Film Essays vol 1 - The Border (1982)

It's just been announced over on Powerhouse Film's website that I've written a brand new essay for their forthcoming blu-ray release of the 1982 Jack Nicholson thriller The Border.

The blu-ray is released on 22nd January 2018 and my essay will feature in the collector's booklet on the initial limited edition blu-ray run of 3,000 copies.

Here's the details:

(Tony Richardson, 1982)
Release date: 22 January 2018
Limited Blu-ray Edition (UK Blu-ray premiere)

Jack Nicholson (The Last Detail, Wolf) gives one of his finest and most subtle performances as a hard-working but deeply disillusioned Mexican border-guard in this tough thriller from renowned British filmmaker Tony Richardson (Look Back in Anger, A Taste of Honey).

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES:
• High Definition remaster
• Original mono audio
• Audio Commentary with critic and film historian Nick Pinkerton
• The Guardian/NFT Tribute to Tony Richardson (1992, tbc mins): archival audio recording of an interview at London's National Film Theatre
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by author Scott Harrison, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and historic articles on the film
• UK premiere on Blu-ray
• Limited Edition of 3,000 copies
...AND MORE!

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BBFC cert: 18
REGION B

You can pre-order the blu-ray at the following links:

Powerhouse Films website: http://www.powerhousefilms.co.uk/product/the-border-le

Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Border-Blu-Ray-Jack-Nicholson/dp/B077698BC7/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1512129474&sr=1-1&keywords=the+border+blu+ray

Zavvi: https://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/the-border/11629005.html?affil=thggpsad&switchcurrency=GBP&shippingcountry=GB&thg_ppc_campaign=71700000025337566&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIm537wOHo1wIV4bftCh0VhQhKEAQYASABEgKBevD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=COyLlcPh6NcCFYuLUQoduEwBAA