Press Release Criterion Press Release: Walkabout (1971) (4k UHD Combo) (Blu-ray) (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

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A young sister and brother are abandoned in the harsh Australian outback and must learn to cope in the natural world, without their usual comforts, in this hypnotic masterpiece from Nicolas Roeg. Along the way, they meet an Aboriginal youth on his walkabout, a rite of passage in which adolescent boys are initiated into manhood by journeying into the wilderness alone. Walkaboutis a thrilling adventure as well as a provocative rumination on time and civilization.

FILM INFO​

• United Kingdom, Australia
• 1971
• 100 minutes
• Color
• 1.85:1
• English
• Spine #10
  
  

  4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES​

  • New 4K digital master, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Audio commentary featuring director Nicolas Roeg and actor Jenny Agutter
  • Interviews with Agutter and actor Luc Roeg
  • Gulpilil—One Red Blood (2002), a documentary on the life and career of actor David Gulpilil
  • Theatrical trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by author Paul Ryan
    
    Cover by Neil Kellerhouse
    
    September 12, 2023

 

[Ronald Epstein]

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[titch]

Fantastic - this will be 4K master created for the Second Sight restoration blu ray in 2020. In stark contrast to the Second Sight 4K UHD of Picnic At Hanging Rock, which had DNR and artificial grain added by the restoration team at the director's request, Walkabout on blu-ray looks like film and is gorgeous. I can't wait to see the 4K UHD!

 

[jayembee]

Definitely looking forward to this.

 

[Keith Cobby]

Great film which I saw theatrically on release. Jenny Agutter on 4k is unequivocally a good thing.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Pre-Order links has been added.

 

[Stephen_J_H]

Great film which I saw theatrically on release. Jenny Agutter on 4k is unequivocally a good thing.

Jenny's form would fare better in a 4K release of Logan's Run than the miniature effects.

 

[JoshZ]

Jenny's form would fare better in a 4K release of Logan's Run than the miniature effects.

Still amuses the hell out of me how that movie was rated PG.

 

[Stephen_J_H]

Still amuses the hell out of me how that movie was rated PG.

It was the 70s. PG got away with A LOT until 1984.

 

[Lord Dalek]

Still amuses the hell out of me how that movie was rated PG.

IIRC Si Livitnoff was able to negotiate it down to a GP (yes Walkabout still technically predated PG) on the grounds that it was non-sexual nudity.