Cutter's Way (1981) Limited Edition Radiance US - 4K UHD / Blu-ray

The laid-back Californian gigolo Richard Bone (Bridges) finds himself suspected of murder when he happens to see the wrong thing at the wrong time

The laid-back Californian gigolo Richard Bone (Jeff Bridges) finds himself suspected of murder when he happens to see the wrong thing at the wrong time: the body of a young girl being dumped into a garbage can in a quiet Santa Monica neighbourhood. Bone’s friend, the capricious and paranoid Vietnam veteran Cutter, (John Heard), begins to suspect a conspiracy behind the killing, with local oil tycoon J.J. Cord (Stephen Elliott) at its centre. He persuades a reluctant Bone to try and take Cord down, leading to a sinister escalation of events that will change their lives forever.  Featuring career-best performances from its cast, a memorable score from Jack Nitzsche and pitch-perfect direction from Ivan Passer, the cynical and devastating Cutter’s Way is one of the defining films of the post-Vietnam, post-Watergate era – a defiant howl of frustration at the corruption of the American dream, and one of the most essential California noirs ever made. 

4K UHD & BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES

• New 4K restoration from the original camera negative
• 4K UHD and Blu-ray presentation of the feature; world premiere on 4K UHD
• Option to view with the original Cutter and Bone title sequence, newly scanned for the first time
• Uncompressed mono audio
• Piety, Patriotism and Violence: The Legacy of Cutter and Bone: new featurette on the legacy of Cutter’s Way with contributions from writers Megan Abbott, Jordan Harper, and George Pelecanos
• Archival audio commentary by novelist Matthew Specktor
• Archival audio commentary by film historians Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman
• Archival audio commentary by assistant director Larry Franco and unit production manager Barrie Osborne
• Archival video interviews with actor Lisa Eichhorn, UA Classics exec Ira Deutchman, director Ivan Passer, Jeffrey Alan Fiskin, and producer Paul Gurian
• Archival video featurette on composer Jack Nitzsche
• Archival audio introduction by star Jeff Bridges
• Archival video introduction by director Bertrand Tavernier
• Theatrical trailers
• Optional English SDH subtitle track
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
• Limited edition 80 page bound book featuring new writing from Christina Newland, Nick Pinkerton, and Travis Woods, plus an archival interview with Ivan Passer
• Limited edition of 5000 copies, presented in rigid box and full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings