Track 29

Synopsis: Freely adapted from Potter’s BBC TV play Schmoedipus. The childless wife of a small town doctor in North Carolina, meets a young British hitchhiker in a café. She starts thinking he might be the baby she had when she was 16. In her fantasies, as the two start getting to know each other, she finds he is not only the child she has always missed but also a potentially lover.
Extras:
-The NFT Interview with Nicolas Roeg (1994, 68 mins): archival audio recording of the celebrated filmmaker in conversation at London’s National Film Theatre.
-Audio commentary with filmmaker and historian Jim Hemphill
-POSTCARDS FROM CAPE FEAR (2019, 18 mins): actor Colleen Camp recalls the experience of working with Nicolas Roeg.
-ON THE RIGHT TRACK (2019, 10 mins): editor and longtime Roeg collaborator Tony Lawson discusses the construction of the film.
-AN AIR OF MYSTERY (2019, 6 mins): costume designer Shuna Harwood details the distinctive look of TRACK 29.
-BUZZ AND GOSSIP (2019, 15 mins): sound mixer David Stephenson reflects on the challenges of making the film.
-Limited edition exclusive 36-page booklet with a new essay by Danny Leigh, Dennis Potter and Theresa Russell on TRACK 29, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 1988
Subjects: Film studies
Keywords: British cinema; psychological disorders

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