{"product_id":"war-game-the-blu-ray","title":"War Game, The (BLU-RAY) Pre-Order Deadline June 23\/26 Coming to Our Shelves July 2026","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vR3ySErpgBQ?si=gkAwgZtZFwiMhQYo\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1965, filmmaker \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Watkins\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(PRIVILEGE, PUNISHMENT PARK) recruited 350 amateur actors, utilized direct quotes from civil defense manuals and employed newsreel-like recreations to craft a BBC documentary drama that depicted a nuclear attack on Great Britain. The network condemned the finished film as “too horrifying” and refused to broadcast it. Watkins’ masterpiece subsequently received a special award at the 1966 Venice Film Festival and won the 1967 Academy Award® for Best Documentary Feature. The BBC would not air his “chillingly different, enduringly brilliant” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) classic until three decades later. “What may be the most important film ever made” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enow scanned in 4K from the original 16mm A\/B rolls for the first time ever\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003emore than 5½ hours of all-new Special Features\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBlu-ray \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e(Film + Special Features)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eIntroduction By Filmmaker Alex Cox\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eAudio Commentary With Film Critic Kim Newman And Director Sean Hogan\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eConflict By Design\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– Interview With Anne Davey Orr, Production Designer On CULLODEN And THE WAR GAME\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWho Banned THE WAR GAME?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e– An Interview With Peter Watkins Historian John Cook\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eGames Of Fact And Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– Video Essay By Dr. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas And Filmmaker Stephen Broomer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTHE WAR GAME At Cine City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– Featurette By Journalist Eric Veillette\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eNuclear Britain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e– Interview With\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAttack Warning Red!: How Britain Prepared For Nuclear War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAuthor Julie McDowall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eArchival Interview With Editor Michael Bradsell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePeter Watkins Reflects On THE WAR GAME And The Media\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– 1983 Interview From The Australian Film Television And Radio School (AFTRS)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eIntroduction To THE WAR GAME In Sheffield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVisions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eProducer John Ellis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTHE WAR GAME In Sheffield\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e– Peter Watkins Recruits For A Proposed WAR GAME Remake In Unused Footage For The UK TV Show\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVisions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eTrailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eTHE DIARY OF AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER (Peter Watkins Short Film)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eTHE FORGOTTEN FACES (Peter Watkins Short Film)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Severin Films","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45094457770184,"sku":"SEV21767BR","price":29.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/files\/wargamebd.jpg?v=1780270257","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/products\/war-game-the-blu-ray","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}