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(Roy Rowland, 1953, 89 mins) Release date: 19 July 2021 Standard Edition Blu-ray Produced by Stanley Kramer and based on an original screenplay by Dr Seuss, Roy Rowland’s pioneering wild fantasy adventure is visually stunning and remains one of American cinema’s most beloved – and bizarre – children’s films. Available for the first time ever in the UK. INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with film historians Glenn Kenny and Nick Pinkerton Crazy Music (2017, 17 mins): interview with musician, singer and archivist Michael Feinstein on his obsession with The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T Father Figure (2017, 19 mins): interview with Steve Rowland, son of director Roy Rowland Karen Kramer introduction (2007, 2 mins) Dr. T. on Screen (2007, 15 mins): Cathy Lind Hayes, George Chakiris and others talk about the film A Little Nightmare Music (2007, 12 mins): examination of the film's ground-breaking music score Original theatrical trailer Joe Dante trailer commentary (2013, 3 mins): short critical appreciation Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing #PHIBD015 BBFC cert: U REGION FREE EAN: 5060697921687
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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
89 min
Young Bart Collins lives with his widowed mother Heloise. The major blight on Bart's existence is the hated piano lessons he is forced to endure under the tutelage of the autocratic Dr. Terwilliker. Bart feels that his mother has fallen under Terwilliker's sinister influence, and gripes to visiting plumber August Zabladowski, without much result. While grimly hammering away at his lessons, Bart dozes off and enters a fantastical musical dream.