The Cars that Ate Paris & The Plumber Eat 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray 1974 1979 Peter Weir BFI British Film Institute

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One of Stanley Kubrick’s favourite films and a direct inspiration for George Miller’s Mad Max series!

Introducing BFI's 4K Ultra HD (Region Free) Limited Edition release for 1974's The Cars that Ate Paris and the Blu-ray (Region B) for 1979's The Plumber.

Shot in widescreen on Panavision cameras, Peter Weir’s (The Truman Show, Dead Poet’s Society) debut feature (aka The Cars that Ate People) is a biting satire of small‑town life. It was also one of Stanley Kubrick’s favourite films and a direct inspiration for George Miller’s Mad Max series.

While travelling across Australia in search of work, two brothers collide with an oncoming car. The sole survivor is taken in by the residents of the nearby small town of Paris, but their strange behaviour – and the alarming number of road accidents in the area – quickly unsettles him. It soon becomes clear that the town’s feral youth rule the streets at night in souped‑up cars, and the local hospital is overflowing with brain‑damaged crash victims.

This Limited Edition two-disc set also includes Peter Weir’s The Plumber. This made‑for‑television psychological thriller follows an anthropology student and her husband, whose lives are disrupted when an over‑familiar plumber begins intrusive ‘repairs’.

Limited Edition Features:

• Limited edition 2-disc set
• More TBA

Features:

• Newly restored in 4K and presented in High Definition
• The Plumber (1979, 76min): remastered in 2K and presented on Blu-ray, Peter Weir’s made-for-television thriller follows an anthropology student and her husband, whose lives are disrupted when an over‑familiar plumber begins intrusive ‘repairs’
• More TBA

Technical Specs:

• Year: 1974/1979
• Language: English
• Runtime: 88/76
• Aspect Ratio: NA
• Subtitles: English (optional)
  
• 2 Discs