Coming to Blu-ray/4K UHD in December from The Criterion
Collection
The Red Shoes 4K UHD:
In the 4K UHD edition: 4K digital transfer from the 2009
restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in
Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special
features
In the Blu-ray and DVD editions: High-definition digital transfer
from the 2009 restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on
the Blu-ray
Introductory restoration demonstration with filmmaker Martin
Scorsese
Audio commentary from 1994 by film historian Ian Christie,
featuring interviews with actors Marius Goring and Moira Shearer,
cinematographer Jack Cardiff, composer Brian Easdale, and
Scorsese
Profile of “The Red Shoes,” a 2000 documentary on the making of the
film, featuring interviews with members of the production
team
Interview with director Michael Powell’s widow, editor Thelma
Schoonmaker Powell, from the 2009 Cannes Film Festival
Audio recordings from 1994 of actor Jeremy Irons reading excerpts
from Powell and screenwriter Emeric Pressburger’s novelization of
The Red Shoes and the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Red
Shoes”
Collection of rare publicity stills and behind-the-scenes
photos
Gallery of memorabilia from Scorsese’s collection
The “Red Shoes” Sketches, a 1948 animated film of Hein Heckroth’s
painted storyboards, with the Red Shoes ballet as an alternate
angle
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by critic David Ehrenstein and a description of the
restoration by UCLA film archivist Robert Gitt