The Machinist (Widescreen Collection) (US Version) DVD Region 1

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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Product Title:	The Machinist (Widescreen Collection) (US Version) The Machinist (Widescreen Collection) (US Version) The Machinist (Widescreen Collection) (US Version) The Machinist (Widescreen Collection) (US Version) The Machinist (Widescreen Collection) (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Christian Bale (Actor) | Michael Ironside (Actor) | Jennifer Jason Leigh (Actor) | Aitana Sanchez-Gijon (Actor) | Sibyl Sharian (Actor) | Scott Kosar 姬絲汀貝爾 (Actor) | Michael Ironside (Actor) | Jennifer Jason Leigh (Actor) | Aitana Sanchez-Gijon (Actor) | Sibyl Sharian (Actor) | Scott Kosar 姬丝汀贝尔 (Actor) | Michael Ironside (Actor) | Jennifer Jason Leigh (Actor) | Aitana Sanchez-Gijon (Actor) | Sibyl Sharian (Actor) | Scott Kosar Ｃｈｒｉｓｔｉａｎ　Ｂａｌｅ (Actor) | Michael Ironside (Actor) | Jennifer Jason Leigh (Actor) | Aitana Sanchez-Gijon (Actor) | Sibyl Sharian (Actor) | Scott Kosar Christian Bale (Actor) | Michael Ironside (Actor) | Jennifer Jason Leigh (Actor) | Aitana Sanchez-Gijon (Actor) | Sibyl Sharian (Actor) | Scott Kosar
Director:	Brad Anderson Brad Anderson Brad Anderson Ｂｒａｄ Ａｎｄｅｒｓｏｎ Brad Anderson
Producer:	Alex De La Iglesia Alex De La Iglesia Alex De La Iglesia Alex De La Iglesia Alex De La Iglesia
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Release Date:	2005-06-07
UPC Code:	097363441441
Language:	English
Subtitles:	English
Country of Origin:	United States
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	R (MPAA)
Publisher:	Paramount Home Entertainment
Package Weight:	104 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004461165

Director: Brad Anderson

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen - 16.9
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Brad Anderson - Director
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Featurettes - 1. THE MACHINIST: BREAKING THE RULES
Deleted Scenes (8)