STUDIOCANAL is releasing Manhunter: The Final Cut (1985) on 4K UHD as a 4-disc limited edition collector’s set. Michael Mann, who wrote and directed the film, oversaw this new “Final Cut” restoration himself. “This latest iteration is that version of the film with which I’m most satisfied,” Mann said.
Description
William Petersen plays a retired profiler who returns to the FBI to track a serial killer preying on families.
He turns to an imprisoned expert for help: Brian Cox plays Dr. Hannibal Lecktor. Tom Noonan plays the killer, and Joan Allen plays his blind love interest. Manhunter is the third film Mann wrote and directed, adapting the first of Thomas Harris’s four novels about the character.
Extras & Packaging
The set adds the film’s original soundtrack, exclusive to this release, and 3 new extras: Manhunter Revisited, a new interview with Mann; In the Mind of a Monster, a new interview with Brian Cox; and Restoring Manhunter, a look at the restoration work.
Older extras carry over from previous releases: Inside Manhunter, Manhunter: The Look, an audio commentary with Mann, and The Music of Manhunter. The Making of Manhunter gathers interviews with William Petersen, Joan Allen, Tom Noonan, and Dante Spinotti. The set also includes a stills gallery and the trailer.
Packaging for the set includes a 100-page booklet with new essays, plus new and original artwork posters. A release date has not yet been announced, but it is currently available to pre-order on Amazon UK.
