New on Blu-ray: JACKNIFE (1989) Starring Robert De Niro, Ed Harris & Kathy Baker

Product Description: Megs (Robert De Niro, The Deer Hunter) and Dave (Ed Harris, The Right Stuff) are two Vietnam veterans coping with their own mental-health issues post-war. When it becomes clear that Dave is struggling with alcoholism, Megs attempts to help him come to terms with his past as a soldier while, at the same time, falling in love with Dave’s sister, Martha (Kathy Baker, The Right Stuff). While Dave is at odds with the love shared between Megs and Martha, he comes to realize that they all need each other.

Adapted for the screen by Stephen Metcalfe, from his own play Strange Snow, JACKNIFE marks the first American feature film for noted British director David Jones (84 Charing Cross Road). Shot almost entirely on location in Connecticut by British cinematographer Brian West (84 Charing Cross Road, Wake in Fright) and featuring a trio of exemplary performances from its three lead actors, including Ed Harris’s Golden Globe®-nominated turn, JACKNIFE is a long-overlooked entry in post-Vietnam war cinema of the 1980s. Cinématographe is proud to bring David Hugh Jones’s intimate drama to Blu-ray for the first time in the world, in a brand new restoration.

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Director: David Hugh Jones

Starring: Robert De Niro, Ed Harris, Kathy Baker, Sloane Shelton, Ivar Brogger, Kirk Taylor

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 103 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: Cinematographe

Home Video Release Date: October 27, 2026

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

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Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

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Blu-ray: English SDH

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Region A Blu-ray
New audio commentary with film historians Daniel Kremer and Bill Ackerman
Understanding the Pain - a new video interview with actor Ed Harris
Be Really Truthful - a new video interview with actress Kathy Baker
Knowing Them at the Beginning - a new video interview with producer Carol Baum
Filming In Connecticut - a new video interview with actress and writer Illeana Douglas, author of Connecticut In the Movies
New text essays by film critics Murtada Elfadi, Glenn Kenny and Dan Mecca
English SDH subtitles