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Nightmare Alley Dated and Detailed for Digital, Blu-ray, and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

Posted Feb 10, 2022 at 02:22 PM PST by Tom Landy
Nightmare Alley

Guillermo del Toro and Searchlight Pictures's Best Picture Oscar-nominee Nightmare Alley  materializes on Digital on March 8 and on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD on March 22nd.  

The psychological thriller oozing with suspense and noir-ish style has been nominated for for several awards including four Academy Awards and 8 Critics’ Choice Awards to name a few. The film stars Bradley Cooper, Toni Collette, David Strathairn, Rooney Mara, Richard Jenkins, and Cate Blanchett. Nightmare Alley  is a remake of the 1947 classic and is based on the book by William Lindsay Gresham.

Nightmare Alley - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
Nightmare Alley 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

 Nightmare Alley will also be available on Blu-ray and Best Buy will also have a 4K SteelBook.

Nightmare Alley - 4K SteelBook

Here's the full press release:


“NIGHTMARE ALLEY IS ALL AROUND BRILLIANCE”

 Jazz Tangcay, Variety

 

Academy Award® Best Picture Nominee Nightmare Alley Appears on Digital March 8 and 4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray™ and DVD on March 22

 

LOS ANGELES, CA (February 10, 2022) – From the imaginative filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and Searchlight Pictures arrives an electrifying film noir, Nightmare Alley. Available on Digital March 8 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on March 22. 

The suspenseful psychological thriller is nominated for 4 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, 8 Critics’ Choice Awards, a Screen Actors’ Guild Award for Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett, and BAFTA, SDSA, MPSE, ADG, CDG, VES, and WGA Awards.

Film Synopsis

When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband Pete (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s New York society. With the virtuous Molly (Rooney Mara) loyally by his side, Stanton plots to con a dangerous tycoon (Richard Jenkins) with the aid of a mysterious psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) who might be his most formidable opponent yet.

Del Toro co-wrote the enthralling film with Kim Morgan, based on William Lindsay Gresham’s novel.

 

Bonus Features*

  • Del Toro’s Neo Noir – Writer-director Guillermo del Toro and his standout cast decipher the dark, complicated world of Nightmare Alley. The filmmaker reveals how his take on noir is rooted in classic cinema but offers an accessible, modern narrative.
  • Beneath the Tarp – Production designer Tamara Deverell and her talented team skillfully delivered both a decaying traveling carnival world and a gilded Art Deco high society with striking visuals. We explore how this design supported del Toro’s genre-bending filmmaking.
  • What Exists in the Fringe – Costume designer Luis Sequeira unravels his collaboration with Guillermo del Toro and reveals the symbolism that’s constantly at play in the film’s carefully crafted wardrobe’s design.

 

*bonus features vary by product and retailer

Cast

Bradley Cooper as Stanton Carlisle

Cate Blanchett as Doctor Lilith Ritter

Toni Collette as Zeena Krumbein

Willem Dafoe as Clem Hoatley

Richard Jenkins as Ezra Grindle

Rooney Mara as Molly Cahill 

Ron Perlman as Bruno

Mary Steenburgen as Felicia Kimball

David Strathairn as Pete Krumbein

Directed by

Guillermo del Toro

 

Produced by

Guillermo del Toro, p.g.a.

J. Miles Dale, p.g.a.

Bradley Cooper, p.g.a.

Screenplay by

Guillermo del Toro 

& Kim Morgan

            

Music by

Nathan Johnson

 

Based on the book by

William Lindsay Gresham

 

Product Specifications

U.S. Street Date

Digital: March 8

Physical: March 22

Product SKUs

Digital: 4K UHD, HD, SD

Physical: 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital Code), Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray + Digital Code) & DVD

 

Feature Run Time

Approx. 150 minutes

 

Rating

U.S. Rated R

* Rated R for sequences of strong/bloody violence, language, and some sexual material.

 

Aspect Ratio

Digital: 1.85:1

Physical: 1.85:1

U.S. Audio

4K Ultra HD: English Dolby Atmos, English AD 2.0 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital

Blu-ray: English 5.1 DTS-HDMA, English AD 2.0 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital

DVD: English 5.1 Dolby, English AD 2.0 Dolby, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital

Digital: English ATMOS (UHD only, some platforms), 2.0 AD Dolby (some platforms), French & Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital

 

U.S. Subtitles

4K Ultra HD: English SDH, Spanish, French

Blu-ray: English SDH, Spanish, French

DVD: English SDH, Spanish, French

Digital: English SDH, Spanish, French (some platforms)