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One of the most unsettling films in the Peter Sellers canon, Hoffman sees the actor in a sinister starring role as a bachelor who obsesses over his secretary (Sinéad Cusack) and, discovering that her boyfriend (Jeremy Bulloch) has been fiddling the books at work, blackmails her into spending a week with him. Their time together reveals Hoffman's tragic, lonely existence.

Alvin Rakoff (Death Ship) directs a film that is by turns amusing, poignant and uneasy, and boasts a central performance so uncomfortable and revealing that its star tried to have the film's negative destroyed.

Released on 20th May 2024, this Blu-ray world premiere release is a new restoration from a 4K scan of the original negative by Powerhouse Films.

Special Features

  • Selected scenes commentary with director Alvin Rakoff (2022, 25 mins)
  • Strange Relationship (2022, 22 mins): Rakoff recalls Hoffman's troubled history and his friendship with Peter Sellers
  • An Underexposed Film (2022, 28 mins): Focus puller Eddie Collins on the trials and tribulations of the shoot
  • Home Improvements (2022, 6 mins): Draughtsman Terry Ackland-Snow discusses the film's sets
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Larry Karaszewski trailer commentary (2020, 4 mins): short critical appreciation
  • Image galleries: promotional materials and behind-the-scenes photography
  • Script gallery: complete shooting screenplay