That Cold Day in the Park (Region B)
Made after years of directing television and industrial films â and just one year before his commercial breakthrough with M*A*S*H â Robert Altmanâs underrated psychosexual chiller That Cold Day in the Park, arguably the first true âAltman filmâ, is a stylish harbinger of the themes that would resonate through many of the directorâs later masterpieces such as Images and 3 Women.
On a cold and rainy day, Frances Austen (Sandy Dennis, Academy Award winner for Whoâs Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), a reclusive virgin sheltered from the sexual revolution happening outside her door, suddenly becomes obsessed with an enigmatic 19 year-old boy she sees sitting on a park bench. Inviting him into her apartment to be bathed and fed, Francesâ repressed fantasies soon violently boil over into a dangerous and disturbing desire to keep the boy in her clutches... no matter what.
Adapted from Richard Milesâ novel by British author Gillian Freeman (The Leather Boys), Altman expertly turns the screws in this suspenseful tale of sexual repression, the chilly Vancouver locations vividly photographed by LĂĄszlĂł KovĂĄcs the same year he lensed Easy Rider, and accompanied by a haunting score from Johnny Mandel, just before he co-wrote the anthem âSuicide Is Painlessâ for Altmanâs next film.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentationÂ
- Original lossless mono audioÂ
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingÂ
- Audio commentary by critic Samm Deighan
- Isolated music and effects track in lossless monoÂ
- Crazy in the Rain: Altmanâs Vancouver, a featurette revisiting the locations by Kier-La Janisse, author of House of Psychotic Women
- Archive interview with film critic and historian David Thompson, author of Altman on Altman
- Extended scenes from a pre-release print of the filmÂ
- Over ten minutes of behind-thescenes footage featuring Altman and Dennis, from the archives of the Canadian Broadcasting CorporationÂ
- Theatrical trailerÂ
- Image galleryÂ
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tom Ralston
That Cold Day in the Park (Region B)
Made after years of directing television and industrial films â and just one year before his commercial breakthrough with M*A*S*H â Robert Altmanâs underrated psychosexual chiller That Cold Day in the Park, arguably the first true âAltman filmâ, is a stylish harbinger of the themes that would resonate through many of the directorâs later masterpieces such as Images and 3 Women.
On a cold and rainy day, Frances Austen (Sandy Dennis, Academy Award winner for Whoâs Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), a reclusive virgin sheltered from the sexual revolution happening outside her door, suddenly becomes obsessed with an enigmatic 19 year-old boy she sees sitting on a park bench. Inviting him into her apartment to be bathed and fed, Francesâ repressed fantasies soon violently boil over into a dangerous and disturbing desire to keep the boy in her clutches... no matter what.
Adapted from Richard Milesâ novel by British author Gillian Freeman (The Leather Boys), Altman expertly turns the screws in this suspenseful tale of sexual repression, the chilly Vancouver locations vividly photographed by LĂĄszlĂł KovĂĄcs the same year he lensed Easy Rider, and accompanied by a haunting score from Johnny Mandel, just before he co-wrote the anthem âSuicide Is Painlessâ for Altmanâs next film.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentationÂ
- Original lossless mono audioÂ
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingÂ
- Audio commentary by critic Samm Deighan
- Isolated music and effects track in lossless monoÂ
- Crazy in the Rain: Altmanâs Vancouver, a featurette revisiting the locations by Kier-La Janisse, author of House of Psychotic Women
- Archive interview with film critic and historian David Thompson, author of Altman on Altman
- Extended scenes from a pre-release print of the filmÂ
- Over ten minutes of behind-thescenes footage featuring Altman and Dennis, from the archives of the Canadian Broadcasting CorporationÂ
- Theatrical trailerÂ
- Image galleryÂ
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tom Ralston
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Made after years of directing television and industrial films â and just one year before his commercial breakthrough with M*A*S*H â Robert Altmanâs underrated psychosexual chiller That Cold Day in the Park, arguably the first true âAltman filmâ, is a stylish harbinger of the themes that would resonate through many of the directorâs later masterpieces such as Images and 3 Women.
On a cold and rainy day, Frances Austen (Sandy Dennis, Academy Award winner for Whoâs Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), a reclusive virgin sheltered from the sexual revolution happening outside her door, suddenly becomes obsessed with an enigmatic 19 year-old boy she sees sitting on a park bench. Inviting him into her apartment to be bathed and fed, Francesâ repressed fantasies soon violently boil over into a dangerous and disturbing desire to keep the boy in her clutches... no matter what.
Adapted from Richard Milesâ novel by British author Gillian Freeman (The Leather Boys), Altman expertly turns the screws in this suspenseful tale of sexual repression, the chilly Vancouver locations vividly photographed by LĂĄszlĂł KovĂĄcs the same year he lensed Easy Rider, and accompanied by a haunting score from Johnny Mandel, just before he co-wrote the anthem âSuicide Is Painlessâ for Altmanâs next film.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentationÂ
- Original lossless mono audioÂ
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearingÂ
- Audio commentary by critic Samm Deighan
- Isolated music and effects track in lossless monoÂ
- Crazy in the Rain: Altmanâs Vancouver, a featurette revisiting the locations by Kier-La Janisse, author of House of Psychotic Women
- Archive interview with film critic and historian David Thompson, author of Altman on Altman
- Extended scenes from a pre-release print of the filmÂ
- Over ten minutes of behind-thescenes footage featuring Altman and Dennis, from the archives of the Canadian Broadcasting CorporationÂ
- Theatrical trailerÂ
- Image galleryÂ
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tom Ralston
