4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 4K digital transfer from the 2009 restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Introductory restoration demonstration featuring filmmaker Martin Scorsese
- Audio commentary from 1994 by film historian Ian Christie, featuring interviews with actors Marius Goring and Moira Shearer, cinematographer Jack Cardiff, composer Brian Easdale, and Scorsese
- Profile of “The Red Shoes,” a 2000 documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with members of the production team
- Interview with director Michael Powell’s widow, editor Thelma Schoonmaker Powell, from the 2009 Cannes Film Festival
- Audio recordings from 1994 of actor Jeremy Irons reading excerpts from Powell and screenwriter Emeric Pressburger’s novelization of The Red Shoes and the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Red Shoes”
- Publicity stills and behind-the-scenes photos
- Gallery of memorabilia from Scorsese’s collection
- The “Red Shoes” Sketches, a 1948 animated film of Hein Heckroth’s painted storyboards, with the Red Shoes ballet as an alternate angle
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic David Ehrenstein and a description of the restoration by UCLA film archivist Robert Gitt
Package Dimensions : 6.65 x 5.31 x 0.51 inches; 4.55 Ounces
Item model number : T-LUCOOK
Director : Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Media Format : 4K, Blu-ray
Release date : December 14, 2021
Actors : Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Albert Bassermann
Studio : The Criterion Collection
Country of Origin : USA
Number of discs : 2