Drowning By Numbers [Blu-Ray]

THE NORTH AMERICAN HD PREMIERE

In between his celebrated THE BELLY OF AN ARCHITECT and THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER, writer/director Peter Greenaway - "one of the most distinctive, provocative talents of his generation" (The Guardian) - shocked/delighted international audiences with this slyly deranged black comedy classic: Oscar® nominee Dame Joan Plowright (ENCHANTED APRIL), four-time BAFTA Award nominee Juliet Stevenson (TRULY MADLY DEEPLY) and two-time Golden Globe nominee Joely Richardson (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO) star as three generations of women who murder their husbands in an unsettling salvo of sumptuous visuals, macabre capers and numerical mischief. Bernard Hill (THE LORD OF THE RINGS, TITANIC) co-stars in this "fascinating brain buster of very bad manners" (Entertainment Weekly), now featuring a new 4K scan from the original negative personally supervised by Greenaway.

Special Features

Audio Commentary With Writer/Director Peter GreenawayPainting By Numbers - Interview With Peter GreenawayThree Women And A Coroner - Interview With Actor Bernard HillFear Of Drowning (Archival Featurette)Some Greenaway Game ConceptsTrailer

 

Bonus Materials

• Audio Commentary With Writer/Director Peter Greenaway
• Painting By Numbers – Interview With Peter Greenaway
• Three Women And A Coroner – Interview With Actor Bernard Hill
• Fear Of Drowning (Archival Featurette)
• Some Greenaway Game Concepts
• Trailer

Sales Points

• For art history enthusiasts
• For fans of THE DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT
• For fans of THE PILLOW BOOK
• For fans of A ZED & TWO NAUGHTS
• For fans of THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER

Press Quotes

Greenaway's audacity is formidable... DROWNING BY NUMBERS is best watched as a fable made in the manner of a latter-day and even more debauched Lewis Carroll.

     —The New York Times

A wonderful treasure of a film... Easily his most playful work in every sense of the term, it makes for an ideal introduction for Greenaway newcomers.

     —Mondo Digital

One of Peter Greenaway's finest... It showcases his unique brand of cinema with beautiful teasing imagery while perfectly mirroring a literary riddle of murder, morality and sexual solidarity.

     —DVD Beaver

Hugely enjoyable... Elegantly scored and luminously shot, it's a modernist black comedy filled with arcane, archaic and apocryphal lore.

     —Time Out

Enthralling... An absurdist black comedy and an intricately chartered tour through the mind of Peter Greenaway.

     —The Washington Post

Always audacious and often brilliant... With great visual wit and formal ingenuity, Greenaway turns this into a delightfully intricate game.

     —The Los Angeles Times

Fascinating... The universe Greenaway creates has its own dreamlike logic and a sumptuous visual panache few living filmmakers can rival.

     —Entertainment Weekly

 

Cast & Crew

• Actor: Joan Plowright
• Actor: Juliet Stevenson
• Actor: Joely Richardson
• Actor: Bernard Hill
• Actor: Jason Edwards
• Actor: Bryan Pringle
• Actor: Trevor Cooper
• Actor: David Morrissey
• Actor: John Rogan
• Actor: Paul Mooney
• Actor: Jane Gurnett
• Actor: Kenny Ireland
• Actor: Michael Percival
• Actor: Joanna Dickens
• Actor: Janine Duvitski
• Actor: Michael Fitzgerald
• Actor: Edward Tudor-Pole
• Actor: Natalie Morse
• Actor: Arthur Spreckley
• Actor: Ian Talbot
• Actor: Roderic Leigh
• Actor: Vanni Corbellini
• Actor: Jose Berg
• Actor: Peter Jaques
• Director: Peter Greenaway

• Genre: Drama
• Run Time: 119 mins
• Number of Discs: 1
• Audio: STEREO