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(Nicolas Roeg, 1988, 91 mins) Release date: 29 May 2023 (Deleted: 2025) Standard Edition Blu-ray Freely adapted from Potter’s BBC TV play Schmoedipus, this unsettling film stars Theresa Russell (Bad Timing, Black Widow) as an unhappy, possibly unstable, housewife who welcomes a young man (Gary Oldman – Prick Up Your Ears, Darkest Hour) into her home when he claims to be her long-lost son... Ambitious, ambiguous and surreal, Track 29 is a kinky psychological send-up of American mores – a view from the dis-united states of consciousness. The glorious supporting cast includes Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), Sandra Bernhard (The King of Comedy) and Colleen Camp (The Swinging Cheerleaders). INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES High Definition remaster Original stereo audio The NFT Interview with Nicolas Roeg (1994, 68 mins): archival audio recording of the celebrated filmmaker in conversation at London’s National Film Theatre Audio commentary with filmmaker and historian Jim Hemphill Postcards from Cape Fear (2019, 18 mins): actor Colleen Camp recalls the experience of working with Nicolas Roeg On the Right Track (2019, 10 mins): editor and longtime Roeg collaborator Tony Lawson discusses the construction of the film An Air of Mystery (2019, 6 mins): costume designer Shuna Harwood details the distinctive look of Track 29 Buzz and Gossip (2019, 15 mins): sound mixer David Stephenson reflects on the challenges of making the film Isolated music & effects track Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: promotional and publicity material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing #PHISE126B BBFC cert: 18 REGION B EAN: 5060697923278
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Track 29 (1988)
86 min
Years after a desperate teenage Linda gives up her baby for adoption, she finds herself face-to-face with Martin, a young man claiming to be her long-lost son. Linda embraces Martin and in him finds a welcome reprieve from her unhappy marriage to the neglectful Henry. But soon Martin grows violent and becomes obsessed with Henry -- a philandering man whose only offspring is an expansive model train set that devours his waking hours.