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MGM Home Entertainment
Directed by: Jack Garfein
Featuring: Carroll Baker, Ralph Meeker, Mildred Dunnock, Jean Stapleton, Martin Kosleck, Charles Watts, Clifton James
A complex exploration of the physical and emotional effects of trauma, Something Wild stars Carroll Baker, in a layered performance, as a college student who attempts suicide after a brutal sexual assault but is stopped by a mechanic played by Ralph Meeker—whose kindness, however, soon takes an unsettling turn. Startlingly modern in its frankness and psychological realism, the film represents one of the purest on-screen expressions of the sensibility of the intimate community of artists around New York’s Actors Studio, which transformed American cinema in the mid-twentieth century. With astonishing location and claustrophobic interior photography by Eugene Schüfftan, an opening-title sequence by the inimitable Saul Bass, and a rhythmic score by Aaron Copland, this film by Jack Garfein is a masterwork of independent cinema.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
DVD
Discs:
DVD-9 (2 Discs)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
1 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66:1
Audio Options:
English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Resolution:
480p/29.97
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Interview, Audio Lecture, Insert
- New conversation between Jack Garfein and critic Kim Morgan
- New interview with actor Carroll Baker
- New interview with scholar Foster Hirsch on the Actors Studio’s cinematic legacy
- Master Class with Jack Garfein, a 2015 recording of one of the director’s world-famous lectures on acting technique
- An essay by critic Sheila O'Malley
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Release Credits
Producer: Elizabeth Pauker
Artwork: John Sellards
Release Notes on Restoration
Something Wild
Something Wild is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.66:1. On standard 4:3 televisions, the image will appear letterboxed. On standard and widescreen televisions, black bars may also appear on the left and right to maintain the proper screen format. This new digital transfer was created in 2K resolution from the 35mm original camera negative. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, and warps were manually removed using MTI Film’s DRS, while Digital Vision’s Phoneix was used for jitter, flicker, small dirt, grain, and noise management.
The monaural soundtrack was remastered at from the 35mm original soundtrack negative. Clicks, thumps, hiss, hum, and crackle were manually removed using using Pro Tools HD and iZotope RX 4.
The monaural soundtrack was remastered at from the 35mm original soundtrack negative. Clicks, thumps, hiss, hum, and crackle were manually removed using using Pro Tools HD and iZotope RX 4.