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The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun · 4K + Blu-ray Canada

Criterion Collection

Released 2025 · Canada

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The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021)

Best release

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray America · 2025

Director

Wes Anderson

Genre

Drama, Comedy

Sub-Genre

Social Drama

Box Office

$16,124,375

Runtime

1 hour and 48 minutes (108 minutes)

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What's in the box

Packaging
Digipak
In the box
Comes with a slipbox and a pamphlet featuring an essay by critic Richard Brody
excerpts from the limited-edition magazine issue of The French Dispatch
published to promote the film including historical and production dispatches by writer Alex Pasternack and further-reading recommendations from Wes Anderson
and a poster by Javi Aznarez featuring the French Dispatch magazine covers created for the film.
Discs
2 discs — DISC ONE | DISC TWO
Video
1.37:1 · Dolby Vision + HDR10
Audio
other other
Subtitles
English HoH

Special features

DISC ONE (Blu-ray 4K)

  • Audio Commentary with director/co-writer Wes Anderson, co-writer Roman Coppola and actor/co-writer Jason Scwhwartzman (2025)

DISC TWO (Blu-ray)

  • Audio Commentary with director/co-writer Wes Anderson, co-writer Roman Coppola and actor/co-writer Jason Scwhwartzman (2025)
  • Select Scene Storyboard Animatic (34:15)
  • Behind the Scenes of The French Dispatch (2025 documentary) (29:27)
  • No Crying: How to Overcome Blase Ennui (2025 visual essay) (26:10)
  • Painting Moses Resonthaler's Pictures A.K.A. Ten Reinforced Cement Aggregate (Load Bearing) Murals (2025 interview with artist Sandro Kopp) (15:51)
  • Aline (2021 music video by Jarvis Cocker (HD; 3:32))
  • + 5 more
    The French Dispatch: Miniature Unit Berlin (2025 featurette) (5:47)
    Accidentally Angouleme (2025 featurette ") (6:43)
    2021 Episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour with director Wes Anderson, New Yorker editor David Remnick, and actor Jeffrey Wright (27:16)
    The French Dispatch Reads The New Yorker (And Other Magazines) (2021 episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour with actors Bill Murray, Stephen Park, Elisabeth Moss, Owen Wilson, Frances McDormand, and Tilda Swinton) (28:26)

    Featurettes

    • La Famille (1:04)
    • May '68 (1:04)
    • Table Setter (3:31)
    • The Theory and Practice of Editing New Yorker Articles (2:49)
    • Theatrical Trailer (2:26)

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