AXEL FREED IS AN INTELLIGENT AND WELL-RESPECTED PROFESSOR OF LITERATURE WHO USES GREAT WRITING AS A SPRINGBOARD FOR EXAMINING MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES IN HIS CLASS.

BUT WHEN HE'S NOT IN FRONT OF THE CHALKBOARD, AXEL HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM - HE'S HOPELESSLY ADDICTED TO GAMBLING.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• 1080p high definition presentation from Paramount Pictures

• Audio Commentary by cinema author & critic Matthew Asprey Gear (2021)

• After The Game - Video essay by Chris O'Neill (2021)

• On The Morning After: Composing The Gambler - A new interview about Jerry Fielding's legendary score with author/film music historian Jon Burlingame

• In On The Cut - A new interview with Assistant Editor Sue Kingsley (2021)

• Archival audio interview with Karel Reisz about his life & career from the British Entertainment History Project (1991)

• Theatrical Trailer