‘Ken Russell’s The Devils’ Director’s Cut Extends Theatrical Run Due To Popular Demand
The restored 4K cut adds excised scenes and drew $1.64 million, giving Warner Bros. Clockwork an indie-label win.
- On Friday, October 16, Warner Bros. Clockwork released a 4K restoration of Ken Russell's 1971 film The Devils in 350 North American theaters, earning an impressive $1.725 million in its opening weekend.
- Clockwork restored the original director's cut, re-inserting scenes excised from the 1971 release, including the infamous "Rape of Christ" sequence, to atone for decades of censorship of Russell's controversial work.
- Mark Kermode, a longtime champion of the film, serves as spokesperson for the restoration; the film stars actors Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave and has achieved cult status over 55 years.
- Due to popular demand, the studio officially extended the limited one-week run; international releases begin in Poland on October 23, followed by France, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, and Austria.
- The Devils continues to resonate with modern audiences, who find its depiction of institutional corruption and political hysteria startlingly prescient, cementing Russell's legacy as a visionary filmmaker.
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Ken Russell's The Devils to possess movie theaters for another week
After more than half a century imprisoned on bootleg transfers and censored, low-resolution DVDs, Ken Russell’s The Devils has finally met the masses, and the masses are responding in kind. “We want The Devils,” the heretics who dared to perceive Russell’s sacrilegious delights confessed with their dollars, and Warner Bros. Clockwork is happy to give them what they want at long last. Earlier today, Clockwork announced that its inaugural re-relea…
‘Ken Russell’s The Devils’ Director’s Cut Extends Theatrical Run Due To Popular Demand
The exclusive one-week run of the Director’s Cut of Ken Russell’s controversial 1971 horror movie The Devils that launched on October 16 is officially receiving an extension, due to popular demand. This past weekend, Warner Bros. Clockwork opened Ken Russell’s The Devils in 350 locations across North America to an impressive $1.725M, a $4,925 per-screen average. It performed so well that the Warner Bros. label’s inaugural release will continue t…
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