Saga Erotica: The Emmanuelle Collection [11-Disc Box Set: (4) 4K UHD + (5) Blu-ray + (2) CD]

“THE ETERNAL EMBODIMENT
OF SEXUAL LIBERATION.”
Première

11 DISC COLLECTION 

THE UHD PREMIERES OF 4 CLASSIC FILMS
WITH 15+ COMBINED HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES
2 SOUNDTRACK CDs
AND 128 PAGE BOOKLET

The world’s most iconic erotica has only one name, and her sexually seismic saga begins here: The 1974 global breakthrough film EMMANUELLE – presented in its Original Theatrical Version and Director’s Cut – marked the debuts of star Sylvia Kristel and director Just Jaeckin and forever changed depictions of female sensuality on screen. Kristel returned in 1975’s EMMANUELLE 2 featuring a lush soundtrack by Academy Award® winner Francis Lai. The original trilogy bids farewell with 1977’s GOODBYE EMMANUELLE, again starring Kristel and featuring a score by the legendary Serge Gainsbourg. The final film is also the first, as Erika Blanc stars in the rarely seen and darkly provocative 1969 Italian production I, EMMANUELLE, inspired by the then-newly published memoir by Emmanuelle Arsan. All 4 films in this limited edition collection are now scanned in 4K from their original camera negatives, with 15+ combined hours of new & archival Special Features, 2 Bonus Soundtrack CDs and a 128 page booklet of essays, Sylvia Kristel artwork and more. 

Discs 1–3: EMMANUELLE (1974)

It launched the iconic careers of director Just Jaeckin and star Sylvia Kristel, redefined cultural perceptions of ‘adult entertainment’ and transformed female sexuality on screen forever. Now “the seminal film of ‘70s erotic cinema” (DVD Talk) can be experienced in UHD for the first time in North America: Based on the bestselling memoir by Emmanuelle Arsan, a diplomat’s wife (Kristel) unlocks her deepest carnal desires in the bedrooms and backrooms of Bangkok. This 3 disc presentation includes the Original Theatrical Version and Director’s Cut – which removes the one sequence filmed without Jaeckin’s permission – both scanned in 4K from the original camera negative by StudioCanal and approved by camera operator Robert Fraisse, with over 6 hours of Special Features that include a revealing new featurette on Arsan, the U.S. Premiere of the 2000 documentary A HARD LOOK directed by Alex Cox (REPO MAN) and much more.

Disc Specs
Runtime: 94 mins (Original Theatrical Version), 93 mins (Director’s Cut)
French Mono, English Mono / Optional English Subtitles, Closed Captions
UHD: Region Free, Blu-ray Disc 1: Region A, Blu-ray Disc 2: Region Free
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
HDR10

Disc 1: UHD (Films + Special Features)

• Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell (Director's Cut Only)
• French Trailer

Disc 2: Blu-ray (Films + Special Features)

• Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell (Director's Cut Only)
• A Slightly Scandalous Character – Interview With Actress Marika Green
• Producing EMMANUELLE – Interview With Producer Yves Rousset-Rouard
• Filming EMMANUELLE – Interview With Camera Operator Robert Fraisse
• Fabric & Fantasy: Costume As Character Development – Video Essay By Fashion And Costume Historian Elissa Rose
• The Channel – Actress Liane Curtis On Her Mother, Dubbing Artist Paulette Rubinstein
• Interview With Marayat Rollet-Andriane (aka Emmanuelle Arsan) On The Set Of THE SAND PEBBLES (1966)
• The Joys Of Emmanuelle, Part 1 – Interviews With Star Sylvia Kristel, Director Just Jaeckin And Producer Yves Rousset-Rouard
• French Trailer
• U.S. Trailer

Disc 3: Blu-ray (Special Features)

• Signed, Emmanuelle Arsan – Interview With Camille Moreau, Author Of Emmanuelle Arsan: Biography of a Pseudonym
• Interview With Director Just Jaeckin For FILMO TV
• A HARD LOOK (2000) – TV Documentary By Filmmaker Alex Cox
• Emmanuelle In Ontario – Video Essay On The Canadian Censorship Battle By Journalist Eric Veillette

Discs 4–6: EMMANUELLE 2 (1975)

Sylvia Kristel returns in the role that made her an icon, this time with a sweeping soundtrack by Oscar® winner Francis Lai (LOVE STORY, A MAN AND A WOMAN) and several of the most sensuous sequences of the decade, presented in UHD for the first time ever: Emmanuelle joins her husband in Hong Kong, where she will discover new realms of desire including the legendary massage scene featuring Laura Gemser that would inspire the BLACK EMANUELLE series. Umberto Orsini (GOODBYE EMMANUELLE) and Venantino Venantini (EMANUELLE AND THE WHITE SLAVE TRADE) co-star in the international erotic classic directed by fashion photographer Francis Giacobetti “that pushes softcore boundaries to their limits” (DVD Beaver), now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative by StudioCanal and approved by cinematographer Robert Fraisse, with 3+ hours of new & archival Special Features that include on-set interviews with Kristel, rare behind-the-scenes footage and Giacobetti’s final interview before his death, plus a Bonus Soundtrack CD and more.

