Limited Edition of 6,000

The Man Who Could Cheat Death

Pre-Censorship Verion / Continental Version

With Anton Diffring, Hazel Court

 Ultra 4K Blu-ray Disc + Blu-ray Disc — Used, Like New

In late nineteenth-century Paris, esteemed surgeon and talented sculptor Dr. Georges Bonnet is hiding an extraordinary secret - many years ago, he discovered the key to eternal life. Despite being 104 years old, he has the appearance of a man in his mid-30s. However, this incredible feat comes at a terrible cost, for every 10 years, Bonnet must undergo a surgery which requires the parathyroid gland of a living victim. When it becomes clear that his old friend and collaborator Professor Ludwig Weiss is no longer capable of conducting the surgery as he had previously, Bonnet kidnaps his old flame Janine Dubois in an attempt to coerce her new love interest Dr. Pierre Gerrard into taking up the task. 

A joint venture between Paramount Pictures and Britain’s legendary Hammer Film Productions, who had just scored massive international hits with The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958), 1959’s THE MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH saw director Terence Fisher return to the helm alongside writer Jimmy Sangster. With performances from Hammer stalwart Christopher Lee and Hazel Court (The Curse of Frankenstein) — who fell foul of the UK censors, alongside a few seconds of the film’s fiery climax — now fully uncut for the first time on home video, newly restored in 4K for its world UHD premiere and stacked with new bonus features.

Special Features:

• 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
  
• Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
• Presented in two viewing options on both the 4K UHD and BD: The uncut, pre-censorship "clothed”version and The alternate "nude" continental version
• Brand new commentary track with critics and authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
• "A Hideous Concoction" (26 min) - film historian Jonathan Rigby on The Man Who Could Cheat Death
• "The Man Who Could Direct Death" (24 min) - film historian Vic Pratt on director Terence Fisher
• "Court in Session" (17 min) - film historian Melanie Williams on actress Hazel Court
• "The Man Who Can Chat Death" (7 min) - an interview with uncredited third assistant director Hugh Harlow
• Alternate censored ending
• 40-page perfect-bound book with essays by: Adrian Smith, Jon Dear, and Kieran Foster
• Reversible sleeve artwork
• English SDH subtitles

Includes Blu-ray Disc, Ultra 4K Blu-ray Disc, Slipcover, Two-Part Slipbox, Booklet and Keep Case.

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