Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release the drama Motherless Brooklyn through digital retailers Jan. 14, and on Blu-ray Disc and DVD Jan. 28.
Inspired by Jonathan Lethem’s novel by the same name, Motherless Brooklyn is directed by, written by and produced by Edward Norton, who also stars as Lionel Essrog, a lonely private detective living with Tourette Syndrome who ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend, Frank Minna (Bruce Willis).
Norton aimed to transpose Lethem’s contemporary characters into a different period and plot and gave it a distinctive atmosphere by moving the story to 1950s New York City.
The cast also includes Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Bobby Cannavale, Cherry Jones, Michael Kenneth Williams, Leslie Mann, Ethan Suplee, Dallas Roberts, Josh Pais, Robert Ray Wisdom, Fisher Stevens, Alec Baldwin and Willem Dafoe.
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Motherless Brooklyn earned $9.3 million at the domestic box office.
The film is nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Score for its music composed by Daniel Pemberton. The film also features an original song written and performed by Thom Yorke.
The Blu-ray and DVD will include a code redeemable for a digital copy of the film as well as the making-of featurette “Edward Norton’s Methodical Process.” The Blu-ray will also include deleted scenes and a commentary by Norton.