Kevin Smith’s The 4:30 Movie set for November 4K and Blu-ray release
Kevin Smith’s sixteenth feature film, The 4:30 Movie, is coming to 4K and Blu-ray in November, including an Amazon exclusive steelbook
The 4:30 Movie, the sixteenth feature film from director Kevin Smith, received a theatrical release on September 13th, and now it has been revealed that the movie is coming to 4K and Blu-ray on November 5th! Copies of the physical media versions of the movie are available for pre-order on Amazon – including an Amazon-exclusive steelbook edition where the case is designed to look like a large VHS tape and the discs look like VHS tape spools! A fitting design for a movie that’s set in 1986. Images of the steelbook design can be seen right here:
The 4:30 Movie is a coming-of-age comedy that follows three sixteen-year-old friends who spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local multiplex. But when one of the guys also invites the girl of his dreams to see the latest comedy, each of the teens will learn something serious about life and love before the credits roll.
Austin Zajur (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark), Nicholas Cirillo (Outer Banks), and Reed Northrup (High Maintenance) play the sixteen year old friends, with Siena Agudong (Resident Evil) as the dream girl. Ken Jeong (The Hangover), Genesis Rodriguez (Tusk), Justin Long (Barbarian), Sam Richardson (Veep), Jason Lee (Almost Famous), Rachel Dratch (I Love My Dad), Kate Micucci (The Big Bang Theory), Adam Pally (Sonic the Hedgehog), Harley Quinn Smith (Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood), Jason Biggs (American Pie), and Method Man (How High) are also in the cast.
The 4:30 Movie was filmed at Smodcastle Cinemas in New Jersey, a theatre Smith now co-owns and used to hang out in every weekend when he was a teenager. Liz Destro, Josh Bachove, and Jordan Monsanto produced, with Bill Bromiley, Shanan Becker, and Jonathan Saba executive producing.
The back of the 4K release reveals that bonus features include an audio commentary with Kevin Smith and a making of featurette, as well as the trailer.
This film had a very limited release in the UK, you had to be either in Birmingham or London at the right time. Looks like I’ll be catching the streaming version next month. Looking forward to it!
I think it was on at the Prince Charles Cinema in London for a weeks run and somewhere in Birmingham. Apparently, it’s streaming via Apple TV on the 21st.
Yeah, I quickly looked it up - looks like the kind of limited release streamers use to make it award-worthy.
Smith seems to like to do small showings, it seems. I’ve seen two movies in theaters and they both had him there doing a watch along and having a q&a afterwards. I’m gonna guess maybe he did the same with this? He mentioned during a q&a during the Jay and silent Bob reboot that he figures he’s got a few films left in him before he passes. Seems like he’s trying to budget out his time to get the movies he want to make actually made.