{"product_id":"the-war-game-blu-ray","title":"The War Game [Blu-ray]","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“AN EXTRAORDINARY FILM…\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE WAR GAME is a horrifying simulation of catastrophic reality.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE NORTH AMERICAN BLU-RAY PREMIERE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITH 5+ HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn 1965, filmmaker \u003cb\u003ePeter Watkins \u003c\/b\u003e(PRIVILEGE, PUNISHMENT PARK) recruited 350 amateur actors, utilized direct quotes from civil defense manuals and employed newsreel-like recreations to craft a BBC documentary drama that depicted a nuclear attack on Great Britain. The network condemned the finished film as “too horrifying” and refused to broadcast it. Watkins’ masterpiece subsequently received a special award at the 1966 Venice Film Festival and won the 1967 Academy Award® for Best Documentary Feature. The BBC would not air his “chillingly different, enduringly brilliant” (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) classic until three decades later. “What may be the most important film ever made” (\u003ci\u003eLondon Observer\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis\u003cb\u003e now scanned in 4K from the original 16mm A\/B rolls for the first time ever\u003c\/b\u003e, with \u003cb\u003emore than 5 hours of all-new Special Features. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDisc 1: Blu-ray \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e(Film + Special Features)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eIntroduction By Filmmaker Alex Cox\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eAudio Commentary With Film Critic Kim Newman And Director Sean Hogan\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eConflict By Design\u003c\/i\u003e – Interview With Anne Davey Orr, Production Designer On CULLODEN And THE WAR GAME\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWho Banned THE WAR GAME?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e– An Interview With Peter Watkins Historian John Cook\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eGames Of Fact And Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e – Video Essay By Dr. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas And Filmmaker Stephen Broomer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTHE WAR GAME At Cine City\u003c\/i\u003e – Featurette By Journalist Eric Veillette\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eNuclear Britain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e– Interview With \u003ci\u003eAttack Warning Red!: How Britain Prepared For Nuclear War\u003c\/i\u003e Author Julie McDowall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eArchival Interview With Editor Michael Bradsell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePeter Watkins Reflects On THE WAR GAME And The Media\u003c\/i\u003e – 1983 Interview From The Australian Film Television And Radio School (AFTRS)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eIntroduction To THE WAR GAME In Sheffield\u003c\/i\u003e By \u003ci\u003eVisions\u003c\/i\u003e Producer John Ellis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTHE WAR GAME In Sheffield \u003c\/i\u003e– Peter Watkins Recruits For A Proposed WAR GAME Remake In Unused Footage For The UK TV Show \u003ci\u003eVisions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eTrailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eTHE DIARY OF AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER (Peter Watkins Short Film)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eTHE FORGOTTEN FACES (Peter Watkins Short Film)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDisc Specs:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRuntime: 48 mins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAudio: English Mono\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosed Captions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRegion Free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAspect Ratio: 1.33:1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e*All foreign-language featurettes are subtitled in English.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Severin Films","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46471610466374,"sku":"SEV21767BR","price":29.75,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/4253\/5494\/files\/WarGame_BD_3D.jpg?v=1788155293","url":"https:\/\/severinfilms.com\/en-au\/products\/the-war-game-blu-ray","provider":"Severin Films","version":"1.0","type":"link"}