The buzz when Natural Born Killers was coming out in the summer of 1994 was overwhelming. Quentin Tarantino had become the hot filmmaking with his directorial debut Reservoir Dogs and script for True Romance. Pulp Fiction was the sensation at Cannes, but wasn’t coming out until Fall. The idea that Oliver Stone was directing a Tarantino script (although Tarantino was only getting as story by credit with David Veloz, Richard Rutowski and Oliver Stone getting the script credit) made people ready for Friday night tickets. There were already parent organizations fearing the end of civilization during opening weekend. The movie did well, but something felt missing. Then it emerged that Oliver Stone had an unrated Director’s Cut which included nearly four minutes of cuts that were required to get an R-rating. The director’s cut arrived on VHS in 1997 and really elevated the movie. Now the director’s cut is coming to 4K UHD as part of the Natural Born Killers (Collector’s Edition). The boxset also includes the theatrical R-rated cut on Blu-ray. Here’s the press release from Shout! Factory:
NATURAL BORN KILLERS (COLLECTOR’S EDITION)
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 26 FROM SHOUT SELECT™
Los Angeles, CA – Shout! Studios has announced the September 26 release of Natural Born Killers (Collector’s Edition) as part of its Shout Select line. The release features new transfers of both the Director’s Cut and Theatrical Cut on Blu-ray™. Special features in the release include several new interviews as well as 4K director-approved transfers from the original negative.
Customers ordering from ShoutFactory.com will receive an exclusive 18×24 rolled poster featuring the original theatrical artwork, available while supplies last.
Three-time Academy Award® winner* Oliver Stone (JFK, Platoon) delivers a powerful movie unlike any other: Natural Born Killers, a visually dazzling, wickedly funny slam of violence and media obsession that’s “the most radical film any major studio has released since A Clockwork Orange” (Stephen Schiff, The New Yorker). As fugitive serial killers Mickey and Mallory, Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis play two crazy, mixed-up kids that’d give a demon nightmares. The amazing supporting cast, including Robert Downey Jr., Tommy Lee Jones, Tom Sizemore and Rodney Dangerfield, set the screen ablaze in this wild ride that will rattle your senses.
*1978: Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, Midnight Express; 1986: Best Director, Platoon; 1989: Best Director, Born On The Fourth Of July
Special Features on UHD™/BD:
DISC ONE (4K UHD – DIRECTOR’S CUT):
· NEW 2023 4K Director-Approved Transfer From The Original Negative
· In Dolby Vision (HDR-10 Compatible)
· Audio: 5.1 Surround DTS-HD Master Audio, 2.0 Stereo DTS-HD Master Audio
· Commentary By Director/Co-Writer Oliver Stone
DISC TWO (BLU-RAY – DIRECTOR’S CUT):
· NEW 2023 Director-Approved Transfer From The Original Negative
· Audio: 5.1 Surround DTS-HD Master Audio, 2.0 Stereo DTS-HD Master Audio
· Commentary By Director/Co-Writer Oliver Stone
· Introduction By Oliver Stone
· NEW On Dawn’s Highway Bleeding – Editor Hank Corwin On Natural Born Killers
· NEW The Scream of the Butterfly – Producer Clayton Townsend On Natural Born Killers
· NEW A Bloody Pail Of Nitro – Special Makeup Effects Artist Gordon J. Smith On Natural Born Killers
· NEW Wilderness Of Pain – Cinematographer Robert Richardson On Natural Born Killers
DISC THREE (BLU-RAY – THEATRICAL CUT):
· NEW 2023 Director-Approved Transfer From The Original Negative
· Audio: 5.1 Surround DTS-HD Master Audio, 2.0 Stereo DTS-HD Master Audio
· Commentary By Director/Co-Writer Oliver Stone
· Natural Born Killers: Method in the Madness
· Natural Born Killers Evolution: How Would It All Go Down Now? Documentary
· Chaos Rising: The Storm Around Natural Born Killers Documentary
· Deleted Scenes With Introductions By Oliver Stone
· Alternate Ending With Introduction By Oliver Stone
· Theatrical Trailer
NOTE: Both Cuts Of The Film Contain The Song “Burn” By NIN.
About Shout! Studios
Launched in 2003, Shout! Studios is a multiplatform media company specializing in film and TV distribution, development, and production. The company has evolved with the changing entertainment landscape to excel in all forms of content distribution, including theatrical, digital streaming, broadcast and in-flight licensing, physical media, and more. Shout! Studios owns and manages a large portfolio of contemporary and classic feature films, series, animation, and documentaries. The company’s creative acquisition mandate has established it as a leading independent distributor, with partners and properties including Aardman Animations, ALF, The Carol Burnett Show, Stephen J. Cannell Productions, The Johnny Carson Show, the Roger Corman New Horizons Pictures Library, GKIDS, ITV Studios, LAIKA Studios, Mystery Science Theater 3000 (in partnership with creator Joel Hodgson), and Sesame Street, alongside many others. Shout! Kids focuses on live-action and animated kids and family properties including anime, and the company releases genre and horror films and television shows under the Scream Factory imprint. Shout! Studios also produces, acquires, and distributes new films, and operates the acclaimed streaming service Shout! TV and its family of FAST channels. Shout! Studios is based in Los Angeles, California. For more on Shout! Studios, visit ShoutStudios.com
