‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’ [Eureka! Masters of Cinema] on Blu-ray & DVD March 16, 2020!
Adapted directly from the play by Eugene O Neill (considered the Nobel laureate s magnum opus), Long Day’s Journey into Night is a four-act study of addiction and recrimination that the playwright claimed was written “in tears and blood”. Taking place over a single, fateful day in the summer of 1912, the Tyrone family (modelled after O’Neill’s own) confront their bitter failings and long-held resentments. Patriarch James (Ralph Richardson) is a renowned stage actor who s never forgotten his squalid Irish childhood, and has forsaken artistic ambition for commercial success. His wife Mary (Katharine Hepburn) has developed a morphine addiction, his eldest son Jamie (Jason Robards, Jr. ) is a violent alcoholic and failed actor, and his youngest (and clearly favoured) son Edmund (Dean Stockwell) is a nervous young man in poor health. All of them have something painful to say, and their silence is even worse.
Sidney Lumet’s epic and emotional adaptation of one of the great American stage plays
Directed by Sidney Lumet (Serpico, The Offence), whose instinctive understanding of adaptation and near-telepathic rapport with actors made him the perfect director for the material (Lumet had previously adapted O Neil s The Iceman Cometh into an acclaimed TV drama, also starring Jason Robards), The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Long Day s Journey into Night in its UK debut on Blu-ray and DVD in a Special Dual Format edition.
DUAL FORMAT SPECIAL FEATURES
- 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray, from a high-definition digital transfer
- Progressive encode on DVD
- Optional English subtitles
- Brand new feature-length audio commentary by author Scott Harrison
- Brand new and exclusive video essay by Lee Gambin
- Trailer
- PLUS: a collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Philip Kemp
Label: Eureka!
Title| LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Masters of Cinema) Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) edition
Starring| KATHARINE HEPBURN | RALPH RICHARDSON | JASON ROBARDS, JR. | DEAN STOCKWELL
Director| SIDNEY LUMET
Dual Format Cat. No.| EKA70376
Dual Format Barcode| 5060000703764
Dual Format RRP| £19.99
Release Date| 16 March 2020
Certificate| PG (TBC)
Run Time| 162 minutes
OAR| 1.85:1
Picture| B&W
Genre| Drama
Year| 1962
Country| USA
Language| ENGLISH
Subtitles| ENGLISH SDH (Optional)
Long Day’s Journey into Night is released
on Blu-ray & DVD March 16, 2020 in the UK
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