Press Release Criterion Press Release: One Night In Miami (2020) (Blu-ray) (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

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Adapted by Kemp Powers from his acclaimed play, the feature directorial debut of Academy Award–winning actor Regina King puts viewers in a room with four icons at the forefront of Black American culture as they carouse, clash, bare their souls, and grapple with their places within the sweeping change of the civil rights movement. February 25, 1964, has gone down in history as the day that the brash young boxer Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) defeated Sonny Liston, but what happened after the fight was perhaps even more incredible: Ali, civil rights leader Malcolm X, NFL great Jim Brown, and “King of Soul” Sam Cooke all came together at a Miami motel. Electric with big ideas and activist spirit, One Night in Miami . . .plunges us into the midst of an intimate, ongoing conversation—and a defining moment in American history.

FILM INFO​

• United States
• 2020
• 114 minutes
• Color
• 2.39:1
• English
• Spine #1106

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES​

• New 4K digital transfer, approved by director Regina King, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray
• New conversation between King and filmmaker Kasi Lemmons
• New conversation among King, screenwriter Kemp Powers, and critic Gil Robertson
• Conversation between King and filmmaker Barry Jenkins from a 2021 episode of The Director’s Cut – A DGA Podcast
• New program featuring King and actors Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, and Leslie Odom Jr.
• New program on the making of the film, featuring King, Powers, director of photography Tami Reiker, editor Tariq Anwar, producer Jody Klein, costume designer Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, and set decorator Janessa Hitsman
• New program on the film’s sound design, featuring sound editor and mixer Andy Hay, sound mixer Paul Ledford, and music producer Nick Baxter
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• English descriptive audio
• PLUS: An essay by critic Gene Seymour
  
  New cover by R. Gregory Christie
  
  December 7, 2021

 

[Ronald Epstein]

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[Jake Lipson]

How does this count as a 2020 release?

It debuted on Amazon Prime in January. I thought it counted as a 2021 release eligible for this year's Oscars ceremony because they extended the eligibility period to the end of February. But it still came out in January.

(I'm not trying to be argumentative here; I'm genuinely confused.)

 

[Robert Crawford]

How does this count as a 2020 release?

It debuted on Amazon Prime in January. I thought it counted as a 2021 release eligible for this year's Oscars ceremony because they extended the eligibility period to the end of February. But it still came out in January.

(I'm not trying to be argumentative here; I'm genuinely confused.)

It was screen a couple of times in 2020. On Christmas Day it was shown in Miami.

 

[Stephen_J_H]

Is this the first Amazon Studios title to be released by Criterion?

 

[Jake Lipson]

Is this the first Amazon Studios title to be released by Criterion?

No. Criterion previously released Cold War which was an Amazon Studios acquisition. Criterion will also be releasing Sound of Metal at some point next year.

 

[Robert Harris]

Brings questions to the fore.

Shot digitally in 4.5 and 6.5k.

Finished as a 4k DI.

Who approved post for the original release what - eight months ago?

One of the hotel maids?

It did appear a bit rough around the edges back then, so I’m thrilled that Regina King was finally allowed to complete her film.

Did she need to go back to original film elements?

 

[Jake Lipson]

Who approved post for the original release what - eight months ago?

I think Criterion always says that there is a new master even when they are releasing a new film.