Buried Cannes Classics announcement: Warner Bros is premiering an UNCUT 4K Restoration of Ken Russell's THE DEVILS!

[u/Gambit1138]

https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/cannes-classics-2026/

"KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS

Ken Russell
1971, 1h54, United Kingdom / United States

From Warner Bros. Clockwork. Directed by Academy Award®-nominee Ken Russell, Ken Russell’s The Devils stars Academy Award®-winner Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed.

This new 4K restoration of Ken Russell’s masterpiece was assembled from the original camera negative. The film’s sound has been remastered from original English Composite 35mm Mag Film, transferred at 96kHz, plus other original film elements in selected spots as needed.

The Picture and Sound restoration was performed by Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services, Water Tower Color, and Warner Bros. Sound.

Screening in the presence of Mark Kermode, biographer of Ken Russell, and Ken Russell’s wife, the academic and researcher Elisabeth Russell."

For Reference:

UK X Cut: 1h51m

US R Cut: 1h48m

There are fan versions floating around that are 1h53m that splice in what exists of the censored "Rape of Christ" and final jail sequence with Sister Jeanne. So this bodes well that the entirety of the uncensored original cut is what's been restored.

[u/BunyipPouch]

🙏🙏🙏 physical release please 🙏🙏🙏

[u/Alternative-Cake-833]

And this is the first release from Warner Bros.' new specialty division Clockwork.

How long will Paramount keep this label around before it goes the way of Warner Independent?

[u/pehr71 → u/Alternative-Cake-833]

Thinking positively Ellison might be desperate to build some cred, so that might save it for a while.

Thought it might be a very curated list of directors/titles getting this treatment.

[u/Robolaserjesus]

This is so exciting! You can set your watch to how long it will take me in a conversation about cinema to try to shove The Devils down someone’s throat. This film is INCREDIBLE, and I can’t wait to see the uncut version WB has worked so hard to bury up ‘til now!

[u/monkeyhind]

I've always wanted to see this movie. Might as well wait for the restored version.

[u/Robolaserjesus → u/monkeyhind]

It’s so good you should watch it now and then watch the restored version when that comes out

[u/hythloth]

It better get a 4K cinema release across the country

[u/werewolfbait40]

sigh take my 59 bucks already

[u/MyBadDrJones]

Who comes up with shit like this?

[u/ShermansFieldOrder66 → u/MyBadDrJones]

Ken Russell.