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Title: Contact
Condition: New
Description: Contact (Blu-ray)
A film by Alan Clarke

Directed by Alan Clarke (Scum, The Firm), and adapted by AFN Clarke from his own autobiographical book, Contact is a powerful, unsensational drama about a platoon of British paratroopers on border patrol in South Armagh.

Finely-judged performances from Sean Chapman (Scum, Made in Britain) and the rest of the cast combine with fluid hand-held camerawork and night-vision imagery to create a sparse, documentary-like effect, expertly capturing the fear, confusion and bravery of uniformed soldiers fighting against an unseen enemy.

Winner of the Golden Leopard's Eye for Best TV Film at the 1985 Locarno Film Festival, Contact is released here with the critically acclaimed 1981 Alan Clarke BBC drama Psy-Warriors, and an extensive selection of extra features.

Special features


* Remastered in High Definition
* David Leland introduction (1991, 4 mins)
* Optional audio commentary with actor Sean Chapman
* AFN Clarke on Contact (2016, 22 mins): an interview with the writer
* Making Contact (2016): a gallery of location stills
* Psy-Warriors (Alan Clarke, 1981, 73 mins): writer David Leland's harrowing drama, exploring the military's use of psychological interrogation techniques
* Know your Enemy (2016, 18 mins): a documentary on the making of Contact and Psy-Warriors, featuring interviews with David Leland, Sean Chapman and filmmakers Paul Greengrass and Stephen Frears

UK 1985 colour English language, with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles 66 minutes (+ extras) original aspect ratio 1.33:1 BD50 25fps 1080p/50i LPCM 2.0 mono audio (48kHz/24-bit) Cert 15 (strong language, violence) Region B
Format: Blu-ray
Director: Alan Clarke
No Of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hour and 6 minutes
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Release Date: 21/11/2016
Studio: British Film Institute
EAN: 5035673012567
Region Code: Blu-ray: B (Europe, AU, NZ, Africa...)
Language: English
Release Year: 2016

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