DVD
The Underground Railroad
Call Number
- DVD TV SERIES (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved four-DVD special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, English descriptive audio.
Performers
Thuso Mbedu, Chase W. Dillon, Joel Edgerton, Fred Hechinger, Peter Mullan, Mychal-Bella Bowman, Sheila Atim.
Publication Information
[New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2024]
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (585 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Audience
TV-MA.
Uniform Title
Summary
"A monumental reimagining of American history, Barry Jenkins's adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning 2016 novel is a harrowing and rhapsodic journey through a still-echoing past. Weaving together historical fiction with moments of magical realism, The Underground Railroad is a full sensory immersion into the world of Cora, who, fleeing slavery, embarks on a treacherous quest for freedom--and is menaced by violence, supported by a clandestine community fighting for liberation, and haunted by the people she loses along the way. With images of searing power and stirring poetry, Jenkins delivers an epic saga of survival and resilience that pushes the limited-series format to new heights of cinematic transcendence."--Container.
Notes
Based on the novel by Colson Whitehead.
Originally released for streaming as individual episodes on Amazon Prime Video in 2021.
Special features: 4K digital master, approved by cowriter-director Barry Jenkins ; new audio commentary featuring Jenkins and, on select chapters, cinematographer James Laxton and lead editor Joi McMillon, with an introduction by the director ; The Gaze, a companion film by Jenkins, with a new introduction by the director ; deleted scenes, with a statement by Jenkins ; seven teasers made by Jenkins, with a new introduction by the director ; Building "The Underground Railroad," a short program featuring Jenkins and production designer Mark Friedberg discussing the creation of the train-station sets.
Contents
- Disc one: Chapter one: Georgia / teleplay by Barry Jenkins ; Chapter two: South Carolina / written by Jacqueline Hoyt, Nathan C. Parker
- Disc two: Chapter three: North Carolina / written by Allison Davis ; Chapter four: The great spirit / written by Adrienne Rush ; Chapter five: Tennessee exodus / written by Nathan C. Parker
- Disc three: Chapter six: Tenneessee proverbs / written by Nathan C. Parker, Barry Jenkins ; Chapter seven: Fanny Briggs / written by Jihan Crowther ; Chapter eight: Indiana autumn / written by Jacqueline Hoyt
- Disc four: Chapter nine: Indiana winter / teleplay by Barry Jenkins ; Chapter ten: Mabel / written by Barry Jenkins, Jacqueline Hoyt.