One For The Road: Limited Edition

Summary

A darkly comic satire on male fragility, Chris Cooke's One for the Road, released on Blu-ray as a limited edition 25th April 2022 from Powerhouse Films, is one of the great, unsung British films of the 21st century.

Cast

Rupert Procter, Greg Chisholm, Mark Devenport, Hywel Bennett, Micaiah Dring

Director

Chris Cooke

Producer

Kate Ogborn

Distributor

Powerhouse Films

Run time

1 hour 33 minutes

Release date

25/04/2022

Hash Tag

#OneForTheRoad

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Four men with little in common, other than their attendance of an alcohol rehabilitation course, bond over their love of booze at a nearby pub between sessions. Between pints and bouts of delusion and depression, three of the men hatch a plan to get money out of the fourth - a mansion-dwelling millionaire played by the great Hywel Bennett (Shelley) in his final feature film role.

A darkly comic satire on male fragility, Chris Cooke's One for the Road is one of the great, unsung British films of the twenty-first century. Made in Nottingham using early digital cameras - utilising a beer-soaked, cigarette-stained palette - it avoids the clichés associated with British cinema and embraces the do-anything nature of its chosen format to become its own, distinct work. The film also showcases a fine ensemble of acting talent in not only Bennett, but also Rupert Procter, Greg Chisholm, Mark Devenport, Micaiah Dring and Johann Myers.

This limited edition, world premiere Blu-ray release is produced from a new high definition restoration of the film, complete with its original 5.1 surround sound and 2.0 stereo audio tracks and is released 25th April 2022 from Powerhouse Films.

Special Features

Audio commentary with writer-director Chris Cooke, producer Kate Ogborn and co-producer Helen Solomon (2003)
Audio commentary with actors Greg Chisholm, Mark Devenport and Rupert Procter (2003)
Brand new retrospective documentary featuring interviews with Cooke, actors Chisholm, Devenport, Procter and Johann Myers, composer Steve Blackman, and camera operator Steven Sheil (2022)
Video diaries with Chris Cooke and Steven Sheil (2003)
Original theatrical trailer
Website 'virals' (2003): Promotional videos featuring improvised, in-character footage of Devenport and Procter
Image gallery: Promotional and publicity material
Map Of The Scars (1998): Short film written and directed by Chris Cooke, starring Andrew Tiernan
Map Of The Scars audio commentary with Cooke (2003)
Shifting Units (2001): Short film written and directed by Cooke about an alcoholic salesman, which served as the inspiration for One For The Road
Shifting Units audio commentary with Cooke, producer Helen Solomon, and executive producer Kate Ogborn (2003)
Why I Hate Parties (But Pretend To Love Them) (2003): Short film co-written and directed by Devenport, with photography by Cooke, and featuring cast members from One For The Road
Gary The Rapper Vs Stefan Blix (2014): Short film co-written and directed by Devenport, with photography by Cooke, starring One For The Road composer Steve Blackman
Whiskers And Jane (2017): Short film written by Devenport and Blackman, directed by Devenport, and starring Procter
Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Thirza Wakefield, archival interviews, an overview of contemporary critical responses, new writing on the short films, and film credits

Please note - Disc special features are subject to change, may differ from format to format and/or may differ from region to region.

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One For The Road: Limited Edition (2003)