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    Blu-ray B United Kingdom - Eureka
    Masters of Cinema #218     Rewind Review

  • Commentaries:
    Audio Commentary by cinematographer Jack Cardiff
  • Extras:
    Isolated Music & Effects track (In LPCM 2.0 mono)
    Audio recording of the Guardian interview with John Huston at the National Film Theatre in 1981 (as an alternate audio track for the feature for the first 88:15)
    Interview with critic Kim Newman (18:47)
    Interview with film historian Neil Sinyard (15:53)
    Audio recording of an on-stage NFT discussion about the film with Anjelica Huston and script supervisor Angela Allen from 2010 (30:53)
    Interview with co-screenwriter Peter Viertel, author of White Hunter, Black Heart, by filmmaker Michael Scheingraber (17:42)
    "Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen" documentary (59:18)
    Lux Radio Theater adaptation from 1952 with Humphrey Bogart and Greer Garson (59:23)
    Theatrical Trailer (2:32)
  • Subtitles:
    English HoH
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.37:1
  • Picture Format:
    1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
  • Soundtrack(s):
    English LPCM 2.0 mono
  • Case type:
    Keep Case
  • Notes:
    From a 4K restoration by Paramount Pictures and ITV.
    The first 3,000 copies come with a limited edition hardbound case and a 60-page perfect bound book featuring:
    - "A Pair of Aces and a Queen" from The Picturegoer (vol. 23, no. 879 – 8 Mar 1952)
    - "African Adventure" from The Veteran Magazine (Spring 2003)
    - Interview with John Huston by Karel Reisz from Sight and Sound (vol. 21, no. 3 – Jan/Mar 1952)
    - Extracts from “The Making of The African Queen” by Katharine Hepburn (1987)
    - "Peter Viertel: In Memoriam" by Michael Scheingraber (2019)
    - Artwork Gallery
    - Viewing Notes
    - Production Credits & Special Thanks

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