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Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Paul Zindel, Paul Newman’s second film as director stars his wife Joanne Woodward (Three Faces of Eve, Sybil) as an abusive, over-bearing mother raising her two daughters (Nell Potts and Roberta Wallach) in an atmosphere of bitterness and hatred. The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds is a powerful, searingly unsentimental and ultimately transformative drama, with a trio of towering performances from the three female leads at its core.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES:

•  4K restoration from the original negative 
• Original mono audio 
• Audio commentary with film historian Adrian Martin 
• The John Player Lecture with Paul Newman (1972): archival audio recording of an interview conducted by Joan Bakewell at London’s National Film Theatre 
• The Guardian Interview with Joanne Woodward (1984, 65 mins): archival audio recording of an interview conducted by Tony Bilbow at the National Film Theatre 
• Cannes Film Festival Press Conference (1973, 2 mins): archival footage in which Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward discuss their approach to making the film  Isolated music and effects track 
• Original TV spot 
• Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography 
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing 
• Limited edition exclusive 40-page booklet with new essays by Johnny Mains and Bethan Roberts, a profile of writer Paul Zindel, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits 
• UK premiere on Blu-ray 
• Limited Edition of 3,000 copies