Ken Russell’s 1980 sensory head trip Altered States arrives in a 4K UHD + Blu-ray special edition from The Criterion Collection, featuring a new 4K digital restoration with 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio and an alternate 5.1 mix. William Hurt stars as researcher Eddie Jessup, whose self-experiments plunge him from humankind’s primordial past to the outer limits of consciousness.
Film Info
Country: United States
Year: 1980
Runtime: 103 minutes
Color | 1.85:1 | English
Spine: #1284
Special Features
4K UHD + Blu-ray special edition features:
- New 4K digital restoration with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- New audio commentary featuring film historian Samm Deighan
- Archival interviews with director Ken Russell and actor William Hurt
- New interview with special-visual-effects designer Bran Ferren
- Trailer
- English SDH subtitles
- Plus: an essay by film critic Jessica Kiang; new cover by Richey Beckett
Release Date
The Criterion edition of Altered States releases on October 21, 2025 and can be pre-ordered here.
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