Disc Specs:
Runtime: 91 mins
French Mono, English Mono / Optional English Subtitles, Closed Captions
UHD: Region Free, Blu-ray: Region A
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
HDR10

Disc 4: UHD (Film + Special Features)

• Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell And Filmmaker Gillian Wallace Horvat
• International Trailer
• U.S. Trailer

Disc 5: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features)

• Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell And Filmmaker Gillian Wallace Horvat
• Audio Interview With Director Francis Giacobetti
• Producing EMMANUELLE 2 – Interview With Producer Yves Rousset-Rouard
• Filming EMMANUELLE 2 – Interview With Cinematographer Robert Fraisse
• Mondo Emmanuelle – Ethnography And Softcore With Dr. Jennifer Moorman, Assistant Professor Of Communication And Media Studies
• Filming Report For Swiss TV
• The Joys Of Emmanuelle, Part 2 – Interviews With Star Sylvia Kristel And Producer Yves Rousset-Rouard
• International Trailer
• U.S. Trailer
• Radio Spots

Disc 6: Soundtrack CD

Discs 7–8: GOODBYE EMMANUELLE (1977)

The original erotic saga ends here, with Sylvia Kristel saying goodbye to the role that embodied cinematic sensuality with a score by the legendary Serge Gainsbourg – featuring the main title theme performed by Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin – presented in UHD for the first time ever: Now living in the stunning Seychelles, Emmanuelle and her husband (Umberto Orsini) test the bonds of their open marriage via their most sensual couplings yet. Alexandra Stewart (DAY FOR NIGHT) and Charlotte Alexandra (IMMORAL TALES) co-star in “the beautifully lensed final entry in the trilogy” (Blu-ray.com) directed by François Leterrier (PRIVATE SCREENING), scanned in 4K from the original camera negative by StudioCanal with over 2 hours of Special Features that include archival interviews, an exploration of the series’ music, a revealing a new featurette on Kristel’s life & career and more.

Disc Specs:
Runtime: 98 mins
French Mono, English Mono / Optional English Subtitles, Closed Captions
UHD: Region Free, Blu-ray: Region A
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
HDR10

Disc 7: UHD (Film + Special Features)

• Audio Commentary With Film Writer/Professor Of Modern Culture And Media Dr. Veronica Fitzpatrick
• International Trailer
• U.S. Trailer

Disc 8: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features)

• Audio Commentary With Film Writer/Professor Of Modern Culture And Media Dr. Veronica Fitzpatrick
• Beyond Emmanuelle: Sylvia Kristel's Life And Career – Interviews With Jeremy Richey, Author Of Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle To Chabrol, And Leila Wimmer, Senior Lecturer In Film Studies At London Metropolitan University
• Audio Erotica – The Music Of The Emmanuelle Series With Soundtrack Journalist Daniel Schweiger
• The Joys Of Emmanuelle, Part 3 – Interviews With Star Sylvia Kristel And Producer Yves Rousset-Rouard
• International Trailer
• U.S. Trailer
• Radio Spots

Discs 9–11: I, EMMANUELLE (1969)

The first-ever Emmanuelle movie is this virtually unknown and rarely seen 1969 Italian production inspired by the then-newly published memoir by Emmanuelle Arsan: In a career-best performance by Erika Blanc of THE DEVIL’S NIGHTMARE and THE NIGHT EVELYN CAME OUT OF THE GRAVE fame, a despondent newswoman in search of tenderness takes on multiple lovers in a cold world of loveless contradictions. Adolfo Celi (THUNDERBALL, DANGER: DIABOLIK) and Sandro Pizzochero (THE SLASHER IS THE SEX MANIAC) co-star in this “thoughtful, realistic and anything-but-typical sex flick” (Video Vacuum) directed by Cesare Canevari (THE GESTAPO’S LAST ORGY) from a screenplay co-written by journalist/activist/folksinger Graziella Di Prospero with a score by Gianni Ferrio (DEATH WALKS AT MIDNIGHT), now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with nearly 3 hours of Special Features that include rare archival interviews with Canevari and Blanc, plus a Bonus Soundtrack CD. 

Disc Specs:
Runtime: 98 mins
Italian Mono, English Mono / Optional English Subtitles, Closed Captions
UHD: Region Free, Blu-ray: Region A
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
HDR10

Disc 9: UHD (Film + Special Features)

• Audio Commentary With Film Historian Dr. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• Trailer

Disc 10: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features)

• Introduction By Kier-La Janisse, Author Of House Of Psychotic Women
• Audio Commentary With Film Historian Dr. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• A Director À La Française – Interview With Director Cesare Canevari
• Memoirs Of Emmanuelle – Interview With Actress Erika Blanc
• A Man For Emmanuelle – Interview With Actor Sandro Pizzochero
• Protagonist And Subject – Video Essay By Filmmaker Carl Elsaesser
• Concerning Emmanuelle – Archival Interview With Cesare Canevari
• Trailer

Disc 11: Soundtrack CD