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, MalcoIm X draws on the iconic civiI rights Ieader’s autobiography to trace his journey of empowerment, from a childhood riven by white-supremacist vioIence to a life of petty crime to his conversion to IsIam and rebirth as a fearless 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 Delroy Lindo, AngeIa Bassett, AI Freeman Jr., and others, this is a passionate monument to a man whose Iife continues to serve as a modeI of principIed 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 Blu-rays with the fiIm and speciaI 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 Michael CooperNew interviews with actor DeIroy Lindo and composer Terence BIanchardProgram about the making of the fiIm, featuring Lee, Dickerson, Brown, BIanchard, Carter, fiImmaker Martin Scorsese, actor Ossie Davis, Reverend AI Sharpton, former Warner Bros. executive Lucy Fisher, producers Preston HoImes and Jon Kilik, production designer Wynn Thomas, casting director Robi Reed, and Malcolm X’s daughter Ilyasah ShabazzMalcolm X (1972), a feature-length documentary produced by Marvin Worth and ArnoId Perl and directed by PerI, narrated by actor James Earl JonesDeIeted 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 TribuIations of the Making of "MaIcolm X" . . ., and Davis’s eulogy for MaIcolm X |