The Odd Job [Blu-ray] - PRE-ORDER - 25-AUG-2025

In the 1978 black comedy from director Peter Medak, Graham Chapman – just prior to Monty Python’s Life of Brian – stars as happily married Arthur Harris, who becomes suicidal when his wife suddenly leaves him. Unable to complete the task himself, he asks a strange handyman (BAFTA Award winner Sir David Jason of Only Fools and Horses, in a role once intended for Keith Moon) to kill him instead. But when Arthur’s wife comes back, he discovers that his homicidal hire has every intention of finishing the job.

Diana Quick (Brideshead Revisited), Carolyn Seymour (The Ruling Class), Simon Williams (Jabberwocky), Bill Paterson (Fleabag) and Richard O’Brien (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) co-star in this “crazy comedy” (Travalanche), co-written by Chapman with Bernard McKenna (Yellowbeard) and produced by Mark Forstater (Monty Python and the Holy Grail), now scanned in 2K from Peter Medak’s personal 35MM print.

BLU-RAY:

• Introduction By Director Peter Medak
• Audio Interview With Peter Medak
• The Odd Job Men – Zoom Reunion Between Star Sir David Jason And Peter Medak
• The Unusual Work – Interview With Writer Bernard McKenna
• Producer, An Odd Job – Interview With Co-Producer Mark Forstater
• The Odd Batch – Interview With Actor Richard O'Brien
• The Naughty Neighbor – Interview With Actress Carolyn Seymour

• Most Peculiar Craft – Interview With Actor Simon Williams

• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Audio: English Mono
• Closed Captions: English SDH

• The worldwide Blu-ray premiere of this unique comedy, starring several UK comedy legends.
• Scanned in 2K from a 35mm print
• Originally made as an episode of the Ronnie Barker series ‘Six Dates with Barker’ (1971) with Barker as Arthur Harris and David Jason as The Odd Job Man.
• Director Peter Medak is also known for The Ruling Class (1972), The Changeling (1980), The Krays (1990) and Romeo is Bleeding (1993)