Description
A mute American filmmaker working in Moscow witnesses a brutal murder and becomes the target of killers who want to silence her forever.
SHE WON'T BE SILENCED.
Director Anthony Waller (The Piper, An American Werewolf in Paris) combines cat-and-mouse suspense with classic intrigue in Mute Witness, an updated take on the Hitchcockian thriller in which the only witness to a brutal crime can neither speak nor cry out in terror.
Billy Hughes (Marina Zudina) is a mute special effects artist working on a low budget American slasher movie being shot in Russia. Accidentally locked in the studio late one night, she stumbles upon two men shooting what appears to be a snuff film. Having borne witness to their victim's final moments, Billy desperately flees - but this is only the start of a protracted night of terror, drawing her and her friends into a tangled web of intrigue, involving the KGB, the Moscow police... and a mysterious crime kingpin known as 'The Reaper.'
Filmed on location in Moscow and co-starring Fay Ripley (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein) and Evan Richards (Society), Mute Witness is an unpredictable, nerve-shreddingly tense viewing experience. Now fully restored in 4K and presented alongside a host of new and recently unearthed bonus materials, there has never been a better opportunity to discover - or rediscover - this gem of 90s thriller cinema.
Media
Bonus Materials
- 4K restoration approved by director Anthony Waller
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
- Restored original lossless stereo soundtrack
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Brand new audio commentary by writer/director Anthony Waller
- Brand new audio commentary with production designer Matthias Kammermeier and composer Wilbert Hirsch, moderated by critic Lee Gambin
- The Silent Death, brand new visual essay by author and critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, examining Mute Witness and its relationship with snuff films
- The Wizard Behind the Curtain, brand new visual essay by author and critic Chris Alexander, exploring the phenomenon of the film-within-a-film
- Original “Snuff Movie” presentation, produced to generate interest from investors and distributors, featuring interviews with Anthony Waller and members of the creative team
- Original location scouting footage
- Original footage with Alec Guinness, filmed a decade prior to the rest of Mute Witness
- Teaser trailer
- Trailer
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Adam Rabalais
- Double-sided foldout poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Adam Rabalais
- Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Michelle Kisner
Cast & Crew
Actors:- Fay Ripley
- Marina Zudina
- Oleg Yankovsky
- Alec Guinness
- Evan Richards
- Igor Volkov
- Sergei Karlenkov
- Aleksandr Pyatkov
- Nikolai Pastukhov
- Aleksandr Bureyev
- Stephen Bouser
- Valeri Barakhtin
- Nikolay Chindyaykin
- Vyacheslav Naumenko
- Larisa Khusnullina
- Olga Tolstetskaya
Director: Anthony Waller
Additional Details
Label: Arrow Video
Genre: Horror
Language: English
Run Time: 95 mins
Region: A
Release Date: 06/11/24
UPC: 760137152828
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