DVD & Blu-ray: HUSBANDS (1970) Starring Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk and John Cassavetes

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Product Description: The trailblazing independent auteur John Cassavetes pushes his raw, uncompromising emotional realism to its limit in this unflinching portrait of masculinity in crisis. Cassavetes joins Ben Gazzara and Peter Falk—both of whom would become key collaborators of the director’s—playing a trio of middle-aged Long Island family men who, following the sudden death of their best friend, channel their grief into an epic, multiday bender that takes them from Manhattan to London in a desperate, debauched quest to feel alive.

By turns painfully funny and woundingly perceptive, this self-described “comedy about life, death, and freedom” stands as perhaps the most fearless, harrowingly honest deconstruction of American manhood ever committed to film.

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Director: John Cassavetes

Starring: Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Jenny Runacre, Jenny Lee Wright

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Runtime: 131 min

Rating: PG-13

Language: English

Studio: Criterion

Home Video Release Date: May 26, 2020

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Codec: MPEG-2
Resolution: 480i
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Encoding Format: 16:9
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Region: Region A/1

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DVD: Dolby Digital Mono
Blu-ray: LPCM Mono

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DVD: English SDH

Blu-ray: English SDH

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Audio commentary from 2009 featuring critic Marshall Fine
New interviews with producer Al Ruban and actor Jenny Runacre
New video essay featuring audio recordings of John Cassavetes in his own words exploring the actor-director’s spirited approach to acting
The Story of “Husbands”—A Tribute to John Cassavetes (2009), a half-hour program featuring Ruban, actor Ben Gazzara, and cinematographer Victor J. Kempe
Episode of The Dick Cavett Show from 1970 featuring Cassavetes, Gazzara, and actor Peter Falk
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by filmmaker Andrew Bujalski