Press Release Lionsgate Press Release: Le Mépris (1963) (4k UHD) (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Jean-Luc Godard’s iconic French New Wave classic Le Mépris (Contempt) arrives on 4K UHD Digital on September 12 and a limited-edition 4K UHD + Blu-rayTM on September 26 from Lionsgate. The release features a special introduction by Colin MacCabe, an academic, film producer, and author of Godard: A Portrait of the Artist at Seventy. The romantic drama features performances by Brigitte Bardot (…And God Created Woman), Jack Palance (City Slickers), and Fritz Lang (M). Le Mépris (Contempt) is available for the suggested retail price of $24.99 for 4K Digital and on 4K Blu-rayTM for $28.99.

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS
Celebrate the 60th anniversary of Jean-Luc Godard’s landmark movie Le Mépris (Contempt) with this first-ever 4K release. Weaving provocative storylines with a stunning visual style, Le Mépris is a movie within a movie. On the surface, the film is about a director (Michel Piccoli) whose wife Camille (screen legend Brigitte Bardot) falls out of love with him while he rewrites an adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey for an American producer (Jack Palance). But underneath this tale of a doomed romance lies Godard’s true subject: the commercial film industry, which he skewers in an unforgettable tour de force that is subversive, darkly comic, and completely original.

CAST
Brigitte Bardot …And God Created Woman, A Very Private Affair
Jack Palance City Slickers, Shane, Tango & Cash
Michel Piccoli Belle de Jour, We Have a Pope
Fritz Lang M, Metropolis, Scarlet Street

PROGRAM INFORMATION
Year of Production: 1963
Title Copyright: © 1963 StudioCanal - Compagnia Cinematografica Champion S.P.A. All Rights Reserved.
Type: 4K Release
Feature Run Time: 103 minutes
Rating: Not Rated
Genre: Drama, Romance
Closed-Captioned: N/A
Subtitles: English
4K Format: 2160p Ultra High Definition 16x9 (2.35:1) Presentation / Dolby Vision
4K Audio: French 2.0 Mono DTS Master AudioTM / English 2.0 Mono DTS Master AudioTM
Special Features: An Introduction by Colin MacCabe

 

[jayembee]

Good. Now I don't have to try to get StudioCanal's release. I held back on that because I was reasonably sure that Lionsgate would get around to it.

 

[Lord Dalek]

Another bogus Criterionforum rumor put to rest.