A brand new 4K restoration of JACOB’S LADDER, the bone-chilling and hallucinatory psychological thriller by Academy Award-nominated director Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction, Flashdance), will have its World Premiere at the American Cinematheque’s Beyond Fest in Los Angeles on September 28 before opening at the IFC Center in New York City on Friday, October 3, with a national rollout to follow. A new one-sheet poster and theatrical trailer have been produced to support the release.
Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins), a Vietnam War veteran plagued with troubling hallucinations and traumatic flashbacks, struggles to maintain his sanity as his terrible past invades his waking life. As girlfriend Jezzie (Elizabeth Peña) and chiropractor friend Louis (Danny Aiello) try to help him find balance, Jacob only descends further into madness and despair.
Written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost), JACOB’S LADDER is a unique look at the horrible effects of war on the human psyche. Featuring an impressive supporting cast of contemporary and future stars including Ving Rhames, Jason Alexander, Eriq La Salle, Pruitt Taylor Vince, and an uncredited Macaulay Culkin, and music by Maurice Jarre (Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago), the new 4K restoration of JACOB’S LADDER is primed to unsettle a new generation of moviegoers this Halloween season.
This restoration was completed by ROUNDABOUT – USA from the original negative scanned and restored in 4K. The color grading and restoration was supervised by Adrian Lyne. This project was brought to you by STUDIOCANAL and supervised by Delphine Roussel and Jean-Pierre Boiget.
“Lyne’s giddying, unsettling direction conjures up
moments of horrifying hallucinogenic power”
– Time Out
“A friend, after seeing JACOB’S LADDER, griped
‘I wasn’t afraid of dying — until I saw this movie.”
– Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
“A bold, powerful psychological horror film”
– Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
“One of Robbins’ finest unheralded performances”
– Austin Chronicle
