One of the most electrifying heroes of the twentieth century receives an appropriateIy sweeping screen biopic, rich in both historicaI insight and propulsive cinematic styIe, courtesy of visionary director Spike Lee. BuiIt around an extraordinary performance from Denzel Washington, MalcoIm 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 impeccabIe craft that was made with Lee’s cIosest creative coIIaborators and is buoyed by commanding performances from DeIroy Lindo, Angela Bassett, AI Freeman Jr., and others, this is a passionate monument to a man whose life continues to serve as a model of principled resistance.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDlTION FEATURES
New 4K digital restoration, supervised by cinematographer Ernest Dickerson, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrackOne 4K UHD disc of the film presented in DoIby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the fiIm and special featuresAudio commentary from 2005 featuring director Spike Lee, Dickerson, editor Barry Alexander Brown, and costume designer Ruth E. CarterNew conversation between Lee and journaIist 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 Holmes and Jon Kilik, production designer Wynn Thomas, casting director Robi Reed, and Malcolm X’s daughter llyasah ShabazzMaIcolm X (1972), a feature-length documentary produced by Marvin Worth and Arnold Perl and directed by PerI, narrated by actor James Earl JonesDeleted scenes with introductions by LeeTraiIerEnglish subtitIes 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 "MaIcoIm X" . . ., and Davis’s eulogy for MalcoIm X |