Steven Spielberg’s The Sugarland Express | 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray announced for 50th birthday

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Goldie Hawn stars in The Sugarland Express, with Steven Spielberg’s film arriving on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray for the first time.


Steven Spielberg was just 26 years old when he embarked on The Sugarland Express, the first time he’d put together a feature film with a cinema release in mind. By this stage in his career – and he was on the eve of Jaws – he’d already directed the terrific film Duel, but that was effectively a television movie. The Sugarland Express was a scaling up.

Goldie Hawn and Ben Johnson star in the film, and it was also the movie that saw Spielberg working with John Williams for the first time. Quite the collaboration that’d turn out to be. Spielberg also co-authored the story with credited screenwriters Matthew Robbins and Hal Barwood.

The response to the film on release was pretty to really good, and Universal is marking The Sugarland Express’ birthday with its debut on the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray format. It’s a very limited release, with just 1000 copies going on sale, but it’s just gone up for preorder in the UK.

The release date for the disc is 18th November 2024, and you can find more information on it – and order yourself a copy – right here.

We’ve added the disc to our 4K release calendar here as well.

There’s a smattering of extra features being included on the disc, to do with its restoration. Other than that, you’re getting this one pretty much for the film alone. We’ll leave you with the synopsis for The Sugarland Express

The Sugarland Express, a gripping drama co-written and directed by a 26-year-old Steven Spielberg, makes its mark as the director’s first theatrical film debut. Based on a true story, a desperate mother (Goldie Hawn) attempts to reunite her family by any means necessary including helping her husband escape prison, kidnapping a Texas state trooper and leading the police on a wild chase across the state in an effort to save her son from adoption. Winning the hearts of many fans that followed her story on the news, this film conveys the true story of a girl who took on all of Texas…and almost won.

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