The Machinist (Blu-ray) (Special Edition) (US Version) Blu-ray Region A

Christian Bale delivers one of cinema's most sacrificial performances in Brad Anderson's mesmerizing thriller. Written by Scott Kosar (2003's THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE), THE MACHINIST takes place in a bleak and nondescript American city, where Trevor Reznick (Bale) is quite literally withering away to nothing. During the day Trevor works in a colorless industrial factory, while at night he seeks refuge in the bed of a tender prostitute, Stevie (Jennifer Jason Leigh). For reasons unknown even to Trevor, he hasn't been able to sleep for an entire year. In the process, he has shed over sixty pounds, making him look like a walking skeleton. After an accident at the factory costs Trevor his job, he finds himself tracking a mysterious figure that may or may not, in fact, provide some answers to his confusion. Meanwhile, he begins to connect with a pretty airport waitress, Marie (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon), who shows Trevor some much-needed sympathy. By the time the film builds to its revelatory conclusion, it becomes quite clear just what has been tormenting Trevor all along. Anderson and Kosar's vision is brought to spectacular life by cinematographer Xavi Gimenez and composer Roque Banos, whose haunting atmospherics recall the best work of Alfred Hitchcock. And then, of course, there is Bale, whose performance is as terrifying, brave, and devastating as the screen has ever seen.

"[O]ne of the few movies to scale the barrier between chilly fantasy and authentic cinematic nightmare. The actor backs up his stunt with a performance that builds to a pinnacle of savage fury and desperation." - Stephen, Holden (New York Times Critic), New York Times, 10/22/2004

"Bale, always a nervy, risk-taking actor, gives a haunting performance of fierce concentration." - Kevin, Thomas (Film critic), Los Angeles Times, 10/22/2004

"[I]t's Bale's gripping, beyond-the-call-of-duty performance that holds you in thrall." - Peter, Travers (Rolling Stone Critic), Rolling Stone, 11/11/2004

"Director Brad Anderson has crafted a taut psychological thriller with a terrific payoff." - Stephen, Farber (Movieline Critic), Movieline's Hollywood Life, 10/01/2004

"Bale's performance has the emotional weight to substantiate this body-art spectacle..." - Ben, Walters (Sight & Sound Critic), Sight and Sound, 03/01/2005

"Not since MEMENTO has there been such an engrossingly murky enigma of a film....This is a terrific pulp puzzler..." - Stephen, Dalton (Uncut Critic), Uncut, 04/01/2005

Ranked #23 in Uncut's Best Films Of 2005 -- "[E]choes of Dostoevsky, JACOB'S LADDER and MEMENTO only compound the forbidding atmosphere." - Uncut Staff (Uncut Film Critic), Uncut, 01/01/2006

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Artist Name(s):	Christian Bale (Actor) | Jennifer Beals (Actor) | Aitana Sanchez-Gijon (Actor) | Alex Harvey-Wilson (Actor) | Luke Perry | Julio Fernandez | Roque Banos 姬絲汀貝爾 (Actor) | Jennifer Beals (Actor) | Aitana Sanchez-Gijon (Actor) | Alex Harvey-Wilson (Actor) | 魯克培理 | Julio Fernandez | Roque Banos 姬丝汀贝尔 (Actor) | Jennifer Beals (Actor) | Aitana Sanchez-Gijon (Actor) | Alex Harvey-Wilson (Actor) | 鲁克培理 | Julio Fernandez | Roque Banos Ｃｈｒｉｓｔｉａｎ　Ｂａｌｅ (Actor) | Ｊｅｎｎｉｆｅｒ Ｂｅａｌｓ (Actor) | Aitana Sanchez-Gijon (Actor) | Alex Harvey-Wilson (Actor) | Luke Perry | Julio Fernandez | Roque Banos Christian Bale (Actor) | Jennifer Beals (Actor) | Aitana Sanchez-Gijon (Actor) | Alex Harvey-Wilson (Actor) | Luke Perry | Julio Fernandez | Roque Banos
Director:	Brad Anderson Brad Anderson Brad Anderson Ｂｒａｄ Ａｎｄｅｒｓｏｎ Brad Anderson
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Blu-ray Region Code:	A - Americas (North, Central and South except French Guiana), Korea, Japan, South East Asia (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) What is it?
Release Date:	2009-05-19
UPC Code:	097361428147
Country of Origin:	United States
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	Blu-ray
Rating:	R (MPAA)
Publisher:	Paramount Home Entertainment
Package Weight:	110 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1019737751

Director: Brad Anderson

Blu-ray Disc Features:

Region [unknown]
NTSC
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby True HD 5.1 - English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Subtitles - English - SDH
Subtitles - English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary:
1. Director Brad Anderson
Trailers:
1. Theatrical Trailer
Additional Scenes:
1. Trevor Visits Mysterious Grave
2. Alternate Intersection Crosscut with Burning Paper
3. Pensive Trevor (Alternate Transition to Airport)
4. Stevie's Mysterious "John"
5. Alternate Chase Ending Revealing Chimneys
6. Trevor Tries To Skip Town
7. Trevor Confronts Mother at Cemetery
8. Alternative Version of Holding Cell