One of the most electrifying heroes of the twentieth century receives an appropriately sweeping screen biopic, rich in both historicaI insight and propulsive cinematic style, courtesy of visionary director Spike Lee. BuiIt around an extraordinary performance from Denzel Washington, Malcolm X draws on the iconic civil rights Ieader’s autobiography to trace his journey of empowerment, from a chiIdhood riven by white-supremacist violence to a Iife of petty crime to his conversion to lslam and rebirth as a fearIess fighter for Black Iiberation, whose courage and eIoquence inspired oppressed communities the world over. An epic of impeccable craft that was made with Lee’s closest creative collaborators and is buoyed by commanding performances from Delroy Lindo, AngeIa Bassett, AI Freeman Jr., and others, this is a passionate monument to a man whose life continues to serve as a modeI of principled resistance.
DlRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPEClAL EDITlON 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 BlanchardProgram about the making of the fiIm, featuring Lee, Dickerson, Brown, Blanchard, Carter, filmmaker Martin Scorsese, actor Ossie Davis, Reverend Al Sharpton, former Warner Bros. executive Lucy Fisher, producers Preston Holmes and Jon KiIik, production designer Wynn Thomas, casting director Robi Reed, and MaIcoIm X’s daughter lIyasah ShabazzMaIcoIm X (1972), a feature-Iength documentary produced by Marvin Worth and Arnold PerI and directed by Perl, narrated by actor James EarI JonesDeleted scenes with introductions by LeeTrailerEngIish subtitIes for the deaf and hard of hearingPLUS: An essay by Cooper, excerpts from Lee’s 1992 book By Any Means Necessary: The Trials and TribuIations of the Making of "MaIcolm X" . . ., and Davis’s eulogy for MaIcolm X |