The War Game (1965) (4K + Blu-ray Limited Edition) (Severin Films) [USA]

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Release date: July 28, 2026
Purchase links: Severin Films
Price: $43.00
Notes: Includes The War Game Book – Authorized Reprint Of The 1967 Book Written By Peter Watkins And Designed By Paul Watkins and a Reprint of Government-Issued Evacuation Card

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“AN EXTRAORDINARY FILM…
THE WAR GAME is a horrifying simulation of catastrophic reality.”
The New York Times

THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE

TWO-DISC COLLECTION
WITH 5+ HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES
AUTHORIZED REPRINT OF THE WAR GAME BOOK
LIMITED EDITION POSTCARDS & MORE

In 1965, filmmaker Peter Watkins (PRIVILEGE, PUNISHMENT PARK) recruited 350 amateur actors, utilized direct quotes from civil defense manuals and employed newsreel-like recreations to craft a BBC documentary drama that depicted a nuclear attack on Great Britain. The network condemned the finished film as “too horrifying” and refused to broadcast it. Watkins’ masterpiece subsequently received a special award at the 1966 Venice Film Festival and won the 1967 Academy Award® for Best Documentary Feature. The BBC would not air his “chillingly different, enduringly brilliant” (The Guardian) classic until three decades later. “What may be the most important film ever made” (London Observer) is now scanned in 4K from the original 16mm A/B rolls for the first time ever, with more than 5½ of all-new Special Features and Limited Edition Exclusives that include an authorized reprint of Watkins’ 1967 The War Game book, collectible postcards, a replica of the UK government’s official evacuation pass and more.

Disc 1: 4K UHD (Film + Special Features)​

• Audio Commentary With Film Critic Kim Newman And Director Sean Hogan
• Trailer

Disc 2: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features)​

• Introduction By Filmmaker Alex Cox
• Audio Commentary With Film Critic Kim Newman And Director Sean Hogan
• Conflict By Design – Interview With Anne Davey Orr, Production Designer On CULLODEN And THE WAR GAME
• Who Banned THE WAR GAME? – An Interview With Peter Watkins Historian John Cook
• Games Of Fact And Fiction – Video Essay By Dr. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas And Filmmaker Stephen Broomer
• THE WAR GAME At Cine City – Featurette By Journalist Eric Veillette
• Nuclear Britain – Interview With Attack Warning Red!: How Britain Prepared For Nuclear War Author Julie McDowall
• Archival Interview With Editor Michael Bradsell
• Peter Watkins Reflects On THE WAR GAME And The Media – 1983 Interview From The Australian Film Television And Radio School (AFTRS)
• Introduction To THE WAR GAME In Sheffield By Visions Producer John Ellis
• THE WAR GAME In Sheffield – Peter Watkins Recruits For A Proposed WAR GAME Remake In Unused Footage For The UK TV Show Visions
• Trailer
• THE DIARY OF AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER (Peter Watkins Short Film)
• THE FORGOTTEN FACES (Peter Watkins Short Film)

Disc Specs:

• Runtime: 48 mins
• Audio: English Mono
• 4K Video: HDR10
• Closed Captions
• Region Free
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

*All foreign-language featurettes are subtitled in English.

Limited Edition Slipcase & Postcards:
(Ray Lowry Postcard Reprinted In Cooperation with the Ray Lowry Estate)
New Postcard designed by Rob Carmichael at SEEN STUDIO.

Limited Edition THE WAR GAME Book – Authorized Reprint Of The 1967 Book Written By Peter Watkins And Designed By Paul Watkins

Reprint of Government-Issued Evacuation Card

 

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Also Threads 1984 getting a 4K release from Severin Films

Slipcover - Threads (1984) (4K + Blu-ray Limited Edition Slipcover) (Severin Films) [USA]

Release date: July 28, 2026 Purchase links: Severin Films Price: $45.00

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A bundle also available of The War Game and Threads
$88.00

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