Thieves Like Us (Limited Edition, Region B)

Thieves Like Us

A group of criminals daringly escape from prison in depression-era Mississippi. They survive by robbing banks and hole up with a gas station attendant where injured Bowie (Keith Carradine,Nashville) falls in love with the attendants daughter Keechie (Shelley Duvall,3 Women). Made within one of the great runs of back-to-back classics by any filmmaker, Robert Altman followed multi-award-winning classics likeM*A*S*HandThe Long GoodbyewithThieves Like Us, an adaptation of Edward Andersons pulp novel. Previously adapted by Nicholas Ray asThey Live by Night, Altman’s film takes a more faithful approach to the source material, preserving the original tone and period of the novel, going back to historical and American myth themes that Altman mined so brilliantly in his earlierMcCabe & Mrs. Miller. Critically praised, noted critic Pauline Kael described it as the closest to flawless of Altman’s films a masterpiece.

BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

• High-Definition digital transfer
• Original uncompressed mono PCM audio
• Audio commentary by director Robert Altman
• Brand new interview with co-screenwriter Joan Tewkesbury who discusses the film and her working relationship with Altman (2023)
• Brand new interview with star Keith Carradine (2023)
• Geoff Andrew onThieves Like Us– the critic discusses the film and its place within Altmans work
• Two classic radio plays featured in the film –The Shadowwritten by and starring Orson Welles andSpeed Gibson of the International Secret Policestarring Ed Gardner
• Trailer
• Promotional image gallery
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by critic Pamela Hutchinson;archival writing by Robert Altman; anda piece looking at the script development from the novel by professor Alan Schroeder
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-heightScanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

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