A Woman Under the Influence (Blu-ray & DVD dual format)

Receiving its long-overdue Blu-ray world premiere, A Woman Under the Influence is arguably John Cassavetes most popular and influential film. Released in 1974 it stars Cassavetes’ wife Gena Rowlands (Gloria, Faces) and the legendary Peter Falk (Columbo) as Mabel and Nick Longhetti, a blue-collar couple struggling to cope with her slide into mental illness.

A key work from a golden era of American independent filmmaking this masterpiece is as powerful and devastating today as it was when it was first released. The film received two Oscar® nominations – Rowlands for Best Actress and Cassavetes for Best Director, losing out to Francis Ford Coppola for Godfather Pt II.

Special features

Exclusive interview with Peter Falk (10 min).
A filmed interview with Elaine Kagan (19 min).
Fully illustrated booklet with essays, credits and film notes.
Other extras to be confirmed.

Product information

- Certificate
  
  15
- Colour
  
  Colour
- Sound
  
  Sound
- Running time
  
  140mins
- DVD region
  - 2 Europe (except Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus), Middle East, Egypt, Japan, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Greenland, French Overseas departments and territories
- Blu-ray region
  - B - Includes most European and Middle-Eastern countries, all of Africa, Australia and New Zealand
- Catalogue number
  
  BFIB1127

BFI Shop

Buying options

BFI Shop

DVDs and Blu Ray

Buy Opening Night on DVD and Blu Ray

John Cassavetes’s emotionally charged film stands as one of the great American movies about theatre and the art of performance.
Buy Faces on DVD and Blu Ray

Richard and his wife Maria seek solace from their disintegrating marriage in the arms of other lovers in John Cassavetes’s powerful 1968 feature.
Buy Day of Wrath on DVD and Blu Ray

Dark and powerful tale of love and betrayal, and a community gripped by an obsessive fear of witchcraft. Widely regarded to be one of Carl Theodor Dreyer’s greatest works.