What’s the story?

A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York’s S&M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns is sent undercover onto the streets as decoy for the murderer. Working almost completely isolated from his department, he has to learn and practice the complex rules and signals of this subculture. While barely seeing his girlfriend Nancy anymore, the work starts to change him.

A bit of background

Taking the premise and title from reporter Gerald Walker’s novel, Cruising was the subject of great controversy at the time of its release and remains a challenging and remarkable movie to this day, with Pacino’s haunted lead performance as its magnetic centerpiece.

In 1980, Roger Ebert writes “Here’s a movie that’s well visualized, that does a riveting job of exploring an authentic subculture, that has a fairly high level of genuine suspense from beginning to end…”

William Friedkin’s “Cruising” remains controversial even today. Available at Amazon as a 4K restoration Blu-ray for pre-order and purchase.

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Release date: August 20, 2019

Director: William Friedkin

Starring: Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen

Country: USA

Production Year: 1980

Discs: 1 Blu-ray Disc

Region: A

Run Time: 102 minutes

Formats: Color; 1.85:1

Audio: English

Subtitle: English

Studio: Arrow Video (USA)

SPECS

SPECIAL FEATURES

Brand new restoration from a 4K scan of the original camera negative, supervised and approved by writer-director William Friedkin

Newly remastered 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio supervised by William Friedkin

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Archival audio commentary by William Friedkin

The History of Cruising – archival featurette looking at the film’s origins and production

Exorcising Cruising – archival featurette looking at the controversy surrounding the film and its enduring legacy

Original Theatrical Trailer

Cruising movie trailer

Cruising movie soundtrack: Shakedown by Rough Trade

Notice: The picture quality of these photos and video does not reflect the picture quality of the blu-ray or DVD in this package.