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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Not For Children Movie Release: 1966 DVD Release: 02/17/2004 Format: DVD - Soft-Matted WSE for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 51 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 19 Genres: Mystery, Psychological Thriller

Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni's first English-language production was also his only box office hit, widely considered one of the seminal films of the 1960s. Thomas (David Hemmings) is a nihilistic, wealthy fashion photographer in mod "Swinging London." Filled with ennui, bored with his "fab" but oddly-lifeless existence of casual sex and drug use, Thomas comes alive when he wanders through a park, stops to take pictures of a couple embracing, and upon developing the images, believes that he has photographed a murder. Pursued by Jane (Vanessa Redgrave), the woman who is in the photos, Thomas pretends to give her the pictures, but in reality, he passes off a different roll of film to her. Thomas returns to the park and discovers that there is, indeed, a dead body lying in the shrubbery: the gray-haired man who was embracing Jane. Has she murdered him, or does Thomas' photo reveal a man with a gun hiding nearby? Antonioni's thriller is a puzzling, existential, adroitly-assembled masterpiece. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

David Hemmings - Thomas
Vanessa Redgrave - Jane
Sarah Miles - Patricia
Peter Bowles - Ron
John Castle - Painter

Michelangelo Antonioni's stylish and groundbreaking look at Swinging London in the mid-'60s gets a careful presentation for its release on DVD. Blow-Up has been transferred to DVD in letterboxed format at the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1, which has been enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 monitors. The audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Mono; the dialogue is in English, with an alternate dubbed soundtrack in French, and optional subtitles in English, Spanish, and French. Bonus materials include a commentary track by Peter Brunette, author of the book -The Films of Michelangelo Antonioni; an isolated music track featuring Herbie Hancock's original score; and two previews trailers for the film. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide