Altered States 4K UHD & Blu-Ray

The ultimate cinematic head trip of the 1980s, British renegade Ken Russell’s first Hollywood film—adapted by the legendary screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky from his own novel—is part hallucinogenic freak-out, part gonzo creature feature, part transcendent love story, all played at a fever pitch. When researcher Eddie Jessup (William Hurt) begins using himself as a test subject for his mind-expanding psychological experiments, it sends him on an increasingly dangerous, substance-fuelled odyssey from humankind’s primordial past to the outer limits of consciousness. It’s all visualized by Russell in a psychedelic supernova of out-there imagery that encompasses everything from the pagan to the cosmic sublime, culminating in a brain-wave-blasting battle between the mind and the heart.

· United States

· 1980

· 103 minutes

· Colour

· 1.85:1

· English

· Spine #1284

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

· New 4K digital restoration, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack

· Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack

· One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features

· New audio commentary featuring film historian Samm Deighan

· Archival interviews with director Ken Russell and actor William Hurt

· New interview with special-visual-effects designer Bran Ferren

· Trailer

· English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

· PLUS: An essay by film critic Jessica Kiang

· New cover by Richey Beckett