The Witches

Out on:Blu-Ray 8th Jan. 2018
DVD 8th Jan. 2018

In the mid-sixties, famed producer Dino De Laurentiis brought together the talents of five famed Italian directors for an anthology film. Their brief was simple: to direct an episode in which Silvana Mangano (Bitter Rice, Ludwig) plays a witch.

Luchino Visconti (Ossessione, Death in Venice) and screenwriter Cesare Zavattini (Bicycle Thieves) open the film with The Witch Burned Alive, about a famous actress and a drunken evening that leads to unpleasant revelations. Civic Sense is a lightly comic interlude from Mauro Bolognini (The Lady of the Camelias) with a dark conclusion, and The Earth as Seen from the Moon sees Italian comedy legend Totò team up with Pier Paolo Pasolini (Theorem) for the first time for a tale of matrimony and a red-headed father and son. Franco Rosso (The Woman in the Painting) concocts a story of revenge in The Sicilian’s Wife, while Vittorio De Sica (Shoeshine) casts Clint Eastwood as Mangano’s estranged husband in An Evening Like the Others, concluding The Witches with a stunning homage to Italian comic books.

SPECIAL EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS
• Brand new 2K restoration from original film elements produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Original Italian mono audio (uncompressed LPCM)
• Brand-new audio commentary by film critic and novelist Tim Lucas
• Interview with actor Ninetto Davoli, recorded exclusively for this release
• English-language version of Vittorio De Sica’s episode, An Evening Like the Others, starring Clint Eastwood
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Pasquale Iannone and Kat Ellinger

SPECIAL EDITION DVD CONTENTS
• Brand new 2K restoration from original film elements produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release
• Standard Definition presentation
• Original Italian mono audio
• Brand-new audio commentary by film critic and novelist Tim Lucas
• Interview with actor Ninetto Davoli, recorded exclusively for this release
• English-language version of Vittorio De Sica’s episode, An Evening Like the Others, starring Clint Eastwood
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys

Director: Luchino Visconti, Franco Rossi, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Mauro Bolognin Vittorio de Sica
Cast: Silvana Mangano, Clint Eastwood, Toto, Ninetto Davoli

UK RRP: £15.99 DVD / £19.99 Blu-ray
Region: B/2
Rating: TBC
Genre: Drama
Duration: 121 mins
Language: Italian
Subtitles: English / English SDH
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audio: Mono 1.0
Colour: Colour
Discs: 1

DVD
UK Cat No: FCD1672
UK Barcode: 502703501841

BLU-RAY
UK Cat No: FCD1668
UK Barcode: 502703501837

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RELEASE INFORMATION

Distributor
Arrow Academy
Release date
8th January, 2018

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