{"product_id":"the-drivers-seat-blu-ray","title":"THE DRIVER'S SEAT [BLU-RAY]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Taylor stars in the most obscure, bizarre and wildly misunderstood film of her career, never before released in the UK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estars as a troubled woman who, upon arriving in Rome, finds a city fragmented by autocratic law, leftist violence and her own increasingly unhinged mission to find the most dangerous liaison of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNever before released in the UK,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Driver’s Seat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(aka\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIdentikit\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eremains the most obscure, bizarre and wildly misunderstood film of Taylor’s illustrious career. Adapted from an unnerving novella by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMuriel Spark\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cem\u003eThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie\u003c\/em\u003e), the film marked a wild step into the unknown for the screen icon, as she cast off the shackles of the US studio system in the shadow of her tumultuous personal life. Co-starring\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIan Bannen\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMona Washbourne\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndy Warhol\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Driver’s Seat\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003estunned critics and audiences alike upon its premiere in 1974 but failed to secure a UK release – until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDirected by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGiuseppe Patroni Griffi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cem\u003e'Tis Pity She's a Whore\u003c\/em\u003e) and featuring cinematography by three-time Oscar® winner\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVittorio Storaro\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cem\u003eApocalypse Now\u003c\/em\u003e), this 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