Hoffman
- 1970 film
Hoffman
One of the most unsettling films in the Peter Sellers canon, Hoffman sees the actor in a sinister starring role as a bachelor who obsesses over his secretary (Sinéad Cusack) and, discovering that her boyfriend (Jeremy Bulloch) has been fiddling the books at work, blackmails her into spending a week with him. Their time together reveals Hoffman's tragic, lonely existence.
Alvin Rakoff (Death Ship) directs a film that is by turns amusing, poignant and uneasy, and boasts a central performance so uncomfortable and revealing that its star tried to have the film's negative destroyed.
This Blu-ray world premiere release is a new restoration from a 4K scan of the original negative by Powerhouse Films.
First released: Monday 17th January 2022
Extra features
- Selected scenes commentary with director Alvin Rakoff (2022, 25 mins)
- Strange Relationship (2022, 22 mins): Rakoff recalls Hoffman's troubled history and his friendship with Peter Sellers
- An Underexposed Film (2022, 28 mins): Focus puller Eddie Collins on the trials and tribulations of the shoot
- Home Improvements (2022, 6 mins): Draughtsman Terry Ackland-Snow discusses the film's sets
- Original theatrical trailer
- Larry Karaszewski trailer commentary (2020, 4 mins): short critical appreciation
- Image galleries: promotional materials and behind-the-scenes photography
- Script gallery: complete shooting screenplay
- Released: Monday 20th May 2024
- Distributor: Powerhouse Films
- Region: A & B
- Discs: 1
- Minutes: 112
- Subtitles: English
- Catalogue: PHISE206B
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- Distributor: Powerhouse Films
- Region: A & B
- Discs: 1
- Subtitles: English
- Catalogue: PHILTD206
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