Weird Science will be released on 4K Ultra HD on August 22 via Arrow Video. Tracie Ching created the cover art for the 1985 science fiction comedy; the original poster is on the reverse side.
John Hughes (The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) writes and directs, based on Al Feldstein's 1951 comic "Made of the Future." Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton, Robert Downey Jr, and Robert Rusler star.
Weird Science has been restored in 4K from the original negative. The theatrical cut is presented in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) with original lossless stereo audio and 5.1 DTS-HD MA surround. An extended version with two additional scenes is available via seamless branching, and the edited-for-TV cut in included in standard definition.
The limited edition version includes a booklet with with writing on the film by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Amanda Reyes as well as a double-sided poster featuring Ching’s art and the original poster. Special features are listed below.
Special features:
Theatrical cut (94 minutes)
Extended cut (97 minutes)
TV edit (94 minutes; standard definition)
Interview with actor John Kapelos
Interview with special makeup creator Craig Reardon
Interview with composer Ira Newborn
Interview with editor Chris Lebenzon
Interview with casting director Jackie Burch
It’s Alive: Resurrecting Weird Science - Interviews with cast, crew, and admirers, including actor Anthony Michael Hall
Extended version scenes
TV edit comparison featurette highlighting the alternate dubs and takes
Theatrical trailers and TV spots
Image gallery
Booklet with writing on the film by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Amanda Reyes (first edition only)
Double-sided fold-out poster (first edition only)
Perenially picked-on high school nerds Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) are sick of their status at the bottom of the social food chain. Using Wyatt’s computer, the two hatch a plan to create their dream woman – and following a massive power surge, that woman unexpectedly appears in the form of Lisa (Kelly LeBrock). Gorgeous, intelligent, and blessed with limitless magic powers, Lisa makes the boys’ dreams come true… but what about Wyatt’s gun-toting psycho older brother Chet (Bill Paxton), and the two bullies (Robert Downey Jr and Robert Rusler) determined to put them back in their place?
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