Director Adrian Lyne’s highly influential psychological horror movie, Jacob’s Ladder, is getting a brand new 4K restoration that’s heading to theaters this Halloween season.
The 4K restoration is set to make its World Premiere at the American Cinematheque’s Beyond Fest in Los Angeles on September 28 before opening at the IFC Center in New York City on Friday, October 3, with a national rollout to follow.
In Jacob’s Ladder, “Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins), a Vietnam War veteran plagued with troubling hallucinations and traumatic flashbacks, struggles to maintain his sanity as his terrible past invades his waking life. As girlfriend Jezzie (Elizabeth Peña) and chiropractor friend Louis (Danny Aiello) try to help him find balance, Jacob only descends further into madness and despair.”
Written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost), Lyne’s psychological horror movie presents a mind-bending look at the horrible effects of war on the human psyche. Time and reality distort through increasingly surreal images that torment Jacob. Twisted nightmare sequences are full of fast-twitching entities amidst settings that stretch normality, pervading his waking life and signaling that something’s deeply amiss as Jacob’s reality untethers further. The more Jacob’s paranoia mounts, the more horrific the imagery.
Jacob’s Ladder also stars Ving Rhames, Jason Alexander, Eriq La Salle, Pruitt Taylor Vince, and an uncredited Macaulay Culkin, featuring music by Maurice Jarre (Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago).
This 4K restoration rolling out nationwide was completed by ROUNDABOUT – USA from the original negative, scanned and restored in 4K. The color grading and restoration were supervised by Adrian Lyne. This project was brought to you by STUDIOCANAL and supervised by Delphine Roussel and Jean-Pierre Boiget.
While we wait for details on the film’s full theatrical release schedule, watch the new trailer for the 4K restoration along with the new poster below.
