Search - Solaris [Criterion Collection] on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1972 DVD Release: 11/26/2002 Format: DVD - Black and White,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Dual Layered,Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: Russian Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 2 Run Time: 2 hrs 49 mins Studio: Criterion Members Wishing: 39 Genres: Science Fiction, Space Adventure, Psychological Sci-Fi

Based on a novel by Stanislaw Lem, Solaris centers on widowed psychologist Kris Kelvin (Donata Banionis), who is sent to a space station orbiting a water-dominated planet called Solaris to investigate the mysterious death of a doctor, as well as the mental problems plaguing the dwindling number of cosmonauts on the station. Finding the remaining crew to be behaving oddly and aloof, Kelvin is more than surprised when he meets his seven-years-dead wife Khari (Natalya Bondarchuk) on the station. It quickly becomes apparent that Solaris possesses something that brings out repressed memories and obsessions within the cosmonauts on the space station, leaving Kelvin to question his perception of reality. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival, Solaris was remade by Steven Soderbergh in 2002. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

Natalya Bondarchuk - Khari
Jüri Järvet - Snauth
Donatas Banionis - Kris Kelvin
Anatoli Solonitsin - Sartorius
Vladislav Dvorzhetsky - Burton

Andrei Tarkovsky's psychological sci-fi masterpiece Solaris comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. The Russian soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. English subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by Tarkovsky experts Vida Johnson and Graham Petrie, deleted and alternate scenes, interviews with various people involved with the production, essays on Solaris (including one from Akira Kurosawa), and information on Stanislaw Lem, whose work forms the basis of the movie. This is an outstanding release from Criterion, who continue to be one of the most respected names in home video. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide