As disturbingly funny as it is audaciously empathetic, auteur of unease Todd Solondz’s portrait of damaged souls reaching out for connection reveals the existential void underneath middle-class suburban “normalcy.” An extraordinary ensemble cast—including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ben Gazzara, and Dylan Baker—embodies an array of loosely connected New Jersey deviants, depressives, and misfits, among them a frustrated phone-sex pest, an all-American dad concealing his pedophilic urges, and a lonely woman with a grisly secret, all of whom want just one thing: to be loved. One of the most controversial films of the 1990s, the unflinching Happiness unnerves precisely because it dares to see the humanity in those most often denied it.
Year: 1998
Time: 140 min.
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Release Information:
Technical Specifications
Format:
4K UHD
Blu-ray
Discs:
UHD-100 (1 Disc)
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
None (4K UHD)
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1
Audio Options:
English DTS-HD MA Surround 2.0
Resolution:
2160p/24
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
HDR:
HDR10
Dolby Vision
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Interview, Theatrical Trailer, Insert
Happiness is presented in the aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Supervised by director of photography Maryse Alberti, this new 4K restoration was created from the 35 mm original camera negative. The original 2.0 surround soundtrack was remastered from the magnetic tracks. Please be sure to enable Dolby Pro Logic decoding on your receiver to properly play the Dolby 2.0 surround soundtrack. The feature is presented in Dolby Vision HDR (high dynamic range) on the 4K ultra HD disc and high-definition SDR (standard dynamic range) on the Blu-ray
