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Amid the sexual revolution and social upheaval of the early 1970s, acclaimed director Mike Nichols delivered a zeitgeist-defining examination of American mores. Sharply written by Jules Feiffer, this acerbic drama flashes through more than twenty years in the lives of two college buddies (Jack Nicholson and Art Garfunkel) whose casual chauvinism is all fun and games—until it’s not. As the women who suffer and see through the friends’ insecure posturing, Candice Bergen, Ann-Margret, Rita Moreno, Carol Kane, and Cynthia O’Neal form an extraordinary ensemble that gives the film its soul. So controversial it became embroiled in an obscenity case that went all the way to the Supreme Court, Carnal Knowledge remains startling for its unnervingly frank look at postwar masculinity.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
New audio commentary featuring filmmaker and playwright Neil LaBute
New program with Mike Nichols biographer Mark Harris and film critic Dana Stevens
New interview with film-editing historian Bobbie O’Steen
Conversation from 2011 between Nichols and filmmaker Jason Reitman
Q&A with screenwriter Jules Feiffer
Radio spot and trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by scholar Moira Weigel and a 1971 piece from American Cinematographer about the look of the film
New cover by Catarina Sampaio
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