Barbarella will be released on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on November 28 via Arrow Video. Tula Lotay designed the new cover art for the 1968 science fiction cult classic; the original poster is on the reverse side.
Roger Vadim (Into the Night) directs from a script he co-wrote with Terry Southern (Dr. Strangelove, Easy Rider), based on the French comic series by Jean-Claude Forest. Jane Fonda stars with John Phillip Law, Marcel Marceau, David Hemmings, and Ugo Tognazzi.
The limited edition set comes with a booklet featuring new writing on the film by Anne Billson, Paul Gravett, Véronique Bergen, and Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén along with select archival material, a double-sided poster, and six double-sided postcards.
Barbarella has been newly restored in 4K from the original negative in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) with original lossless mono audio and remixed Dolby Atmos surround.
Special features for the two-disc set are listed below, where you can also see more of the packaging and contents.
Disc 1 - 4K UHD:
Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas
Alternative opening and closing credits
Isolated score
Disc 2 - Blu-ray:
Barbarella appreciation by film critic Glenn Kenny
Barbarella Forever - making-of featurette by Paul Joyce
Love - 2-hour discussion on the impact and legacy of Barbarella by film historians Tim Lucas & Steve Bissette
Interview with film fashion scholar Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén on Jacques Fonteray’s costume designs
Interview with camera operator Roberto Girometti
Interview with Ricky Tognazzi on his father, Barbarella actor Ugo Tognazzi
Interview with stuntman/body double Fabio Testi
Video essay by Eugenio Ercolani on producer Dino De Laurentiis
Trailer
TV and radio spots
Image gallery
Additional contents:
Booklet featuring new writing on the film by Anne Billson, Paul Gravett, Véronique Bergen, and Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén, plus select archival material
Double-sided fold-out poster with new art by Tula Lotay and original artwork
6 double-sided postcards
It is the year 40,000AD. When evil scientist Durand Durand (Milo O’Shea) creates a deadly weapon with the potential to cause mass devastation, the President of Earth dispatches Barbarella (Jane Fonda) to hunt him down. Crash-landing in an icy wilderness somewhere within the Tau Ceti planetary system, Barbarella is rescued by Mark Hand (Ugo Tognazzi) and guided by the blind angel Pygar (John Phillip Law) to Durand’s lair in Sogo, a city of corruption and debauchery, where an encounter with the Great Tyrant Black Queen (Anita Pallenberg) and her minions throws her mission into jeopardy.
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“Primo Amore” dir. Dino Risi - Ornella Muti , Ugo Tognazzi - 1978
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L'ottimista è un uomo che, senza una lira in tasca, ordina delle ostriche nella speranza di poterle pagare con la perla trovata.
- Ugo Tognazzi
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Ugo Tognazzi, March 23, 1922 – October 27, 1990.
With Claudia Cardinale on the set of Antonio Pietrangeli’s The Magnificent Cuckold (1964).
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Ugo Tognazzi-Romy Schneider "La califa" (La califfa) 1970, de Alberto Bevilacqua.
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Pier Paolo Pasolini directing Ugo Tognazzi on the set of "Porcile", 1969.
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Watch "La Cage aux Folles (1979) - He's Getting Married Scene (3/10) | Movieclips" on YouTube
There have been a few posts about The Birdcage popping up on my feed recently, so I would like to pay homage to the original. I first saw this when I was at uni, and it may have been my first foreign-language film...I'll have to give that some thought. In any case case, I thoroughly enjoyed the film and saw it a few times. I have no idea whether or not it has stood the test of time, so please don't hate on me if it hasn't. 😂 And shout out to UNC-Chapel Hill for exposing to such a wide range of international & arthouse cinema in my "formative" years.😎
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Ugo Tognazzi e Maria Grazia Buccella in "Ménage all'italiana" (Franco Indovina) 1965
Fotografo Anonimo
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