The Hitcher (4K + Blu-ray Limited Edition) (Second Sight Films) [UK]

[Strangerbyday]

Release date: September 30, 2024
Purchase link: Second Sight - Amazon UK - Zavvi - HMV
Price: £49.99

Spoiler

 

[Lord Vader]

 

[Lenny Nero]

So they should reveal the art by then, right?

 

[vinny]

So they should reveal the art by then, right?

Answer from Second Sight :

The formats and editions of The Hitcher will be announced on Wednesday when the pre order link goes live at 1pm.

As many people will be interested by this title .... it may be sold out quickly and difficult to choose fast the edition we want as we don't know how many different editions we'll get.

Not good communication IMO for this matter.

 

[paulboland]

Answer from Second Sight :

The formats and editions of The Hitcher will be announced on Wednesday when the pre order link goes live at 1pm.

As many people will be interested by this title .... it may be sold out quickly and difficult to choose fast the edition we want as we don't know how many different editions we'll get.

Not good communication IMO for this matter.

Second Sight now release Limited and Standard Editions at same time

 

[Fmac72]

Answer from Second Sight :

The formats and editions of The Hitcher will be announced on Wednesday when the pre order link goes live at 1pm.

As many people will be interested by this title .... it may be sold out quickly and difficult to choose fast the edition we want as we don't know how many different editions we'll get.

Not good communication IMO for this matter.

Should read 'As many scalpers.....'

 

[Lenny Nero]

difficult to choose fast the edition we want as we don't know how many different editions we'll get.

Surely there's going to be only one LE, as always with SS?
Just grab the biggest box anyway...

 

[Lord Vader]

Wonder if Second Sight have some exclusive artcards if ordered direct? Usually do with much anticipated Collector's Editions

 

[Lenny Nero]

Wonder if Second Sight have some exclusive artcards if ordered direct? Usually do with much anticipated Collector's Editions

I haven't seen any incentives to order direct - no bonuses, no lower price.

 

[Lollard2002]

I might just wait for a USA pressing. Not going to waste time trying to log on to a site that will be swamped...

 

[Lenny Nero]

I might just wait for a USA pressing. Not going to waste time trying to log on to a site that will be swamped...

Were there problems before?

 

[walkintom]

I haven't seen any incentives to order direct - no bonuses, no lower price.

The only recent incentives ordering directly (as they haven't done exclusive art cards for a while) has been getting it 3-5 days before retail. You just have to weigh up the additional cost of postage (if it's less than £50 I believe) and supporting the studio directly.

Were there problems before?

Never had an issue ordering directly from them either, personally. Not aware of any issues either.

 

[vinny]

is there probabilities that it will goes live some minutes before or after 1PM UK Time please ?

 

[steelmybeatingheart]

...and it's live, folks!

 

[crib79]

Ordered! Looks absolutely glorious.

 

[snow flake]

Okay will this be an available via Amazon / hmv or need to order direct?

 

[paulboland]

Special Features

• Dual format edition including both UHD and Blu-ray with main feature and bonus features on both discs
• A new 4k restoration by Second Sight Films from the original camera negative supervised and approved by Director Robert Harmon
• UHD presented in HDR with Dolby Vision
• Features Dolby Atmos and original stereo audio mixes
• New audio commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• Audio commentary with Robert Harmon and Writer Eric Red
• Scene specific audio commentary with Robert Harmon, Eric Red, Executive Producer Edward S Feldman, Composer Mark Isham, Director of Photography John Seale and Actors Rutger Hauer and C Thomas Howell
• The Projection Booth Podcast: featuring
  Robert Harmon and Rutger Hauer
• Bullseye: a new interview with Robert Harmon (41 Minutes)
• Penning the Ripper: a new interview with Eric Red (41 Minutes)
• Doomed to Live: a new interview with C Thomas Howell (28 Minutes)
• The Man from Oz: a new interview with John Seale (10 Minutes)
• A Very Formative Score: a new interview with Mark Isham (15 Minutes)
• Duel Runner: Leigh Singer on the evolution of The Hitcher and Rutger Hauer (20 Minutes)
• China Lake: a short film by Robert Harmon newly restored (35 Minutes)
• The Calling Card: Robert Harmon on China Lake (15 Minutes)
• Telephone: a short film by Eric Red (26 Minutes)
• The Hitcher: How do these movies get made? (38 Minutes)
• Trailers (5 Minutes)

Limited Edition Contents

• Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Adam Stothard
• 200-page hardback book with exclusive Robert Harmon interview by Lou Thomas, exclusive Eric Red interview by Matthew Thrift, new essays by Heather Drain, David Kittredge, Craig Ian Mann, Rebecca McCallum, Meagan Navarro and Jon Towlson, archival Fangoria article and Behind the Scenes photo gallery
• Eric Red’s original screenplay book
• 6 collectors' art cards

Catalogue number: 2NDBR4227

Certificate: 15

Region: UHD Region Free / Blu-ray Region Free

Language: English

Subtitles: English SDH

Audio: Dolby Atmos, Original stereo 2.0

 

[Retro Parrot]

Is this only available from second sight direct?

 

[vml3615]

Placed an order, but also waiting on OrbitDvD or Diabolik to have this available.

Usually anything I get direct from SS comes dinged.

 

[paulboland]

Is this only available from second sight direct?

Other retailers will go live over next few days/weeks

Second Sight always go live first.

 

[walkintom]

If it doesn't say it's Second Sight direct exclusive, it won't be. It usually takes a couple of days for retailers to get the listings up.