Slip out of your spacesuit and into something more comfortable! It's
time to join Barbarella on a series of cosmic adventures in this Dino De
Laurentiis production directed by Roger Vadim (And God Created Woman)
and starring Jane Fonda as the intergalactic glamour puss created by
comic book artist Jean-Claude Forest.
It is the year 40,000AD. When evil scientist Durand Durand (Milo O'Shea)
creates a deadly weapon with the potential to cause mass devastation,
the President of Earth dispatches Barbarella (Fonda) to hunt him down.
Crash-landing in an icy wilderness somewhere within the Tau Ceti
planetary system, Barbarella is rescued by Mark Hand (Ugo Tognazzi, La
Cage Aux Folles) and guided by the blind angel Pygar (John Phillip Law,
Danger: Diabolik) to Durand's lair in Sogo, a city of corruption and
debauchery, where an encounter with the Great Tyrant Black Queen (Anita
Pallenberg, Performance) and her minions throws her mission into
jeopardy.
With an all-star cast including David Hemmings and Marcel Marceau, and
glorious retro-futuristic costumes and art design dripping with 60s
psychedelia, Barbarella defined an era and has never looked better than
this brand new 4K restoration, with an HDR/Dolby Vision color grade so
rich it can be seen from space, loaded with never-before-seen bonus
features!
Format
Format
4K Ultra HD & Blu-Ray
Film
Year
1968
Rating
15
Director
Roger Vadim
Starring
Jane Fonda
Anita Pallenberg
John Phillip Law
Milo O'Shea
Marcel Marceau
Claude Dauphin
Véronique Vendell
Serge Marquand
Ugo Tognazzi
David Hemmings
Country
France, Italy
Label
Arrow Video
Region / TV Standard
4K = Region 0 / Blu Ray = Code A
Language
English, French
Subtitles
English, English SDH subtitles
Running time
98 mins
Aspect ratio
2.35:1
Case type
Standard
Extra features
DISC ONE - FEATURE (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)
Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas
Alternative opening and closing credits (in 4K with Dolby Vision)
Isolated score
DISC TWO - EXTRAS (BLU-RAY)
Another Girl, Another Planet, an appreciation of Barbarella by film critic Glenn Kenny
Paul Joyce’s behind the scenes featurette, Barbarella Forever!
Love,
a two-hour in-depth discussion between film and cultural historians Tim
Lucas & Steve Bissette on the impact and legacy of Barbarella
Dress
to Kill, a 30-minute interview with film fashion scholar Elizabeth
Castaldo Lundén on Jacques Fonteray’s world-changing costume designs
Framing for Claude, an interview with camera operator Roberto Girometti
Tognazzi on Tognazzi, actor/director Ricky Tognazzi discusses the life and work of his father and Barbarella star Ugo Tognazzi
An
Angel’s Body Double, actor Fabio Testi discusses his early career as a
stuntman and body double for John Phillip Law on Barbarella
Dino and Barbarella, a video essay by Eugenio Ercolani on producer Dino De Laurentiis