Description:

Danzig, Germany, 1924. Oskar Matzerath is born with an intellect beyond his infancy. As he witnesses the hypocrisy of adulthood and the irresponsibility of society, Oskar rejects both, and, at his third birthday, refuses to grow older. Caught in a baffling state of perpetual childhood, Oskar lashes out at all he surveys with piercing screams and frantic poundings on his tin drum, while the unheeding, chaotic world marches onward to the madness and folly of World War II. Honored with the Palme d’Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival and the 1979 Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language film, Volker Schlöndorff’s The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) is a truly visionary adaptation of Nobel laureate Günter Grass’ acclaimed novel, an unforgettable fantasia of surreal imagery, striking eroticism, and unflinching satire.

Special Features:

• New digital transfer, with restored image and sound and enhanced for widescreen televisions
• Audio commentary by director and cowriter Volker Schlöndorff
• Remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack
• Isolated music track, featuring the score by Academy Award®-winning composer Maurice Jarre
• Rare deleted scenes
• Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum, a 21-minute audio/video montage featuring Schlöndorff’s thoughts and recollections about the film, along with on-set photos, storyboards, and images not included in the final film
• An illuminating collection of video interviews, including Schlöndorff and actor David Bennent at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival; cowriter Jean-Claude Carrière and actor Mario Adorf; Schlöndorff and author Günter Grass during filming; and Schlöndorff after winning the Palme d’Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival
• “The Platform,” a rare 1987 German recording of Günter Grass reading an excerpt from his novel The Tin Drum, accompanied by the music of famed improvisational percussionist Günter “Baby” Sommer
• Reprinted excerpt of the screenplay’s original, unfilmed ending
• Banned in Oklahoma, a documentary by Gary D. Rhodes following the child pornography lawsuit revolving around The Tin Drum
• Production sketches, designs and promotional art
• Original theatrical trailer
• New and improved English subtitle translation
• Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition