Eureka Entertainment will reissue its Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil 4K UHD set in September as a followup to the limited edition release of 3,000 copies it issued last year in the United Kingdom.
The Masters of Cinema release is comprised of the three versions of Touch of Evil and some bonus features spread over two Ultra HD discs. The lineup mirrors the limited edition, including the artwork by Tony Stella. It set for release in the UK on September 16, almost a year to the day the limited edition came out.
The set includes:
• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentations of all three versions, presented in Dolby Vision HDR: the Theatrical version (95 min.), the Preview version (109 min.), and the 1998 Reconstruction (110 min.), across two UHD Discs.
• Four audio commentaries, featuring: restoration producer Rick Schmidlin (reconstructed version); actors Charlton Heston & Janet Leigh, with Schmidlin (reconstructed version); critic F. X. Feeney (theatrical version); and Welles scholars James Naremore & Jonathan Rosenbaum (preview version)
• New video interview with critic, broadcaster and cultural historian Matthew Sweet
• New video interview with critic Tim Robey
• New video interview with author and critic Kim Newman
• Bringing Evil to Life + Evil Lost and Found – two video pieces, featuring interviews with cast and crew, as well as critics and admirers
• Original theatrical trailer
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Collector’s booklet featuring writings by Orson Welles, François Truffaut, André Bazin, and Terry Comito
Touch of Evil is available in the U.S. on 4K UHD discs from Kino Lorber.
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