Press Release Criterion Press Release: Deep Cover (1992) (Blu-ray) (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

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Film noir hits the mean streets of 1990s Los Angeles in this stylish and subversive underworld odyssey from veteran actor-director Bill Duke. Laurence Fishburne stars as Russell Stevens/John Hull, a police officer who goes undercover as the partner of a dangerously ambitious cocaine trafficker (Jeff Goldblum) in order to infiltrate and bring down a powerful Latin American drug ring operating in LA. But the further Stevens descends into this ruthless world of money, violence, and power, the more disillusioned he becomes—and the harder to make out the line between right and wrong, crime and justice. Steeped in shadowy, neon-soaked atmosphere and featuring Dr. Dre’s debut solo single, this unsung gem of the nineties’ Black cinema explosion delivers a riveting character study and sleek action thrills alongside a furious moral indictment of America and the devastating failures of the war on drugs.

FILM INFO​

• Bill Duke
• United States
• 1992
• 107 minutes
• Color
• 1.85:1
• English
• Spine #1086

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES​

• New 4K digital restoration, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• New interview with director Bill Duke
• New conversation between film scholars Racquel J. Gates and Michael B. Gillespie about Deep Cover’s place within both the Black film boom of the early 1990s and the noir genre
• New conversation between scholar Claudrena N. Harold and professor, DJ, and podcaster Oliver Wang about the film’s title track and its importance to the history of hip-hop
• Panel discussion from 2018 featuring Duke and Fishburne and moderated by film critic Elvis Mitchell
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by Gillespie
  
  New cover illustration by Ngabo “El’Cesart” Desire

PURCHASE OPTIONS​

Coming soon, available Jul 13, 2021
BLU-RAY1 Disc$31.96SRP: $39.95
DVD2 Discs$23.96SRP: $29.95

 

[Ronald Epstein]

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[Winston T. Boogie]

Wow, interesting choice by Criterion that I did not see coming. I'll have one of these, please.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Wow, interesting choice by Criterion that I did not see coming. I'll have one of these, please.

The same here!

 

[John Dirk]

Great news. I can't wait to replace my aging DVD of this great and underrated film.

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