BFI has announced a 3-Disc Collector's Edition of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End that will be released alongside the standard Dual Format Edition on 18 July. The 3-Disc Collector's Edition presents all of the contents of the standard Dual Format Edition along with an extra DVD of exclusive content, including footage of Jane Asher and John Moulder-Brown being interviewed onstage at BFI Southbank with BFI curators William.
Strictly limited to 1,000 units, the Collector's Edition will be available from all retail outlets. The RRP is £22.99 (standard edition RRP is £19.99) and the cat. no. is BFIB1131.
Unseen for decades, and yet considered to be one of the finest films directed by Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski (Essential Killing, Moonlighting), Deep End is an original, off-beat portrait of adolescent obsession set against a backdrop of London life in an era of uncertainty and changing sexual mores, starring Jane Asher, John Moulder-Brown and Diana Dors, with a soundtrack by Cat Stevens and legendary 'Krautrock' band Can.
3-Disc Collector's Edition Special Features:
Starting Out: The Making of Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End (2010, 74 mins): a comprehensive new feature-length documentary.
Deep End: The Deleted Scenes (2010, 12 mins): short documentary exploring the scenes that never made the grade.
Original theatrical trailer.
Careless Love (Francine Winham, 1977, 10 mins): rare and disturbing short film in which a woman (Jane Asher) takes drastic action to keep the affections of the man she loves.
Recalling Deep End (2011, 25 mins, bonus DVD only): Jane Asher and John Moulder-Brown interviewed onstage with BFI curators William Fowler and Vic Pratt.
Deep End 2011 reissue trailer (bonus DVD only).
llustrated booklet featuring new essays by David Thompson, Yvonne Tasker, and Skolimowski expert Ewa Mazierska.