John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold to make UK Blu-ray debut

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Martin Ritt’s big screen adaption of John le Carré’s classic Cold War thriller, is getting its first-ever UK Blu-ray release as part of Eureka Entertainment’s Masters of Cinema Series.

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Le Carré’s acclaimed novel stars Richard Burton as Alec Leamas, Cold War spy on one final dangerous mission in East Germany and will be released on May 17th.

The film won 4 BAFTA Awards, including Best British Film, and was named one of the Top Ten Films of 1966 by the National Board of Review in the United States.

Features:

  • 1080p presentation on Blu-ray from a restored high-definition digital transfer
  • Uncompressed LPCM Stereo audio 
  • Optional English SDH 
  • Brand new audio commentary with film scholar Adrian Martin 
  • Brand new video essay by critic and filmmaker David Cairns 
  • 48 PAGE collector’s booklet featuring a new essay by Richard Combs; and a number of archival pieces and imagery

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