UNDERGROUND (DUAL FORMAT EDITION) - BLU-RAY

UNDERGROUND (DVD + Blu-ray)
A film by Anthony Asquith

Introduced as a 'story of ordinary people', Anthony Asquith's Underground masterfully balances the light and dark sides of city life to evoke the daily existence of the average Londoner better than any other film from Britain's silent canon.

The BFI National Archive has restored the film using the latest photochemical and digital techniques and present it here with a newly commissioned score by Neil Brand.

Special Features

• Feature presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition
• Newly commissioned score by Neil Brand presented in 5.1 and 2.0
• Alternative score by Chris Watson
• Restoring Underground (2009,9 mins): featurette on the restoration
• The Premier and His Little Son (1909-12, 1 min): previously unseen footage of Anthony Asquith as a child
• A Trip on the Metropolitan Railway (1910, 13 mins, DVD only)
• Scenes at Piccadilly Circus and Hyde Park Corner (1930-32, 6 mins, DVD only)
• Seven More Stations (1948, 12 mins, DVD only): a film about the expansion of the Central Line beyond Stratford
• Under Night Streets (1958, 20 mins): a documentary about the tube's nightshift workers
• Illustrated booklet featuring film notes and new essays by Christian Wolmar and Neil Brand

UK | 1928 | black and white | silent with music | 93 minutes | Original aspect ratio 1.33:1

Disc 1: BD50 | 1080p | 24fps | DTS-HD Master Sound 5.1 (448kbps) and PCM 2.0 stereo audio (48k/24-bit)
Disc 2: DVD9 | PAL | Dolby Digital 5.1 surround audio (448kbps) and Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo audio (320kbps)

British silent movie from writer-director Anthony Asquith. Set in 1920s London, the story follows two men, Bill (Brian Aherne) and Bert (Cyril McLaglen), who fall for the same woman, Nell (Elissa Landi), after they encounter her on the Underground. Bill wins her affections but Bert has a nasty streak and is unwilling to let Nell's rejection go.