Nightmare Alley (Criterion Collection)

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	Bradley Cooper	Stanton Carlisle
	Cate Blanchett	Dr. Lilith Ritter
	Toni Collette	Zeena the Seer
	Willem Dafoe	Clem Hoatley
	Richard Jenkins	Ezra Grindle
	Rooney Mara	Molly Cahill
	Ron Perlman	Bruno
	Mary Steenburgen	Mrs. Kimball
	David Strathairn	Pete
	Mark Povinelli	The Major
	Peter MacNeill	Judge Kimball
	Holt McCallany	Anderson
	Paul Anderson	Geek #1
	Lara Jean Chorostecki	Louise Hoatley
	Jim Beaver	Sheriff Jedediah Judd
	Clifton Collins Jr.	Funhouse Jack
	Tim Blake Nelson	Carny Boss
	David Hewlett	Dr. Elrood
	Sarah Mennell	Abigail
	Mike Hill	Dogboy Jojo
	Caleb Ellsworth-Clark	Drunk #1
	Dian Bachar	Fee Fee the Birdgirl
	Troy James	The Snake Man
	Matthew MacCallum	Human Skeleton
	Samantha Rodes	Zizi the Pinhead

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Director	Guillermo del Toro
Writer	Guillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan, William Lindsay Gresham
Producer	Bradley Cooper, J. Miles Dale, Guillermo del Toro, T.K. Knowles, John O'Grady
Musician	Nathan Johnson
Photography	Dan Laustsen

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Christmas 2025 gift from Nick

Noir fatalism has rarely been so alluring as in this vision of the world as a soul-sick carnival of corruption. Putting his own luxuriantly stylized spin on the classic hard-boiled novel by William Lindsay Gresham, master fabulist Guillermo del Toro conjures a sordid, seductive portrait of America on the cusp of World War II. The film follows Stan Carlisle (Bradley Cooper), a roustabout in a traveling sideshow who uses charm and deception to become a phony mentalist preying on the rich and powerful—but at what cost? Brought to life by an all-star cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, and Rooney Mara, and nominated for four Oscars (including Best Picture), Nightmare Alley is a haunting descent into the illusory abyss of the American dream.

4K digital master of Nightmare Alley: Vision in Darkness and Light (2025), a new 159-minute, black-and-white extended director’s cut, supervised by director Guillermo del Toro, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
4K digital master of the theatrical version of the film, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack
Two 4K UHD discs of the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the films and special features
New audio commentary on the extended director’s cut featuring del Toro
New documentary on the film’s performances, visual language, costume and production design, and score
New introduction by del Toro on the different versions of the film
New conversation between del Toro and actor and producer Bradley Cooper
New conversation between del Toro and coscreenwriter Kim Morgan
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English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio
PLUS: An essay by crime-fiction and true-crime expert Sarah Weinman

New cover by Thomas Ott

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