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473 Peter Ibbetson

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PETER IBBETSON
(Henry Hathaway, 1935)
Release date: 17 February 2025
Limited Edition Blu-ray (UK premiere)


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Gary Cooper (Morocco) and Ann Harding (Holiday) play star-crossed lovers in Peter Ibbetson, an otherworldly fantasy-romance from celebrated director Henry Hathaway (The Shepherd of the Hills).

Decades after they were separated, architect Peter Ibbetson (Cooper) and his childhood sweetheart, Mary (Harding), are reconnected when her husband hires Ibbetson to design a building. The relationship between the pair is rekindled until Ibbetson accidentally kills a man in self-defence and is sent to prison. Soon, he is visited by Mary in his dreams...

A favourite of the Surrealists, including André Breton and Luis Buñuel, Peter Ibbetson boasts stunning photography from the great Charles Lang (The Big Heat) and acting support from John Halliday (Desire) and Ida Lupino (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes).

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• High Definition remaster
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary with film historian Adrian Martin (2025)
• Geoff Andrew on ‘Peter Ibbetson’ (2025): the author and programmer explores the themes, impact and making of the film
• The Campbell Playhouse: ‘Peter Ibbetson’ (1939): radio play adaptation of George du Maurier’s novel, starring Orson Welles and Helen Hayes
• Original theatrical trailer
• Larry Karaszewski trailer commentary (2023): short critical appreciation
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with new essay by Frank Krutnik, an archival profile of Ida Lupino, extracts from an archival interview with Henry Hathaway, and film credits
• UK premiere on Blu-ray
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies for the UK
• All features subject to change

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BBFC cert: PG
REGION B
EAN: 5060697924800
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Maltic
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Re: 473 Peter Ibbetson

#2 Post by Maltic »

The Kino one had some clunky grain, as I recall. A shame we won't get a new scan. Getting it in any case, for the extras.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes eh…
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Re: 473 Peter Ibbetson

#4 Post by ryannichols7 »

Adrian Martin and Geoff Andrew really do always seem to end up on the same releases. and they're a good package deal, I recall very little overlap between them on previous releases
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Re: 473 Peter Ibbetson

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Adrian Martin
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My 16th DVD/Blu-ray commentary for 2024 is also one of my all-time favourite films, one I’ve loved since early teen age. Will 88 minutes be enough for me??
https://x.com/AdrianMartin25/status/1857386442755854833
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Re: 473 Peter Ibbetson

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I saw this recently and thought it was an effective, visually strong romance wrung out of unlikely material, but didn’t (yet?) find the highs of weirdness or mise-en-scène promised by its fans. Looks like a promising release.
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#7 Post by domino harvey »

Yeah, I think it’s an okay film but likewise find its oddness/alleged singularity to be a bit overstated. I thought the later noir the Guilt of Janet Ames, which name checks this source material, was a much stranger film without the baggage of high expectations (except for those I’m placing on it now)
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Re: 473 Peter Ibbetson

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Final specs:

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