New on Blu-ray & 4K: THE PIANO (1993) - Criterion Collection

Product Description: With this sublimely stirring fable of desire and creativity, Jane Campion became the first woman to win a Palme d'Or at Cannes. Holly Hunter is achingly eloquent through silence in her Academy Award–winning performance as Ada, an electively mute Scottish woman who expresses her innermost feelings through her beloved piano. When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter (Anna Paquin, in her Oscar-winning debut) to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her ineffectual husband (Sam Neill) and a rugged frontiersman (Harvey Keitel) to whom she develops a forbidden attraction. With its sensuously moody cinematography, dramatic coastal landscapes, and sweeping score, this uniquely timeless evocation of a woman's inner awakening is an intoxicating sensory experience that burns with the twin fires of music and erotic passion.

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Director: Jane Campion

Starring: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 120 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: Criterion

Home Video Release Date: January 25, 2022

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Blu-ray - Criterion Collection

4K Ultra HD - Criterion Collection

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

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Codec: HEVC / H.265
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Region: Region A/1

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Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
4K Ultra HD: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

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Blu-ray: English SDH

4K Ultra HD: English SDH

SPECIAL FEATURES & EXTRAS

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NEW 4K RESTORATION, supervised by director of photography Stuart Dryburgh and approved by director Jane Campion, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
New conversation between Campion and film critic Amy Taubin
New interviews with Dryburgh and production designer Andrew McAlpine
Interview with actor Holly Hunter on working with Campion
"The Piano" at 25, a program featuring a conversation between Campion and producer Jan Chapman
Excerpts from an interview with costume designer Janet Patterson
Water Diary, a 2006 short film by Campion
Trailer
New English subtitle translation and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by critic Carmen Gray