The Incident Blu-Ray + DVD

The Incident is a gripping thriller set in an urban environment that provides a fantastic picture of New York City in 1967 in all its shady, black-and-white glory. The film also features an iconic 1960s ensemble cast that you have to see to believe. Martin Sheen makes his feature film debut as one of two small-time gangsters, the other being Tony Musante (The Bird with the Crystal Plumage) in one of his earliest roles, terrorizing a subway car full of trapped passengers, portrayed by an ensemble that includes Thelma Ritter (The Window), Beau Bridges (The Fabulous Baker Boys), Ed McMahon, Donna Mills (Play Misty for Me), Jack Gilford (Save the Tiger), Brock Peters (To Kill a Mockingbird), Ruby Dee (A Raisin in the Sun) and a host of other instantly recognizable faces from New York films and television of the time.

 

 

After robbing an old man of a few dollars, hooligans Artie (Sheen) and Joe (Musante) jump on a subway deep in the Bronx and continue to threaten and intimidate Sunday evening commuters all the way to Times Square. The terrified passengers are a mixed group: an elderly Jewish couple, a family trying to protect their 5-year-old daughter, an alcoholic, two teenagers on a date, two enlisted soldiers, a bigoted African American man and his wife, etc. But they are united by their fear and sense of helplessness when Joe and Artie, armed with a knife, block the subway doors from opening at the stops and prevent passengers from leaving the train. Will any of them have the courage to confront the two madmen?

 

 

The Incident is a high-speed film in the style of "home invasion" on rails, a thriller set in the New York subway that preceded the more famous The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by seven years. When director Larry Peerce (Goodbye, Columbus) and cinematographer Gerald Hirschfeld (Young Frankenstein) were denied permission to film in the New York subway, they did it anyway with the help of hidden cameras for certain scenes, resulting in a vivid snapshot of the Big Apple in the 1960s as it began to rot.

 

 

DUAL FORMAT SPECIAL FEATURES

 

 

1080p high-definition digital transfer, available for the first time ever on Blu-ray.

Uncompressed mono audio track (on Blu-ray).

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Brand new and exclusive audio commentary by film critic and author Alexandra Heller-Nicholas.

Audio commentary with director Larry Peerce and film historian Nick Redman.

Post-screening Q&A with director Larry Peerce, filmed at the 2017 Wisconsin Film Festival [30 minutes]

Original movie trailer

 

 

 

 

PRESS

 

 

"A powerful film that goes deep. It's a shocking experience." New York Post

 

 

"Uncompromising in its reflection of society." Dangerous Minds

 

 

"Delivers the goods." Roger Ebert