Jennifer Kent's The Nightingale

[Andrew Monroe]

It's also available on Prime Video to rent or buy.

[Ian Jane]

Special features for the Shout! Factory release:


The Nightingale in Context—a ‘making of’ The Nightingale featurette with the cast and crew
Behind the scenes featurette
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery

[Zaibatan]

The Nightingale in Context—a ‘making of’ The Nightingale featurette with the cast and crew

I hope this isn't some 5 minute fluff piece. At any rate it's definitely better than the bare bones Australian release.

[Matt H.]

This is a great fucking movie. It's soooo violent.

[Zaibatan]

A collector's edition is coming out in the UK from Second Sight on February 1st. I expect a bunch of exclusive special features but they'll announce that later.

[Ian Jane]

Full details on the Second Sight release.

https://secondsightfilms.co.uk/colle...-february-2021

Director: Jennifer Kent

Starring: Aisling Franciosi, Baykali Ganambarr, Sam Claflin, Damon Herriman

Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases British officer Lieutenant Hawkins through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.

Special Features:

She Will Not Be Silenced: an interview with Actor Aisling Franciosi
Sometimes Trouble Finds You: an interview with Actor Michael Sheasby
Just Making Light, Sir: an Interview with Actor Damon Herriman
I Surrender: an Interview with Actor Harry Greenwood
Taking Flight: an interview with Producer Kristina Ceyton
Assembling Vengeance: an Interview with Editor Simon Njoo (12mins)
Building Something Special: an Interview with Production Designer Alexander Holmes
Hear her Voice: an interview with Composer Jed Kurzel
‘Bloody White People': A Video Essay by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
The Nightingale in Context
The Making of The Nightingale
Theatrical Trailer
New optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired
Limited Edition Contents

Rigid slipcase featuring new artwork by Laura Racero
40 page perfect-bound booklet with new writing by Elena Lazic and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
3 collectors’ art cards featuring stills from the film
4th art card featuring new key art exclusive to Second Sight customers
Catalogue number: 2NDBR4124

Certificate: 18

Region: B

[Ian Jane]

Formal press release from Second Sight.

‘Gut-churning…eerily beautiful…a kind of epic…the power and sheer command of Kent’s direction enforced this film’s grip on me, along with the fluency and urgency of her storytelling’
★★★★
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

‘A film that bruises the soul…heartbreaking’
★★★★
Independent

‘Serious film-making, worthy of attention’
★★★★
The Times

‘Expansive and ambitious…undeniably gripping…You can’t deny the profound power of this kind of filmmaking’
★★★★
Empire

Powerful Australian Western horror The Nightingale, the second feature from lauded director Jennifer Kent (The Babadook), premiered at Venice International Film Festival in 2018 and screened at Cannes Film Festival, provoking a strong reaction from critics and audiences alike. The Nightingale now arrives as a Limited-Edition Blu-ray box set from Second Sight Films on 1 February 2021.

1825, the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, or present-day Tasmania. Irish convict Clare Carroll (Aisling Franciosi – The Fall, Game of Thrones) works as a servant for the British Colonial force detachment led by Colonel Hawkins (Sam Claflin – The Hunger Games, Peaky Blinders), but when unwanted advances result in a brutal, humiliating attack, Clare is dead set on revenge. Teaming up with Aboriginal tracker Billy (Baykali Ganambarr – The Furnace), the pair must put aside their differences to achieve their bloody vengeance.

Steeped in the horrors of Australian history, this unflinching tale refuses to soften its often-brutal message, but is a testament to determination, bravery and above all, hope.

SPECIAL FEATURES
• She Will Not Be Silenced: an interview with Actor Aisling Franciosi
• Sometimes Trouble Finds You: an interview with Actor Michael Sheasby
• Just Making Light, Sir: an Interview with Actor Damon Herriman
• I Surrender: an Interview with Actor Harry Greenwood
• Taking Flight: an interview with Producer Kristina Ceyton
• Assembling Vengeance: an Interview with Editor Simon Njoo (12mins)
• Building Something Special: an Interview with Production Designer Alexander Holmes
• Hear her Voice: an interview with Composer Jed Kurzel
• ‘Bloody White People’: A Video Essay by Alexandra Heller Nicholas
• The Nightingale in Context
• The Making of The Nightingale
• Theatrical Trailer

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
• Rigid slipcase featuring new artwork by Laura Racero
• 40 page perfect-bound booklet with new writing by Elena Lazic and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• 3 collectors’ art cards