Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: SEV12146UH
- Format: 4K Ultra HD
- UPC: 760137121466
- Street Date: 05/30/23
- PreBook Date: 04/25/23
- Label: Severin Films »
- Genre: Drama
- Run Time: 119 mins
- Number of Discs: 2
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 1988
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot:
- Territory: NORTH AMERICA
- Language: English
Cast & Crew
- Actors:
- Joan Plowright as Cissie Colpitts 1
- Juliet Stevenson as Cissie Colpitts 2
- Joely Richardson as Cissie Colpitts 3
- Bernard Hill as Madgett
- Jason Edwards as Smut
- Bryan Pringle as Jake
- Trevor Cooper as Hardy
- David Morrissey as Bellamy
- John Rogan as Gregory
- Paul Mooney as Teigan
- Jane Gurnett as Nancy
- Kenny Ireland as Jonah Bognor
- Michael Percival as Moses Bognor
- Joanna Dickens as Mrs. Hardy
- Janine Duvitski as Marina Bellamy
- Michael Fitzgerald as Mr. 70 Van Dyke
- Edward Tudor-Pole as Mr. 71 Van Dyke
- Natalie Morse as The Skipping Girl
- Arthur Spreckley as Sid the Gravedigger
- Ian Talbot as The Police Detective
- Roderic Leigh as The Policeman
- Vanni Corbellini as The Hare
- Jose Berg as Skipping Girl's Mother
- Peter Jaques as Priest
- Director: Peter Greenaway
- Producer: Kees Kasander
- Producer: Denis Wigman
- Producers: Denis Wigman
- Producers: Kees Kasander
Product Assets
Drowning By Numbers
An unsettling salvo of sumptuous visuals, macabre capers and numerical mischief about three generations of women who murder their husbands.
- List Price: $39.95
- Your Price: $39.95
- In Stock: 108
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THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE
In between his celebrated THE BELLY OF AN ARCHITECT and THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER, writer/director Peter Greenaway - "one of the most distinctive, provocative talents of his generation" (The Guardian) - shocked/delighted international audiences with this slyly deranged black comedy classic: Oscar® nominee Dame Joan Plowright (ENCHANTED APRIL), four-time BAFTA Award nominee Juliet Stevenson (TRULY MADLY DEEPLY) and two-time Golden Globe nominee Joely Richardson (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO) star as three generations of women who murder their husbands in an unsettling salvo of sumptuous visuals, macabre capers and numerical mischief. Bernard Hill (THE LORD OF THE RINGS, TITANIC) co-stars in this "fascinating brain buster of very bad manners" (Entertainment Weekly), now featuring a new 4K scan from the original negative personally supervised by Greenaway.
UHD Special Features
Blu-ray Special Features
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Bonus Materials
- Audio Commentary With Writer/Director Peter Greenaway
- Painting By Numbers – Interview With Peter Greenaway
- Three Women And A Coroner – Interview With Actor Bernard Hill
- Fear Of Drowning (Archival Featurette)
- Some Greenaway Game Concepts
- Trailer
Sales Points
- For art history enthusiasts
- For fans of A ZED & TWO NAUGHTS
- For fans of THE PILLOW BOOK
- For fans of THE DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT
- For fans of THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER
Press Quotes
Greenaway's audacity is formidable... DROWNING BY NUMBERS is best watched as a fable made in the manner of a latter-day and even more debauched Lewis Carroll.
—The New York Times
A wonderful treasure of a film... Easily his most playful work in every sense of the term, it makes for an ideal introduction for Greenaway newcomers.
—Mondo Digital
One of Peter Greenaway's finest... It showcases his unique brand of cinema with beautiful teasing imagery while perfectly mirroring a literary riddle of murder, morality and sexual solidarity.
—DVD Beaver
Hugely enjoyable... Elegantly scored and luminously shot, it's a modernist black comedy filled with arcane, archaic and apocryphal lore.
—Time Out
Enthralling... An absurdist black comedy and an intricately chartered tour through the mind of Peter Greenaway.
—The Washington Post
Always audacious and often brilliant... With great visual wit and formal ingenuity, Greenaway turns this into a delightfully intricate game.
—The Los Angeles Times
Fascinating... The universe Greenaway creates has its own dreamlike logic and a sumptuous visual panache few living filmmakers can rival.
—Entertainment Weekly
