The Cars That Ate Paris + The Plumber (4K UHD/Blu-ray, BFI Limited Edition, Region Free/B)

The Cars That Ate Paris & The Plumber (4K UHD + Blu-ray (extras))
Director: Peter Weir

A new 4K restoration of Peter Weir’s cult Ozploitation debut, available on UHD for the first time.

 

While travelling across Australia in search of work, two brothers collide with an oncoming car. The sole survivor is taken in by the residents of the nearby small town of Paris, but their strange behaviour—and the alarming number of road accidents in the area—quickly unsettles him. It soon becomes clear that the town’s feral youth rule the streets at night in souped-up cars, and the local hospital is overflowing with brain-damaged crash victims. 

Shot in widescreen on Panavision cameras, Peter Weir’s (The Truman Show, Dead Poet’s Society) debut feature is a biting satire of smalltown life. It was also one of Stanley Kubrick’s favourite films and a direct inspiration for George Miller’s Mad Max series.

This Limited Edition two disc set also include Peter Weir’s The Plumber. This made-for-television psychological thriller follows an anthropology student and her husband whose lives are disrupted when an overfamiliar plumber begins intrusive ‘repairs’.

 

Extras 

• Limited edition 2-disc set (includes one UHD and one Blu-ray)
• Newly restored in 4K - Digitally remastered by the National Film & Sound Archive of Australia
• Newly recorded audio commentary on The Cars That Ate Paris by Dr Stephen Morgan
• My First Film: Terry Camilleri on The Cars That Ate Paris (2026): newly recorded interview with one of the stars of the film
• Interview with Peter Weir (2003, 11 mins): archive interview with the director about The Cars That Ate Paris
• Guardian Interview: Peter Weir (1985) extensive interview with the acclaimed director, recorded around the release of Peter Weir’s Oscar-winning film Witness
• Three to Go: Michael (1970, 30 mins): made up of three self-contained films, each part was directed by a different filmmaker and focused on a young person facing a momentous choice about their future. ‘Michael’ was written and directed by Peter Weir and would go onto win the top prize at the Australian Film Awards in 1970
• "Nobody Leaves Paris! No One!" (2026, 15 mins): a newly commissioned video essay by Chris O’Neill looking at The Cars That Ate Paris
• Interview with Hal McElroy (2008, 6 mins): an interview with the one of the producers of The Cars That Ate Paris, originally recorded by filmmaker Mark Hartley for his documentary Not Quite Hollywood
• The Plumber (1979, 76 mins): remastered in 2K, Peter Weir’s made-for-television thriller follows an anthropology student and her husband whose lives are disrupted when an over‑familiar plumber begins intrusive ‘repairs’
• Newly recorded audio commentary on The Plumber by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson
• Incredible Floridas (1972, 13 mins): a portrait of Australian composer Richard Meale as he composes and conducts his sextet "Incredible Floridas"
• Interview with Peter Weir (2003, 8 mins): archive interview with the director about The Plumber
• Peter Weir's Dream within a Dream (2026, 17 mins): sparked by the discovery of rare outtakes from Picnic at Hanging Rock, this newly made work by Polish filmmaker Jakub Duszynski offers new insight into Weir’s 1975 masterpiece
• Trailers
• Illustrated booklet featuring a new written interview with Peter Weir, an original review and essays on The Cars That Ate Paris by Dr Stephen Morgan and on The Plumber by Tara Judah

4K disc is Region Free, blu-ray disc is Region B