Severin Films has provided final details for its upcoming 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray combo pack release of Mick Jackson's Threads (1984), starring Reece Dinsdale, Karen Meagher, David Brierly, Rita May, and Nicholas Lane. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on July 28.
Description: On Sunday September 23rd, 1984, THREADS was broadcast on BBC2. Written by novelist/playwright Barry Hines (KES) and directed by BAFTA winner Mick Jackson, the film depicted the effects of a thermonuclear attack on the working-class city of Sheffield. Four months later, the film was shown on American cable TV. In both countries, the graphic horrors of detonation, societal collapse and nuclear winter were indelibly seared into tens of millions of homes. Over four decades it has remained "brilliant" (The Guardian), "unsensationally grim" (CineSavant) and "piss yourself terrifying" (The A.V. Club). For the first time ever, THREADS is now scanned in 4K from the original 16mm A/B rolls with 7 hours of Special Features produced by Severin Films. This collection also includes a Bonus Disc of Craig Ian Mann & Robert Nevitt's new documentary SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS that explores the untold stories of the film's impact on the people of Sheffield and throughout UK culture.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
DISC ONE - 4K BLU-RAY
NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL 16MM A/B ROLLS
DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
Audio Commentary With Director Mick Jackson Moderated By Film Writer Kier-La Janisse And Severin Films' David Gregory
Audio Commentary With Actress Karen Meagher And Television Historian Simon Farquhar
U.S. Trailer
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
DISC TWO - BLU-RAY
NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL 16MM A/B ROLLS
Audio Commentary With Director Mick Jackson Moderated By Film Writer Kier-La Janisse And Severin Films' David Gregory
Audio Commentary With Actress Karen Meagher And Television Historian Simon Farquhar
Auditioning For The Apocalypse – Interview With Karen Meagher
Shooting The Annihilation – Interview With Director Of Photography Andrew Dunn
Destruction Designer – Interview With Production Designer Christopher Robilliard
Interview With Film Writer Stephen Thrower
U.S. Trailer
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
REGION-FREE
DISC THREE - BLU-RAY
SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS – Feature Documentary On The Production Of THREADS And Its Effect On The People Of Sheffield, England
Immediate And Real – Interview With Julie McDowall, Author Of Attack Warning Red! How Britain Prepared For Nuclear War