{"product_id":"hoffman-bd","title":"HOFFMAN - BD","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e(Alvin Rakoff, 1970)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRelease date: 20 May 2024\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStandard Edition Blu-ray\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of the most unsettling films in the Peter Sellers canon, \u003cem\u003eHoffman\u003c\/em\u003e sees the actor in a sinister starring role as a bachelor who obsesses over his secretary (Sinéad Cusack, \u003cem\u003eTam Lin\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRevenge\u003c\/em\u003e) and, discovering that her boyfriend (Jeremy Bulloch, \u003cem\u003eThe Spy Who Loved Me\u003c\/em\u003e) has been fiddling the books at work, blackmails her into spending a week with him. Their time together reveals Hoffman’s tragic, lonely existence.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlvin Rakoff (\u003cem\u003eDeath Ship\u003c\/em\u003e) directs a film which is by turns amusing, poignant and uneasy, and which boasts a central performance so uncomfortable and revealing that its star tried to have the film’s negative destroyed.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew restoration from a 4K scan of the original negative by Powerhouse Films\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal mono audio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelected scenes commentary with director Alvin Rakoff (2022, 25 mins)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eStrange Relationship\u003c\/em\u003e (2022, 22 mins): Rakoff recalls \u003cem\u003eHoffman\u003c\/em\u003e’s troubled history and his friendship with Peter Sellers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAn Underexposed Film\u003c\/em\u003e (2022, 28 mins): focus puller Eddie Collins on the trials and tribulations of the shoot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eHome Improvements\u003c\/em\u003e (2022, 6 mins): draughtsman Terry Ackland-Snow discusses the film’s sets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal theatrical trailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLarry Karaszewski trailer commentary (2020, 4 mins): short critical appreciation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage galleries: promotional materials and behind-the-scenes photography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScript gallery: complete shooting screenplay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e#PHISE206B\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBBFC cert: 15\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREGION A\/B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEAN: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5060697924510\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"Powerhouse Films Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44763272773806,"sku":"PHISE206B","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/PHISE206_HOFFMAN_SE_BD_packshot_2D_1000px.png?v=1750690450","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/hoffman-bd","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}