New high-definition digital transfer, enhanced for widescreen televisions
Production gallery
Theatrical and re-release trailers
New and improved English subtitle translation
"Gillo Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth" (1992): A 37-minute documentary, narrated by literary critic Edward Said
Exclusive 51-minute documentary on the making of The Battle of Algiers, featuring new interviews with the director, cinematographer, composer, editor, actors, and film historians
"Five Directors" (17 mins., 2004): Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone on the film's influence, style, and importance
"Remembering History" (69 mins., 2004): An exclusive documentary that reconstructs the Algerian experience of the battle for independence, featuring interviews with historians and revolutionaries, including military leader Saadi Yacef
"États d'Armes" (2002): A 28-minute documentary excerpt featuring senior French military officers recalling the use of torture and execution to combat the rebellion
"The Battle of Algiers: A Case Study" (25 mins., 2004): Richard A. Clarke, former national counterterrorism coordinator and author of "Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror," discusses the film's relevance with Michael A. Sheehan, former State Department coordinator for counterterrorism, in a conversation moderated by Christopher E. Isham, chief of investigative projects for ABC News
"Gillo Pontecorvo's Return to Algiers" (58 mins., 1992): The filmmaker revisits the Algerian people after three decades of independence
A 56-page book featuring excerpts from Saadi Yacef's original account of his arrest, a reprinted excerpt from the film's screenplay, a reprinted interview with co-writer Franco Solinas, a new essay by film scholar Peter Matthews, and biographical sketches on key figures in the French-Algerian War
3 - Disc Set
[Criterion Collection]
[3 Discs]
Audio: DD1