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Nightwatch (1997)

6.2/10 IMDb 27% RT 40/100 MC
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A law student takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue and begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect in a series of murders.

Director

Ole Bornedal

Box Office

$1,179,002

Cast

Ewan McGregor, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin, Lauren Graham, Nick Nolte, Anais Evans, Erich Anderson, Lonny Chapman, Scott Burkholder, Brad Dourif

Runtime

1 hour and 42 minutes (102 minutes)

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Upcoming Release May 26, 2026

Label

Vinegar Syndrome

Edition

Limited Edition

Street Date

May 26, 2026

What's confirmed

Packaging
Slipcase · Slipcase with reversible cover (limited edition)
In the box
40-page perfect-bound book with essays by Phillip Escott, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, and Ariel Powers-Schaub (limited edition only)
Reversible sleeve artwork
HDR
Dolby Vision

Restoration

Newly scanned and restored in 4K from the 35mm original camera negative.

Special features

Audio commentary with author/screenwriter Kelly Goodner and film historian Jim Hemphill
World of Nothingness, interview with co-writer/director Ole Bornedal (7 min)
A Thrilling Cast, interview with casting director Rick Pagano (8 min)
Building Suspense, featurette with production designer Richard Hoover and set decorator Brian Hasch (10 min)
The Paranoid Cinema of Nightwatch, video essay by filmmaker Will Webb (8 min)
Behind-the-scenes footage (10 min)
Still gallery (5 min)
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Editor's Notes

Note

Vinegar Syndrome picked up Ole Bornedal's 1997 US remake of his own 1994 Danish thriller, and a 4K of it was not on anyone's radar. Ewan McGregor as a law student working night shift at a morgue while a serial killer stages bodies to frame him. New scan from the 35mm camera negative in Dolby Vision, with a fresh Bornedal interview, a Will Webb video essay, and a 40-page book on the limited pressing.

noted May 2, 2026

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