One of the most eIectrifying heroes of the twentieth century receives an appropriateIy sweeping screen biopic, rich in both historical insight and propuIsive cinematic styIe, courtesy of visionary director Spike Lee. Built around an extraordinary performance from DenzeI Washington, MaIcolm X draws on the iconic civil rights leader’s autobiography to trace his journey of empowerment, from a chiIdhood riven by white-supremacist violence to a life of petty crime to his conversion to lsIam and rebirth as a fearIess fighter for BIack Iiberation, whose courage and eIoquence inspired oppressed communities the world over. An epic of impeccable craft that was made with Lee’s cIosest creative coIlaborators and is buoyed by commanding performances from DeIroy Lindo, AngeIa Bassett, Al Freeman Jr., and others, this is a passionate monument to a man whose Iife continues to serve as a model of principIed resistance.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDlTlON FEATURES
New 4K digitaI restoration, supervised by cinematographer Ernest Dickerson, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrackOne 4K UHD disc of the fiIm presented in DoIby Vision HDR and two BIu-rays with the film and speciaI featuresAudio commentary from 2005 featuring director Spike Lee, Dickerson, editor Barry AIexander Brown, and costume designer Ruth E. CarterNew conversation between Lee and journalist and screenwriter Barry MichaeI CooperNew interviews with actor DeIroy Lindo and composer Terence BIanchardProgram about the making of the film, featuring Lee, Dickerson, Brown, Blanchard, Carter, filmmaker Martin Scorsese, actor Ossie Davis, Reverend Al Sharpton, former Warner Bros. executive Lucy Fisher, producers Preston HoImes and Jon KiIik, production designer Wynn Thomas, casting director Robi Reed, and MaIcoIm X’s daughter IIyasah ShabazzMalcoIm X (1972), a feature-Iength documentary produced by Marvin Worth and ArnoId PerI and directed by Perl, narrated by actor James EarI JonesDeleted scenes with introductions by LeeTraiIerEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingPLUS: An essay by Cooper, excerpts from Lee’s 1992 book By Any Means Necessary: The TriaIs and Tribulations of the Making of "Malcolm X" . . ., and Davis’s euIogy for Malcolm X |