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4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

The shape of water

Call Number

  • 4K BLU-RAY SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY (CEN)

Edition

Director-approved 4K UHD + Blu-ray special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; English descriptive audio.

Performers

Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Octavia Spencer.

Publication Information

[New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2024]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (123 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 16 cm)

Audience

MPAA rating: R; sexual content, graphic nudity, violence and language.

Summary

Cinema's great modern mythmaker Guillermo del Toro uses the hallmarks of classic horror and fantasy to tell a strange and sublime fable about outsiderhood, connection, and love's transcendence. An ineffably touching Sally Hawkins plays Elisa, a mute janitor at a top-secret government laboratory who finds herself drawn to the facility's newest research subject: a humanoid amphibian--for whom she is soon risking everything, amid the stifling conformity of 1960s America. A triumph of visual imagination that combines elements of sci-fi, noir, and the golden-age musical, this swooning cinematic dreamscape--winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director--is a monster movie with a human heart.

Notes

This is a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and requires a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player; it will not play in standard Blu-ray or DVD players. For full 4K UHD effects, a 4K Ultra HD TV with HDR and a high-speed HDMI (category 2) cable are required.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.

Special features: 4K digital master, supervised by director Guillermo del Toro, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack ; one 4K UHD disc of the film presented in HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features ; new conversation between del Toro and filmmaker David Lowery ; A Fairy Tale for Troubled Times, a documentary highlighting the film's production design, performances, special effects, and score ; Anatomy of a Scene: Prologue and Anatomy of a Scene: The Dance, both featuring on-set footage and interviews with del Toro ; Shaping the Waves, an interview with illustrator James Jean ; Masterclass from 2017 on the film's technical aspects, featuring del Toro and crew members ; trailers.

Contents

  • [Disc one.] 4K Ultra HD version
  • [Disc two.] Blu-ray version.

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