Miami Blues (Limited Edition Blu-ray)

George Armitage (Grosse Pointe Blank) adapted celebrated noir author Charles Willeford’s novel Miami Blues for the screen with fledgling star Alec Baldwin in the lead role as Frederick J. Frenger, Jr., a sociopathic criminal.

Arriving in Miami fresh out of jail, he commits one crime after another when he meets young sex worker, Susie (Jennifer Jason Leigh, Single White Female), with whom he builds a pseudo-traditional life, complete with home cooking and white picket fence. As Frederick tries to juggle domesticity with his escalating crimes, dogged cop Hoke Moseley (Fred Ward, Tremors) threatens to his freedom. Baldwin is brilliant as the unhinged criminal tearing through Miami, while Armitage perfectly balances humour and violence in this singular crime comedy that betrays the quirky influence of producer Jonathan Demme (Something Wild, Married to the Mob). 

• High Definition digital transfer
• Original uncompressed stereo PCM audio
• Interviews with Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Jason Leigh (2015)
• David Jenkins looks at Miami Blues and Jonathan Demme’s role in the production (2022)
• Pulp crime expert Maxim Jakubowski discusses the character of Hoke Moseley in both Miami Blues and Willeford’s novels in which he is a recurrent character (2022)
• Behind-the-scenes and promotional image gallery
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing 
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
• Limited edition 44-page booklet featuring new writing on the film by Glenn Kenny, an interview with George Armitage by critic Nick Pinkerton, critic Leila Latif on Alec Baldwin in comedy, an archival feature on Fred Ward and an overview of reviews 
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings