A Passage To India - Special Edition DVD

Great news for fans of legendary director David Lean as his final film A Passage To India gets the 2-DVD special edition treatment.

The 1984 classic, to be released April 15, features a new picture and sound transfer plus some great featurettes on the making of the movie.

Nominated for 10 Oscars, the film won for Best Supporting Actress (Peggy Ashcroft) and Best Musical Score (Maurice Jarre - who wrote the music for Lean's Lawrence of Arabia and Dr. Zhivago).

Judy Davis, Alec Guiness, James Fox and Victor Banerjee also star in the absorbing story of a young woman who claims to have been sexually assaulted during a visit to some remote Indian caves in 1924. A legal battle ensues with many plot twists.

As you'd expect, Lean's movie is visually magnificent and the period details are perfectly captured. It was a fitting final film for the master of the epic.

Anyone interested in Lean's career should check out his earlier British movies, particularly Oliver Twist.