Bound

Before they blew the world’s mind with The Matrix, Lana and Lilly Wachowski delivered a jolt of pure pulp pleasure with their hyperstylish debut, which puts a deliciously sapphic spin on a crackerjack caper premise. When butch plumber Corky (Gina Gershon) catches the eye of alluring femme (fatale) Violet (Jennifer Tilly), little does she know she’s about to be drawn into both a torrid affair and a high-stakes heist that will pit the pair against the mob. With crackling dialogue, luscious neonoir cinematography, and live-wire performances by Gershon, Tilly, and Joe Pantoliano, Bound is a genre-reimagining joyride that keeps both the tension and the erotic heat rising through each crazily careening twist.

Film Info

  • United States
  • 1996
  • 108 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.85:1
  • English
  • Spine #1220

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration of the unrated international version, supervised and approved by cinematographer Bill Pope, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Audio commentary featuring directors Lana and Lilly Wachowski; actors Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, and Jennifer Tilly; editor Zach Staenberg; and technical consultant Susie Bright
  • New video essay by film critic Christina Newland
  • Six interview programs featuring Gershon, Pantoliano, Pope, Staenberg, Tilly, actor Christopher Meloni, composer Don Davis, title designer Patti Podesta, and film scholars Jennifer Moorman and B. Ruby Rich
  • Trailers
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by scholar McKenzie Wark

    New cover by Drusilla Adeline/Sister Hyde Design

Purchase Options

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration of the unrated international version, supervised and approved by cinematographer Bill Pope, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Audio commentary featuring directors Lana and Lilly Wachowski; actors Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, and Jennifer Tilly; editor Zach Staenberg; and technical consultant Susie Bright
  • New video essay by film critic Christina Newland
  • Six interview programs featuring Gershon, Pantoliano, Pope, Staenberg, Tilly, actor Christopher Meloni, composer Don Davis, title designer Patti Podesta, and film scholars Jennifer Moorman and B. Ruby Rich
  • Trailers
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by scholar McKenzie Wark

    New cover by Drusilla Adeline/Sister Hyde Design
Bound
Cast
Jennifer Tilly
Violet
Gina Gershon
Corky
Joe Pantoliano
Ceasar
John Ryan
Mickey Malnato
Christopher Meloni
Johnnie Marzzone
Richard Sarafian
Gino Marzzone
Barry Kivel
Shelly
Mary Mara
Bartender
Susie Bright
Jesse
Peter Spellos
Lou
Ivan Kane
Cop 1
Kevin M. Richardson
Cop 2
Gene Borkan
Roy
Credits
Director
Lana Wachowski
Director
Lilly Wachowski
Written by
Lana Wachowski
Written by
Lilly Wachowski
Producer
Andrew Lazar
Producer
Stuart Boros
Executive producer
Lana Wachowski
Executive producer
Lilly Wachowski
Cinematographer
Bill Pope
Editor
Zach Staenberg
Production designer
Eve Cauley
Music by
Don Davis
Costume designer
Lizzy Gardiner
Casting
Nancy Foy
Sound designer
Dane Davis
Coproducer
Jeffrey Sudzin
First assistant director
Rip Murray
Hair
Andre Blaise
Makeup
Suzanne Rodier
Technical consultant
Susie Bright
Art director
Robert Goldstein
Art director
Andrea Dopaso
Set designer
Harry E. Otto
Script supervisor
Cheryl Starbuck
Set photographer
Randy Tepper
Set photographer
Tony Friedkin

Current

Bound: Be Gay, Do Crime
Bound: Be Gay, Do Crime

In this stylish erotic noir, Lilly and Lana Wachowski delight in destabilizing our genre and gender expectations, laying the foundation for the trans sensibility that runs through all their work.

By McKenzie Wark