Bill Morrison - Dawson City: Frozen Time

Presented from a director-approved High Definition transfer, Second Run are delighted to present one of the most acclaimed films of recent years.

Named as one of the best films of 2017 by more than 100 critics worldwide, Dawson City: Frozen Time tells the bizarre true story of a long-lost collection of over 500 nitrate film prints dating from the early 1900s found buried in the permafrost at a remote Yukon mining town.

Morrison’s haunting documentary links that gold rush town to the dawn of cinema. Using the amazing unearthed newsreels, silent movies (in some cases, the only copies in existence of films by D W Griffith and Tod Browning, among others) and documentary images of the town, Morrison conjures the birth of the modern age and creates a unique kaleidoscope of cinema and history.

Our region-free Blu-ray and DVD editions includes a brand-new filmed interview with director Bill Morrison, his exceptional short film The Letter (2018) created from fragments of films from the Dawson City Film Find to present a unique new work, a filmed postscript to the story, 24-page booklet and (exclusive to the Blu-ray edition) eight selected, original film reels from the Dawson City Film Find... and more!

FILMS
-Dawson City: Frozen Time (High-definition presentation approved by director Bill Morrison)
-An exclusive, newly filmed interview with Bill Morrison.
-The Letter (2018) - Bill Morrison’s short film.
-Dawson City: Postscript (2017) – a filmed update to the story.
A selection of 8 original film reels from the Dawson City Film Find (BLU-RAY EXCLUSIVE)
- British Canadian Pathé News 1919
- International News Vol. 1, Issue 52, 1919
- The Montreal Herald Screen Magazine 1919
- Pathé's Weekly #17, 1914
- The Butler and the Maid, Thomas A. Edison Inc., 1912
- Brutality, D.W. Griffith, Biograph Company, 1912
- The Exquisite Thief, r.2, director, Tod Browning, 1919
- The Girl of the Northern Woods, Thanhouser, 1910

FEATURES
• 24-page booklet with writing on the film by Kristin Thompson and a new essay by curator Gareth Evans.
• Optional 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio / Stereo 2.0 audio.
• Theatrical trailer.

USA, 2016
Length / Dawson City: Frozen Time
Blu-Ray (24fps): 121 minutes
DVD (25fps): 116 minutes
Length / Special features (Blu-ray): 119 mins
Length / Special features (DVD): 45 mins
Sound / Blu-Ray: DTS-HD 5.1 Surround
2.0Stereo LPCM (48khz/24-bit)
Sound / DVD: 5.1 Surround / 2.0 Stereo
Black and white, Colour
Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Language: English
Subtitles: English SDH

Blu-Ray: BD50 / 1080 / 24fps / Region ABC
DVD: PAL / DVD9 / 25fps / Region 0