

THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN BLU-RAY
An astounding array of talent came together for the big-screen adaptation ofĀ John Fowlesās novel The French Lieutenantās Woman, a postmodern masterpieceĀ that had been considered unfilmable. With an ingenious script by the NobelĀ Prizeāwinning playwright HAROLD PINTER (Betrayal), British New WaveĀ trailblazer KAREL REISZ (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning) transformsĀ Fowlesās tale of scandalous romance into an arresting, hugely entertaining movieĀ about cinema. In Pinterās reimagining, JEREMY IRONS (Dead Ringers) and MERYLĀ STREEP (Sophieās Choice) star in parallel narratives, as a Victorian-era gentleman
and the social outcast he risks everything to love, and as the contemporary actorsĀ cast in those roles and immersed in their own forbidden affair. The FrenchĀ Lieutenantās Woman, shot by the consummate cinematographer FREDDIEĀ FRANCIS (Glory) and scored by the venerated composer and conductor CARLĀ DAVIS, is a beguiling, intellectually nimble feat of filmmaking, starring a pair ofĀ legendary actors in early leading roles.
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New introduction by film scholar Ian ChristieĀ
- New interviews with actors Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep, editor John Bloom, and composer Carl Davis
- Episode of The South Bank Show from 1981 featuring director Karel Reisz, novelist John Fowles, and screenwriter Harold Pinter
- Trailer
- PLUS: An essay by film scholar Lucy Bolton
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An astounding array of talent came together for the big-screen adaptation ofĀ John Fowlesās novel The French Lieutenantās Woman, a postmodern masterpieceĀ that had been considered unfilmable. With an ingenious script by the NobelĀ Prizeāwinning playwright HAROLD PINTER (Betrayal), British New WaveĀ trailblazer KAREL REISZ (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning) transformsĀ Fowlesās tale of scandalous romance into an arresting, hugely entertaining movieĀ about cinema. In Pinterās reimagining, JEREMY IRONS (Dead Ringers) and MERYLĀ STREEP (Sophieās Choice) star in parallel narratives, as a Victorian-era gentleman
and the social outcast he risks everything to love, and as the contemporary actorsĀ cast in those roles and immersed in their own forbidden affair. The FrenchĀ Lieutenantās Woman, shot by the consummate cinematographer FREDDIEĀ FRANCIS (Glory) and scored by the venerated composer and conductor CARLĀ DAVIS, is a beguiling, intellectually nimble feat of filmmaking, starring a pair ofĀ legendary actors in early leading roles.
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New introduction by film scholar Ian ChristieĀ
- New interviews with actors Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep, editor John Bloom, and composer Carl Davis
- Episode of The South Bank Show from 1981 featuring director Karel Reisz, novelist John Fowles, and screenwriter Harold Pinter
- Trailer
- PLUS: An essay by film scholar Lucy Bolton

















