Michael Mann‘s adaptation of ThomasHarris’ Red Dragon is receiving a stunning new 4k restoration in celebration of the film’s 40th anniversary this year, and a new trailer gives a look at the gorgeous release.
Michael Mann’s Manhunter: The Final Cutwill open in select US theaters onJuly 24
The film will also release theatrically in the UK onSeptember 25and on home entertainment later this year.
InManhunter,“FBI criminal profiler Will Graham (William L. Petersen) is called out of early retirement to assist on a serial murder case involving a killer known as the“Tooth Fairy”(Tom Noonan). Graham enlists the help of imprisoned serial killer — and cannibal — Dr. Hannibal Lecktor (Brian Cox), who is the reason Graham took an early retirement. Soon, Graham and the FBIare entangledin a deadly cat-and-mouse game between the Tooth Fairy, Lecter, and an interfering journalist (Stephen Lang).“
It marks the first on-screen appearance of thecannibalistic killerthat Anthony Hopkins would later popularize inThe Silence of the Lambs, thoughBrianCox’siteration has even less screentime.
It’sthe talents of the lateTom Noonanas the unsettling Francis Dollarhyde thatmakesthisserial killer thriller so creepy. Three-time Oscar nominee Joan Allen (The Contender, 2000) also stars as his blind love interest.
Mann guided this 4K scan of the original 35mm negative, with a few shots from an interpositive , that was conformed and digitally restored atL’ImmagineRitrovata in Bologna. Both the theatrical version and the UHD HDR & SDR video color gradingswere performedby Stefan Sonnenfeld at Company 3 in Los Angeles with the director. Sound restoration was done at Audio Mechanics from an original 35mm magnetic 6-track printmaster to release a new 5.1 mix by Luke Schwartzweller at Fox.Technical coordination and deliveries were managed byL’ImmagineRitrovata.This project was supervised by Becca Mann and the StudioCanal team, Jean-Pierre Boiget, and Delphine Roussel.
This new 4K Final Cut, overseen by Mann,“enhances thefilm’sdepth, visual clarity and sound, offering audiences the ultimate immersive version,”per the press release.