New on Blu-ray & 4K Ultra HD: THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (2001) - Criterion Collection

The Man Who Wasnt There 2001 New On Bluray And 4k Ultra Hd Criterion

Product Description: The Coen brothers peer into the existential abyss of the atomic age in this coolly riveting, drolly profound noir thriller. In a performance of masterfully calibrated understatement, Billy Bob Thornton stars as a disaffected barber in 1940s California whose suspicion that his wife (Frances McDormand) is cheating on him leads him down a crooked path of blackmail and murder. Fusing the expressionistic black and white and hard-boiled poetry of classic noir with their own idiosyncratic feeling for sinister, surreal Americana, Joel and Ethan Coen craft an arresting vision of the cruelty of fate and the mystery of our place in the cosmos.

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Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco, James Gandolfini, Katherine Borowitz, Jon Polito

Genre: Crime, Drama

Runtime: 116 min

Rating: R

Language: English

Studio: Criterion

Home Video Release Date: February 24, 2026

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Blu-ray - Criterion Collection

4K Ultra HD - Criterion Collection

Amazon Prime Video

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Blu-ray

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Region: Region A/1

4K Ultra HD

Codec: HEVC / H.265
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Region: Region A/1

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Blu-ray: None
4K Ultra HD: None

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Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0
4K Ultra HD: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0

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Blu-ray: English SDH

4K Ultra HD: English SDH

SPECIAL FEATURES & EXTRAS

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New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director of photography Roger Deakins, with 5.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
Audio commentary featuring filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen and actor Billy Bob Thornton
New conversation between the Coens and author Megan Abbott
Archival interview with Deakins
Short making-of documentary and deleted scenes
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by author Laura Lippman
New cover by Marc Aspinall