Amazon.co.uk Review
There’s so much to admire. The performances from Newman, Gleason, George C. Scott and Piper Laurie are uniformly outstanding, while director Robert Rossen understandably never managed to top the film. But it’s so dripping with detail, so chock-full of quotable lines, and so brilliantly written that it’s hard to see how he could.
The high definition transfer makes the most of the exquisitely framed visuals, offering a real clarity to the film’s look. As such, it’s worth considering the Blu-ray upgrade.
But first and foremost, the best reason to buy the film is to enjoy a bone fide cinema classic over and over again, looking as good as it ever has. It’s outstanding cinema, and a chance to enjoy one of Hollywood’s finest ever actors at the very top of his game. --Jon Foster
Special Features
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 9
English
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo English\Mono French Italian
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Mono
Cast And Crew Commentary
Featurette The Hustler The Inside Story
How To Make The Shot
5 Seamlessly Branched Sequences Of Trick Shot Analysis
Behind The Scene Stills Gallery
Theatrical Trailer
Spanish Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Dutch\French\Italian
From the Back Cover
"The Hustler: The Inside Story" featurette
Audio commentary
"How to Make the Shot" – Champion Mike Massey shows how to sink difficult shots
Trick shot analysis – pop up window shows how to make the shots that were achieved in the film
