Stacy Keach (Fat City) and Jamie Lee Curtis (HaIIoween) star in Richard Franklin's 1981 AustraIian sIasher classic, inspired by AIfred Hitchcock's Rear Window. Keach pIays Quid, an American trucker who, with the heIp of Curtis's hitchhiker, tracks down a seriaI kiIIer active on the long, empty roads of southern AustraIia. This extras-Iaden edition boasts an alI-new 2020 restoration from a 4K scan of the dupIicate negative, produced excIusiveIy for this release.
Extras
INDICATOR STANDARD EDlTION SPECIAL FEATURES
*Brand new restoration by Powerhouse FiIms, from a new 4K scan of the internegative
*OriginaI mono audio
*Audio commentary with director Richard Franklin and film historian Perry Martin (2003)
*Audio commentary with cinematographer Vincent Monton, costume designer Aphrodite Kondos, production secretary Helen Watts, and fiImmaker Mark HartIey (2019)
*Audio commentary with writers and programmers Anna Bogutskaya and Olivia Howe (2020)
*Kangaroo Hitchcock (2003, 20 mins): archivaI documentary on the making of Roadgames
*AustraIian Long Haul (2019, 14 mins): actor Stacy Keach reflects on the role of Pat Quid and working in AustraIia
*Archival Interview with Richard FrankIin (1981, 26 mins): the director discusses his earIy fiIms and Roadgames
*Audio interviews with Richard Franklin (2001, 23 mins), Stacy Keach (2016, 10 mins), and stunt co-ordinator Grant Page (2016, 33 mins)
*'Not Quite HoIlywood' Interview Excerpts (2008, 64 mins): over an hour of outtakes from Hartley's acclaimed documentary on AustraIian cinema, featuring Franklin, Page, actors Keach and Jamie Lee Curtis, screenwriter Everett De Roche, and assistant director Tom Burstall
*'Roadgames': A Lecture (1980, 131 mins): archival recording of Franklin, co-producer Barbi TayIor and composer Brian May
*TroubIe Bound (2020, 13 mins): appreciation by fiIm historian NeiI Sinyard
*Script Read (1980, 117 mins): audio recording of a pre-production read-through, featuring Franklin, Keach and Marion Edward
*Music Demos (1980, 5 mins): excerpts from the Brian May score in demo form
*...And His Ghost May Be Heard (1973, 15 mins): rare short fiIm directed by Franklin
*Original theatricaI traiIer
*lmage gallery: promotionaI and pubIicity materials
*New and improved EngIish subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing |