I Know Where I'm Going! Arrives on 4K Blu-ray Dec 9 from Criterion
The Criterion Collection releases Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's 1945 romance on 4K Blu-ray with a new 4K restoration overseen by The Film Foundation and Martin Scorsese
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I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and starring Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey, arrives on 4K Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection, December 9. The release presents the film—a windswept romance set in the Scottish Hebrides—via a new 4K restoration prepared by the BFI National Archive and The Film Foundation — supervised by filmmaker Martin Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker Powell.
The disc features an uncompressed monaural soundtrack with highlighted special features including an audio commentary by film historian Ian Christie and a restoration demonstration that opens with an introduction by Scorsese and commentary from Schoonmaker Powell.
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and starring Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey, arrives on 4K Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection, December 9. The release presents the film—a windswept romance set in the Scottish Hebrides—via a new 4K restoration prepared by the BFI National Archive and The Film Foundation — supervised by filmmaker Martin Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker Powell.
The disc features an uncompressed monaural soundtrack with highlighted special features including an audio commentary by film historian Ian Christie and a restoration demonstration that opens with an introduction by Scorsese and commentary from Schoonmaker Powell.
Extras expand on the Powell-Pressburger collaboration and the film’s Scottish setting — with a narrated stills gallery by Schoonmaker Powell, the feature-length documentary "I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited" (1994) by Mark Cousins, a photo‑essay by Nancy Franklin on shooting locations, and home-movie footage from Powell’s Scottish expeditions narrated by Schoonmaker Powell, along with an essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith.
Release Contents:
- NEW 4K restoration: Restoration by the BFI National Archive and The Film Foundation, supervised by Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker Powell, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack.
- Audio commentary: Track featuring film historian Ian Christie.
- Restoration demonstration: Introduction by Martin Scorsese with commentary by Thelma Schoonmaker Powell.
- I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited: 1994 documentary by Mark Cousins.
- Narrated behind-the-scenes stills: Stills narrated by Thelma Schoonmaker Powell.
- Photo-essay: Essay by Nancy Franklin on the film's locations.
- Home movies: Powell's Scottish expedition home movies, narrated by Schoonmaker Powell.
- Essay: New essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith.
Release Date: December 9, 2025
Extras expand on the Powell-Pressburger collaboration and the film’s Scottish setting — with a narrated stills gallery by Schoonmaker Powell, the feature-length documentary "I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited" (1994) by Mark Cousins, a photo‑essay by Nancy Franklin on shooting locations, and home-movie footage from Powell’s Scottish expeditions narrated by Schoonmaker Powell, along with an essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith.
Release Contents:
- NEW 4K restoration: Restoration by the BFI National Archive and The Film Foundation, supervised by Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker Powell, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack.
- Audio commentary: Track featuring film historian Ian Christie.
- Restoration demonstration: Introduction by Martin Scorsese with commentary by Thelma Schoonmaker Powell.
- I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited: 1994 documentary by Mark Cousins.
- Narrated behind-the-scenes stills: Stills narrated by Thelma Schoonmaker Powell.
- Photo-essay: Essay by Nancy Franklin on the film's locations.
- Home movies: Powell's Scottish expedition home movies, narrated by Schoonmaker Powell.
- Essay: New essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith.
Release Date: December 9, 2025
Source: Blu-ray.com