{"product_id":"the-cars-that-ate-paris-4k-uhd-pre-order-25-may-2026","title":"The Cars That Ate Paris [4K UHD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eA new 4K restoration of Peter Weir’s feature debut, available on 4K UHD in the UK for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile travelling across Australia in search of work, two brothers are involved in a car accident. The sole survivor is taken in by\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ethe residents of the nearby small town of Paris, but their strange behaviour—and the alarming number of road accidents in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ethe area—quickly unsettles him. It soon becomes clear that the town’s feral youth rule the streets at night in souped‑up cars,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eand the local hospital is overflowing with brain‑damaged crash victims.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShot in widescreen on Panavision cameras, Peter Weir’s (The Truman Show, Dead Poets Society) debut feature is a biting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esatire of small‑town life. It was also one of Stanley Kubrick’s favourite films and a direct inspiration for George Miller’s Mad\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMax series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Limited Edition two disc set also include Peter Weir’s The Plumber. This made‑for‑television psychological thriller\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efollows an anthropology student and her husband whose lives are disrupted when an over‑familiar plumber begins intrusive\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘repairs’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExtras\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· Limited edition 2-disc set (includes one UHD and one Blu-ray)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· Newly restored in 4K by the National Film \u0026amp; Sound Archive of Australia, presented in 2160p and in Dolby Vision\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(HDR10 compatible)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· Newly recorded audio commentary on The Cars That Ate Paris by Dr Stephen Morgan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· My First Film: Terry Camilleri on The Cars That Ate Paris (2026): newly recorded interview with one of the stars of the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efilm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· Interview with Peter Weir – The Cars That Ate Paris (2003, 11 mins): archive interview with the director\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· Guardian Interview: Peter Weir (1985, 70 mins, audio only) extensive interview with the acclaimed director, recorded\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003earound the release of Peter Weir’s Oscar-winning film Witness\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· 3 To Go: Michael (1970, 31 mins): three young filmmakers, of whom Peter Weir was one, were commissioned by the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAustralian Commonwealth Film Unit to each write and direct a half-hour fiction drama on the theme of ‘Youth’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese were combined for cinema release as 3 To Go. Michael was Weir’s contribution to the project\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· ‘Nobody Leaves Paris! No One!’ (2026, 15 mins): a newly commissioned video essay by Chris O’Neill looking at The\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCars That Ate Paris\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· Interview with Hal McElroy (2008, 6 mins): an interview with the one of the producers of The Cars That Ate Paris,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eoriginally recorded by filmmaker Mark Hartley for his documentary Not Quite Hollywood\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· The Plumber (1979, 77 mins): remastered in 2K, Peter Weir’s made-for-television thriller follows an anthropology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003estudent and her husband whose lives are disrupted when an over-familiar plumber begins intrusive ‘repairs’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· Newly recorded audio commentary on The Plumber by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· Incredible Floridas (1972, 13 mins): a portrait of Australian composer Richard Meale\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· Interview with Peter Weir – The Plumber (2003, 8 mins): archive interview with the director\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· Peter Weir's Dream within a Dream (2026, 18 mins): sparked by the discovery of rare outtakes from Picnic at Hanging\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRock, this newly made work by Polish filmmaker Jakub Duszynski offers new insight into Weir’s 1975 masterpiece\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· Trailers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· Image galleries\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· Illustrated booklet featuring a new written interview with Peter Weir, an original review, essays on The Cars That Ate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParis by Dr Stephen Morgan and on The Plumber by Tara Judah and writing about his short films by Peter Weir\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467631870126,"sku":"BFIU0028","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/LIME-LIGHT-THE-CARS-THAT-ARE-PARIS-UHD.jpg?v=1770373125","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-cars-that-ate-paris-4k-uhd-pre-order-25-may-2026","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}