THE WILD ONE - LE

THIS ITEM WAS A LIMITED EDITION AND IS NOW OUT-OF-PRINT.
STANDARD EDITIONS ARE HERE.

(László Benedek, 1953, 79 mins)
Release date: 22 May 2017 (OOP date: 9 February 2021)
Limited Dual Format Edition (UK Blu-ray premiere)

Marlon Brando in his breakthrough – and most iconic – role as Johnny Strabler, ruthless leader of the Black Rebels motorcycle gang who terrorise a small town. Based on real-life events, the film was considered so shocking and inciteful of delinquent behaviour at the time, it was banned in the UK until 1967.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

• High Definition remaster 
  
• Original mono audio
  
• Audio commentary by author and film historian Jeanine Basinger
  
• The Wild One and the BBFC (2017, 25 mins): ex-BBFC examiner Richard Falcon discusses the film's history with the British censor
  
• Introduction to the film by Karen Kramer (2007, 1 min) 
  
• Hollister, California: Bikers, Booze and the Big Picture (2007, 28 mins): a look back at the real life events that inspired the film
  
• Brando: An Icon is Born (2007, 19 mins): a documentary exploring the life and career of the legendary actor
  
• Super 8 version (1973, 19 mins): original cut-down home cinema presentation with unique narration 
  
• Original theatrical trailer 
  
• Image gallery
  
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
  
• Limited edition exclusive 40-page booklet with a new essay by Kat Ellinger, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and Laslo Benedek’s 1955 article ‘Why I Made The Wild One' 
  
• UK Blu-ray premiere 
  
• Limited Dual Format Edition of 3,000 copies

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BBFC cert: PG
REGION FREE
EAN: 5037899069981