{"product_id":"the-abominable-snowman-4k-uhd-limited-collectors-edition-region-free","title":"The Abominable Snowman (4K UHD, Limited Collector's Edition, Region Free)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHammer legend Peter Cushing and Hollywood hard-man Forrest Tucker give powerful performances as a well-meaning scientist and an arrogant entrepreneur, both intent on trapping the fabled Yeti, in Hammer's The Abominable Snowman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eRe-teaming Quatermass creator Nigel Kneale and BAFTA-winning director Val Guest, this thrilling fantasy horror has been painstakingly restored by Hammer in 4K from the best available film elements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDr Rollason and his team, on a scientific expedition in the Himalayas, are guests at an isolated monastery. Then a second expedition turns up – intent on trapping the legendary Yeti in a money-making venture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Limited Edition comprises:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour discs in a stylish digipak: two UHDs and two Blu-rays, with the content duplicated on both UHD and Blu-ray.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo iterations of The Abominable Snowman: the widescreen 2.35:1 UK Theatrical Version and the widescreen 2.35:1 US Theatrical Version re-titled The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrand-new 5.1 mix for both versions of the film alongside the original mono film soundtrack.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish, French, Italian, Spanish and German subtitles on each version of the film.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePackaged in a high-end, leather-feel slipcase with debossed foil titling.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRigid inner box featuring new artwork by illustrator and artist Joe Avery.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDouble-sided poster of original one-sheets.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEight art cards featuring facsimiles of the original cinema lobby cards.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e120-page book featuring new articles on the film, cast and crew.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisk Features:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew commentary on The Abominable Snowman with actor and comedian Toby Hadoke and Nigel Kneale’s biographer Andy Murray.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew commentary on The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas with cult movie expert Toby Roan and Cereal at Midnight podcaster Heath Holland.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchive 1999 commentary featuring writer Nigel Kneale, director Val Guest and Hammer expert Marcus Hearn.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew audio essay on big monsters in film by celluloid cryptid expert Stephen R. Bissette.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew documentary on the making of The Abominable Snowman, with contributions from Toby Hadoke, Andy Murray, Wayne Kinsey, Dick Klemensen, Richard Hollis and Jon Dear.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew documentary on the making on long-since-lost TV play The Creature, on which The Abominable Snowman was based, with contributions from Toby Hadoke, Andy Murray, Gavin Collinson, Richard Holliss, Jon Dear and Hannah Cooper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew documentary on design maestro Bernard Robinson and the design and set-building carried out by Hammer on films such as this. With Hammer expert Wayne Kinsey.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew documentary on cinema's passion for rampaging cryptids, with contributions from director\/producer\/actor\/writer Ted A. Bohus, writer\/editor Mike Gingold, artist and film historian Stephen R. Bissette and writer\/director\/producer Casey Walker.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew video essay by Heather Wixson on why less-is-more in films with big monsters – and how Val Guest put that theory into practice. • Sidebar: The Abominable Snowman. Film critic and writer Tim Lucas discusses this and similar films of the period with Stephen R. Bissette.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchive interview with Val Guest from 2002.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal trailer and censor card.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExtensive image gallery of stills and publicity material.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook Features:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew article by Bruce Hallenbeck, who takes a look at the making of The Abominable Snowman.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew article by Andrew Pixley, who examines the making of the original tv play on which the film is based.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew article by Wayne Kinsey, who compares scripts for the original tv play against the film.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew article by Andy Murray, who examines the potential influences working on Nigel Kneale during the creation of this story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew article by Sarah Morgan, who profiles actor Richard Wattis, star of several Hammer films and a mainstay of British film and tv.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew article by Neil Sinyard, who profiles director Val Guest and his body of work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew article by Barry Forshaw, who assesses Hammer's use of monster tropes and their playing against type.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew article by Wayne Kinsey, who takes a top-down look at what was happening with Hammer in 1957.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003especial features and artwork subject to potential change\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moovies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45754432487468,"sku":"5061058621024","price":64.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0359\/2201\/8348\/files\/abominable-main-box-3d.webp?v=1783097631","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitdvd.com\/products\/the-abominable-snowman-4k-uhd-limited-collectors-edition-region-free","provider":"Orbit DVD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}