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directed by Rob Walker
UK 1986
In the BBC television noir DEAD
HEAD, small-time crook Eddie Cass (Denis Lawson, STAR WARS)
makes the mistake of agreeing to transport a package from South
London to Regent's Park. When no one is at the other end to
accept the package, he opens it and discovers the severed head
of a young woman. He ditches the package, but finds himself in
the middle of a surreal, byzantine conspiracy involving the
police, MI-5, his ex-wife Dana (Lindsay Duncan, THE
REFLECTING SKIN), England's upper crust, and a "Jack the
Ripper"-esque killer whose crimes will be pinned on him unless
he can expose the killer himself. This, however, involves
trusting a number of people who can betray him or be killed in
the blink of an eye (including longtime friends). Over the
course of four episodes, DEAD HEAD takes us from London
to Glasgow, into tenements, warehouses, country houses, bars,
pubs, and clubs; and true its film noir roots, each successive
sign of hope for the protagonist raises just as much dread with
the possibility of a double-cross or murderous intervention as
the scenario degenerates further and further into a waking
nightmare. |
Theatrical Release: 15 January 1986 - 5 February 1986 (UK)
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DVD Review: Eureka Video - Region 2 - PAL
Big thanks to Eric Cotenas for the Review!
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Runtime | 191:14 | |
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1.33:1 Original Aspect Ratio |
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Audio | English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono | |
Subtitles | English SDH, none | |
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Release Information: Studio: Eureka Video Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 12 |
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Eureka Video's dual-layer, two-disc set of this eighties TV production probably looks as good as it can since the production was shot on film but finished on video (add to the digitized analog video resolution several scenes where the light is diffused by film noir dry ice fog). The Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio is clean and the optional SDH subtitles sometimes help more with the accents than any issues of volume in the dialogue.
Writer Howard Brenton sporadically comments on the first two episodes, detailing his shared stage background with the director Rob Walker and previous collaborations with the actors. He also makes mention of the network's cost-cutting concerns (not realizing that the fox hunting party were all locals doing it for fun rather than paid extras), and is forthcoming about Walker's innovations to the script's visualization. Twelve minutes of deleted scenes are also included on the second disc (much of which is an extended version of the first episode's opening sequence). |
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