Sunday Bloody Sunday
John Schlesinger followed his iconic Midnight Cowboy with this deeply personal take on love and sex. Sunday Bloody Sunday depicts the romantic lives of two Londoners, a middle-aged doctor and a prickly thirtysomething divorcée—played with great sensitivity by Peter Finch and Glenda Jackson—who are sleeping with the same handsome young artist (Murray Head). A revelation in its day, this may be the seventies’ most intelligent, multitextured film about the complexities of romantic relationships.
Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Billy Williams, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- New interviews with Williams, actor Murray Head, production designer Luciana Arrighi, John Schlesinger biographer William J. Mann, and Schlesinger’s longtime partner, photographer Michael Childers
- Illustrated 1975 audio interview with Schlesinger
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A new essay by cultural historian Ian Buruma and Penelope Gilliatt’s 1971 introduction to her published screenplay
New cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang
Collector's Sets
Collector's Set
Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Billy Williams, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- New interviews with Williams, actor Murray Head, production designer Luciana Arrighi, John Schlesinger biographer William J. Mann, and Schlesinger’s longtime partner, photographer Michael Childers
- Illustrated 1975 audio interview with Schlesinger
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A new essay by cultural historian Ian Buruma and Penelope Gilliatt’s 1971 introduction to her published screenplay
New cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang
Cast
- Glenda Jackson
- Alex Greville
- Peter Finch
- Daniel Hirsh
- Murray Head
- Bob Elkin
- Peggy Ashcroft
- Mrs. Greville
- Tony Britton
- Mr. Harding
- Maurice Denham
- Mr. Greville
- Bessie Love
- Answering service lady
- Vivian Pickles
- Alva Hodson
- Frank Windsor
- Bill Hodson
- Thomas Baptiste
- Professor Johns
- Richard Pearson
- Patient
- June Brown
- Woman patient
- Hannah Norbert
- Daniel’s mother
- Harold Goldblatt
- Daniel’s father
- Marie Burke
- Aust Astrid
- Jon Finch
- Scotsman
Credits
- Director
- John Schlesinger
- Produced by
- Joseph Janni
- Screenplay
- Penelope Gilliatt
- Director of photography
- Billy Williams
- Designed by
- Luciana Arrighi
- Editor
- Richard Marden
- Director of music
- Douglas Gamley
- Special music by
- Ron Geesin
- Costumes designed by
- Jocelyn Rickards
- Set decorator
- Harry Cordwell
- Associate producer
- Edward Joseph
- Production manager
- Hugh Harlow
- Assistant director
- Simon Relph
- Art director
- Norman Dorme
- Continuity
- Ann Skinner
- Casting
- Miriam Brickman
- Sound recordists
- Simon Kaye
- Sound recordists
- Gerry Humphreys
- Camera operator
- David Harcourt
- Sound editor
- David Campling
- Assistant editor
- Mary Kessel
- Makeup
- Freddie Williamson
- Hairdresser
- Betty Glasow
- Sculptures and models by
- Loncraine & Broxton
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