{"product_id":"day-of-the-owl-the-blu-ray","title":"Day of the Owl, The (BLU-RAY) Pre-Order Deadline May 19\/26 Release Date June 23\/26","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Day of the Owl\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003estars Franco Nero (\u003cem\u003eDjango\u003c\/em\u003e) as a police chief who, while investigating the death of a construction worker, goes up against corrupt officials and a ruthless mafia boss (Lee J. Cobb,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn the Waterfront\u003c\/em\u003e). Adapted from the celebrated novel by Leonardo Sciascia (\u003cem\u003eIllustrious Corpses\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTodo Modo\u003c\/em\u003e),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Day of the Owl\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ewas the first book to openly deal with organised crime in Sicily. Director Damiano Damiani followed in the civic-minded cinema of Francesco Rosi and Elio Petri while forging a new path for the action-orientated cinema of the poliziottesco that would follow, creating something uniquely his own. A prestigious production, it was in the running for best film at the Berlin Film Festival and found wins at home in the David di Donatello Awards for stars Nero and Claudia Cardinale, along with Damiani (\u003cem\u003eA Bullet for the General\u003c\/em\u003e), and Best Film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSPECIAL FEATURES:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2K restoration of the film from the original negative presented in the original Italian version (109 mins) and the shorter export cut with English audio (103 mins)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal uncompressed mono PCM audio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with star Franco Nero, featuring archive footage of Damiano Damiani and Leonardo Sciascia (2022, 17 mins)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchival interview with Franco Nero, writer Ugo Pirro and production manager Lucio Trentini (2006, 27 mins)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eIdentity Crime-Sis\u003c\/em\u003e: Filmmaker and Italian crime cinema expert Mike Malloy discusses The Day of the Owl in the context of the formation of the Italian crime film genre (2022, 20 mins)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eCasting Cobb: A Tale of Two Contents\u003c\/em\u003e: A video essay by filmmaker Howard S. Berger looking at actor Lee J. Cobb's career transition from Hollywood to Italy and the archetypes he tended to play (2023, 33 mins)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchival interview with Claudia Cardinale from Belgian TV in which she discusses her long and storied career (2017, 22 mins)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew and improved optional English subtitles for Italian audio and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for English audio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Radiance Films (US)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45110999711944,"sku":"RAD014BD","price":29.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/files\/dayoftheowlbd.jpg?v=1780863320","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/products\/day-of-the-owl-the-blu-ray","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}