The Wild One (Region Free)

(Lszl Benedek, 1953)
Release date: 19July 2021
StandardEdition Blu-ray

Marlon Brando in his breakthrough and most iconic role as Johnny Strabler, ruthless leader of the Black Rebels motorcycle gang who terrorise a small town. Based on real-life events, the film was considered so shocking and inciteful of delinquent behaviour at the time, it was banned in the UK until 1967.

INDICATOR STANDARDEDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

• High Definition remaster
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary by author and film historian Jeanine Basinger
• The Wild One and the BBFC(2017, 25 mins): ex-BBFC examiner Richard Falcon discusses the film’s history with the British censor
• Introduction to the film by Karen Kramer (2007, 1 min)
• Hollister, California: Bikers, Booze and the Big Picture(2007, 28 mins): a look back at the real life events that inspired the film
• Brando: An Icon is Born(2007, 19 mins): a documentary exploring the life and career of the legendary actor
• Super 8 version (1973, 19 mins): original cut-down home cinema presentation with unique narration
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing