Oldman) places Young in solitary confinement for three years. When Young is finally released from his torturous ordeal, now a completely broken man, he kills an inmate and is charged with murder in the first degree.
Although it initially appears to be an open-and-shut case, after Young's attorney James Stamphill (Christian Slater) learns the facts of Young's time in solitary confinement, he launches a daring defence that blames Alcatraz's inhumane conditions for driving Young to insanity and therefore causing him to kill.
Inspired by the real case of Henri Young, this gripping legal drama shines a light on the brutality of Alcatraz.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: After being imprisoned in Alcatraz for petty theft, Henri Young (Kevin Bacon) leads a failed escape attempt from the infamous prison. As punishment for the doomed getaway, prison warden Milton Glenn (Gary Oldman) places Young in solitary confinement for three years. When Young is finally released from his torturous ordeal, now a completely broken man, he kills an inmate and is charged with murder in the first degree.
Although it initially appears to be an open-and-shut case, after Young's attorney James Stamphill (Christian Slater) learns the facts of Young's time in solitary confinement, he launches a daring defence that blames Alcatraz's inhumane conditions for driving Young to insanity and therefore causing him to kill.
Inspired by the real case of Henri Young, this gripping legal drama shines a light on the brutality of Alcatraz.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTAITON OF THE FILM
- NEW Audio commentary by cinematographer Fred Murphy
- Making of Featurette
- Interview with Christian Slater (1995)
- Interview with Kevin Bacon (1995)
- Interview with Marc Rocco (1995)
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
