David Cronenberg’s 2005 thriller A History of Violence arrives in a director-approved 4K UHD + Blu-ray special edition from The Criterion Collection, featuring a new 4K digital restoration of the international cut with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio. One 4K UHD disc is presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray includes the film and special features. The movie follows small-town family man Tom Stall whose unlikely act of heroism draws dangerous attention and unearths a buried past.
If you want our take on the movie itself, read our review of A History of Violence.
Film Info
Country: United States, Canada
Year: 2005
Runtime: 96 minutes
Color | 1.85:1 | English
Spine: #1283
Special Features
Director-approved 4K UHD + Blu-ray special edition features:
- New 4K digital restoration of the international cut, supervised by cinematographer Peter Suschitzky and approved by David Cronenberg, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio
- One 4K UHD disc presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Audio commentary featuring David Cronenberg
- New interview with screenwriter Josh Olson, conducted by writer-producer Tom Bernardo
- Excerpts of Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen in conversation at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival
- Acts of Violence, a making-of documentary with behind-the-scenes footage
- Three featurettes
- Deleted scene with commentary by Cronenberg
- Trailer
- English SDH subtitles
- Plus: an essay by critic Nathan Lee
- New cover by Connor Willumsen
Release Date
The Criterion edition of A History of Violence releases on October 21, 2025 and can be pre-ordered here.
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