This special limited edition J-card MediaBook slipcase (designed by Tony Stella) is limited to6,000 unitsand is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Taking its name from the Lumire Brothers invention of the same name, Cinmatographe is a new sub-label from Vinegar Syndrome that seeks to fill gaps in the canon of American cinema. Offering a mix of auteur driven studio films produced during the New Hollywood era of the late 1960s and 70s all the way through the indie boom of the 1980s and 90s, Cinmatographe will explore the wide breadth of American moviemaking, spanning numerous genres and scales of production. Curated and produced by Vinegar Syndrome’s Justin LaLiberty, each limited edition release will be housed in a specially designed, cloth-bound, media book with embossed foil titles and custom molded disc trays accompanied by a slipcase featuring newly commissioned art and an individually numbered J-card.

In Depression Era Mississippi of the 1930s, three men Bowie (Keith Carradine, The LongRiders), Chicamaw (John Schuck, McCabe & Mrs. Miller) and T-Dub (Burt Remsen, CaliforniaSplit) break out of prison before embarking on a bank robbery spree across the southernUnited States. Along the way, Bowie falls in love with Keechie (Shelley Duvall, Popeye) andplans for a future life without violence, if it doesnt do him in first.

Based on the novel of the same name by Edward Anderson, and adapted for the screen by Joan Tewkesbury (Nashville), Calder Willingham (Rambling Rose) and Robert Altman (who also directed), THIEVES LIKE US is a bullet-riddled romance thats as concerned with the myth building of the American south as it is the very real relationships between its characters. An often overlooked entry into Altmans illustrious career, releasing just a year prior to his magnum opus Nashville (1975), THIEVES LIKE US features a rousing ensemble cast that also includes Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest) and Tom Skerrit (Alien) as well as striking, sun lit, cinematography from noted French director of photograph Jean Boffety (Je TAime, Je TAime) and would-be iconic costumes by the multi-talented Polly Platt (Paper Moon). Cinmatographe is proud to present one of Robert Altmans very best films in its world 4K UHDdebut!

directed by: Robert Altman
starring: Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, John Schuck, Bert Remsen, Louise Fletcher, Tom Skerritt
1974 / 123 min / 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD MA 1.0

Additional info:

• Region Free UHD / Region A Blu-ray
• New audio commentary with film historian Nathaniel Thompson
  
• New interview with screenwriter Joan Tewkesbury
  
• Archival commentary with director Robert Altman
  
• Archival interview with actor Keith Carradine
  
• Theatrical trailer
  
• New written essays by film critics Mitchell Beaupre, Marya E. Gates and Carlos Valladares
• English SDH subtitles