The new world

Author

Terrence Malick

Call Number

• BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Director-approved three-Blu-ray special edition.

Languages

In English and Algonquin, with English subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Colin Farrell, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale, August Schellenberg, Wes Studi, Q'Orianka Kilcher, David Thewlis, Yorick van Wageningen, Ben Mendelsohn, Noah Taylor, Brían F. O'Byrne, Ben Chaplin, Jonathan Pryce.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2016]

Physical Description

3 videodiscs (172 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (44 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

This singular vision of early seventeenth-century America reimagines the apocryphal story of the meeting of British explorer John Smith and Powhatan native Pocahontas as a romantic idyll between spiritual equals, then follows Pocahontas as she marries John Rolfe and moves to England.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.

Special features: New 4K digital restoration of the 172-minute extended cut of the film, supervised by cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki and director Terrence Malick and featuring material not released in theaters, with 5.1 surround DTS-HS Master Audio soundtrack ; high-definition digital transfers of the 135-minute theatrical cut and the 150-minutes first cut of the film, supervised by Lubezki ; new interviews with actors Colin Farrell and Q'Orianka Kilcher ; new program about the making of the film, featuring interviews with producer Sarah Green, production designer Jack Fisk, and costume designer Jacqueline West ; Making "The new world," a documentary shot during the production of the film in 2004, directed and edited by Austin Jack Lynch ; new programs about the process of cutting The new world and its various versions, featuring interviews with editors Hank Corwin, Saar Klein, and Mark Yoshikawa ; trailers.