4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray Release: Funny Girl

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Laurence
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4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray Release Date: Nov. 19, 2024
Price: 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo $34.99, Blu-ray $27.99
Studio: Criterion

Witness the birth of a movie star as Barbra Streisand makes a screen debut for the ages in 1968’s Funny Girl, a musical spectacular.

From humor to pathos, Streisand hits every note as popular 1920s singer-comedian Fanny Brice, a young Jewish New Yorker whose spirit and supernova talent propel her to fame in the Ziegfeld Follies, but whose devotion to an unreliable gambler (a charismatic Omar Sharif) brings drama and heartbreak into her life.

Adapted from a hit Broadway show and directed by Hollywood master William Wyler (Ben-Hur), Funny Girl hits emotional highs in unforgettable performances of songs like “People” and “Don’t Rain on My Parade”—moments that won Streisand one of the most richly deserved Best Actress awards in Oscar history.

Here’s a breakdown of the discs’ features:

  • 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • New audio interview with actor Barbra Streisand
  • New conversation between director William Wyler’s son David and author Alicia Malone
  • Directed by William Wyler (1986), a documentary on Wyler’s life and career
  • Archival interview with actor Omar Sharif
  • Deleted scene featuring Streisand and Sharif
  • Featurettes from the original theatrical release
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by author and film critic Michael Koresky

 

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About Laurence

Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.