Alex Proyas’ ‘Dark City’ Heads to 4K Ultra HD in June from Arrow Video

The night will never end when Dark City releases on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on June 24 via Arrow Video. The 1998 sci-fi noir thriller is directed by Alex Proyas (The Crow, I Robot) from a script he co-wrote with Lem Dobbs (The Score, Kafka) and David S. Goyer (Blade, Batman Begins). It has been […] The post Alex Proyas’ ‘Dark City’ Heads to 4K Ultra HD in June from Arrow Video appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Mar 28, 2025 - 20:17

Alex Proyas’ ‘Dark City’ Heads to 4K Ultra HD in June from Arrow Video

The night will never end when Dark City releases on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on June 24 via Arrow Video.

The 1998 sci-fi noir thriller is directed by Alex Proyas (The Crow, I Robot) from a script he co-wrote with Lem Dobbs (The Score, Kafka) and David S. Goyer (Blade, Batman Begins).

It has been newly restored in 4K from the original 35mm camera negatives, approved by director of photography Dariusz Wolski (The Crow, Prometheus), with HDR.

Both the 100-minute theatrical version and the 111-minute director’s cut are included with original DTS-HD MA 5.1, stereo 2.0, and new Dolby Atmos audio options.

Disc 1: Director’s Cut:

Audio commentary by director Alex Proyas (new)
Audio commentary with Craig Anderson, Bruce Isaacs, and Herschel Isaacs of the Film Versus Film podcast (new)
Audio commentary by director Alex Proyas
Audio commentary by film critic Roger Ebert
Audio commentary by writers Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer
Introduction by Alex Proyas
Return to ‘Dark City’ – Hour-long documentary with director Alex Proyas, producer Andrew Mason, production designers Patrick Tatopoulos and George Liddle, costume designer Liz Keough, storyboard artist Peter Pound, director of photography Dariusz Wolski, actor Rufus Sewell, hair & makeup artist Leslie Vanderwalt, and VFX creative director Peter Doyle (new)
Rats in a Maze – Visual essay by film scholar Alexandra West (new)
I’m as Much in the Dark as You Are – Visual essay by film scholar Josh Nelson on film noir and identity in Dark City (new)
Design & Storyboards

Disc 2: Theatrical Cut:

Audio commentary by director Alex Proyas, writers Lem Dobbs & David S. Goyer, director of photography Dariusz Wolski, and production designer Patrick Tatopoulos
Audio commentary by film critic Roger Ebert
Memories of Shell Beach – 2008 making-of featurette with cast and crew
Architecture of Dreams – 2008 featurette on the themes and meanings of the film
Theatrical trailer
Image gallery

Also Included:

60-page perfect-bound book with new writing by author Richard Kadrey and film critics Sabina Stent, Virat Nehru, and Martyn Pedler
Limited edition packaging with new artwork by Doug John Miller
Double-sided fold-out poster with original and new art by Doug John Miller
3 postcard-sized art cards
Shell Beach postcard
Dr Schreber. business card

John Murdoch wakes in a hotel bathtub with no memory of who he is or how he got there, but there’s a body on the floor with bloody spirals carved into the flesh and a voice on the phone that tells him to flee. Soon Murdoch is on the run, wanted by the police, a woman who claims to be his wife and a group of mysterious pale men who seem to control everyone and everything in the city… except him.

Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O’Brien, Ian Richardson, and William Hurt star.

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