{"product_id":"quatermass-2-collectors-edition-uhd-blu-ray","title":"Quatermass 2 Collectors Edition (UHD) [Blu-ray]","description":"Brian Donlevy returns as Professor Quatermass in this hit sequel from Hammer Films – a film which, if anything, is more eerily prescient and gruesomely shocking than its predecessor. Co-starring John Longdon, Sidney James and a young Bryan Forbes, Quatermass 2 is featured in this brand-new 4K restoration that has been painstakingly restored by Hammer in 4K from the original film materials.\n\nQuatermass and his colleague Marsh investigate the remote Winnerden Flats for traces of a swarm of hollow, symmetrical meteorites. But when one explodes and Marsh is injured, Quatermass is beaten and Marsh is forcibly taken into custody by a group of zombified paramilitary thugs.\n\nExtras:\nBrand-new 5.1 mix for all three versions alongside the original mono film soundtrack.\nAdditional German and Italian audio for all three versions. English, French, Italian, Spanish and German subtitles on all versions of the film.\nPackaged in a high-end, leather-feel slipcase with debossed red and silver titling.\nRigid inner box featuring new artwork by cult favourite artist Graham Humphreys.\nDouble-sided poster of original one-sheets.\nEight art cards featuring facsimiles of the original US cinema lobby cards.\n176-page booklet featuring new and reprint articles and reproductions of original publicity.\n60-page comic featuring a reprint of the comic strip from legendary 1970s magazine The House of Hammer.\nThe discs feature:\nNew commentary with actor and comedian Toby Hadoke, Nigel Kneale’s biographer Andy Murray and Stephen R. Bissette, artist and film historian.\nNew commentary with writer\/academic Brontë Schiltz and author\/producer Jon Dear.\nArchive commentary with director Val Guest, recorded for laserdisc in 1998.\nArchive commentary with writer Nigel Kneale and Hammer expert Marcus Hearn, recorded for laserdisc in 1998.#\nArchive commentary featuring sections of both laserdisc commentaries, edited for DVD in 2003.\nArchive commentary featuring documentarian and Hammer expert Ted Newsom, recorded for Blu-ray in 2019.\nArchive commentary with filmmaker and Hammer expert Constantine Nasr and writer\/producer Dr Steve Haberman, recorded for Blu-ray in 2019.\nThe Legend of Nigel Kneale: Enemy from Space. Toby Hadoke continues his investigation into the truth behind the legend, in part two of a brand-new two-part documentary.\nDoubling Down: Uncovering Quatermass 2. A close look at the making of Quatermass 2, with contributions from Jon Dear, Stephen Gallagher, Toby Hadoke, Wayne Kinsey, Andy Murray and Stephen Volk.\nQuatermass II: all six episodes of the landmark 1955 BBC serial.\nMan of Action. Author and Hammer expert Stephen Laws and author\/biographer Derek Sculthorpe examine the life and career of Brian Donlevy.\nQuatermass Crew. Candid reminiscences from the making of Quatermass 2 with 3rd assistant director Hugh Harlow and special effects assistant Brian Johnson.\nA Question of Character: Nigel Kneale famously hated Brian Donlevy's performance as Quatermass. Jon Dear, Stephen Gallagher, Toby Hadoke, Andy Murray and Stephen Volk offer their own perspectives.\nQuatermass and the Hammer Experience: Interviewed by Ted Newsom in the early 1990s, Val Guest discusses the films he made for Hammer.\nVal Guest 2003 interview from original UK DVD release of Quatermass 2.\nReviving Quatermass 2. A look behind-the-scenes at how the new 4K restoration of Quatermass 2 was made.\nOriginal trailers, foreign titles, Super 8 cut-down version and the original BBFC censor cards for Quatermass 2.\nExtensive image gallery of stills and publicity material, alongside tracks from James Bernard’s score.\nThe booklet features:\nNew article on the making of Quatermass 2 by Bruce Hallenbeck.\nNew article by Andrew Pixley where he takes a look at the production of the second BBC series and its impact on the viewing public.\nNew article by Andy Murray that takes a look at that most complicated of relationships: Nigel Kneale vs 1950s Sci-Fi.\nArchive article from Picturegoer magazine where Edith Nepean visits the Danziger’s Studios during the filming of Quatermass 2.\nNew article from writer Stephen Laws, who takes a personal look at Brian Donlevy and his place in the pantheon of Quatermass actors.\nNew article from Jon Dear, who investigates why New Towns are often portrayed on film and television as sinister monuments to trauma.\nArchive interview with actor Barry Lowe, who featured in both Quatermass films as well as several other Hammer productions\nNew article by Hammer expert Wayne Kinsey, who unpicks the differences between the TV series, the draft scripts and the final film.","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54362856030593,"sku":"2673087","price":63.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/5061058620294_683DCE58.png?v=1748939785","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/quatermass-2-collectors-edition-uhd-blu-ray","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}