BOOM!

On Blu-ray May 28, 2019

Cinema icons (and twice-married couple) Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton light up the screen in what acclaimed playwright Tennessee Williams (A Streetcar Named Desire) described as the best film adaptation of his work he’d ever seen. Sissy Goforth (Taylor), the world’s richest woman, has retired to her lavish island estate to dictate her memoirs. Her reclusive lifestyle is thrown into upheaval when roguish poet Chris Flanders (Burton) washes up on her beach. With the mysterious habit of calling upon a lady one step before the undertaker, Flanders has become known as “The Angel Of Death” — but an undaunted Goforth opts to tempt fate when she chooses to take Flanders as her next — and last — lover.

A notorious bomb on its initial release, BOOM! has since built up a cult following for its one-of-a-kind mixture of camp, lyricism, and the highly combustible chemistry of its two leads. More than fifty years after BOOM!’s debut, Shout! Factory invites you to light the fuse on a re-examination of this highly unusual drama.

Special Features:
• NEW Audio Commentary with Filmmaker John Waters
• NEW "The Sound of a Bomb: Contextualizing Boom!" with film critic/author Alonso Duralde
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• Vintage Photo Galleries

Pre-Order Here: https://www.shoutfactory.com/product/boom?product_id=7068

Blu-ray Release date: May 28, 2019
Directed by: Joseph Losey

ELIZABETH TAYLOR RICHARD BURTON NOEL COWARD In A JOHN HEYMAN Production JOSEPH LOSEY’S “BOOM!”
By TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
Also Starring JOANNA SHIMKUS MICHAEL DUNN Music By JOHN BARRY Screenplay By TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Directed By JOSEPH LOSEY Associate Producer LESTER PERSKY Produced By JOHN HEYMAN And NORMAN PRIGGEN A UNIVERSAL PICTURES LIMITED/ WORLD FILM SERVICES LIMITED PRODUCTION

1080p High-Definition Widescreen (2.35:1)/English DTS Master Audio Stereo English Subtitles/1968/Color/Approximate Feature Running Time