Gary Oldman’s devastating portrait of a dysfunctional London family, starring Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke and Charlie Creed-Miles, is released on Blu-ray for the very first time. This is a new 4K remaster by the BFI National archive and is director-approved.

Gary Oldman revealed himself as a filmmaker of uncompromising talent with Nil by Mouth, his debut and so far only directorial feature.

Set on a council estate in New Cross, south east London (the area where Oldman himself grew up), a dysfunctional family encounters domestic violence, drunkenness, drug addiction and petty crime. Featuring career-best performances from Kathy Burke (winner of Best Actress at Cannes), Ray Winstone and Charlie Creed-Miles, all superbly supported by Laila Morse and Jamie Foreman, Nil by Mouth was awarded Best British Film and Best Original Screenplay at the 1998 Bafta awards.

This intensely powerful and emotional landmark of British has been remastered in 4K for its 25th anniversary by the BFI National Archive, and this release is the first time on Blu-ray anywhere in the world.

‘One of the best British films of its era’ Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent

‘Haunting, harrowingly intelligent’ Financial Times

‘One of the most painfully honest and eloquent studies of a kind of London working-class life’ Time Out

Extras

Newly remastered in 4K by the BFI National Archive and approved by writer-director Gary Oldman
Newly recorded audio commentary by writer and director Gary Oldman and producer Douglas Urbanski
Setting The Record Straight (2022, 51 mins): Gary Oldman in Conversation with film critic Geoff Andrew
A Slice of Life (2022, 22 mins): Ray Winstone looks back on his Bafta-nominated performance
Talent is Worth Trusting: Douglas Urbanski on Nil by Mouth (2022, 16 mins): Gary Oldman’s long-time collaborator and the producer of Nil by Mouth discusses how the film came to be made
Fearing the Worst: Charlie Creed-Miles on Nil by Mouth (2022, 28 mins): the actor recalls the making of Nil by Mouth
People Were Queuing For Any Role (2022, 16 mins): casting director Sue Jones recalls her work on the film
Mother (Gary Oldman, 1994, 7 mins): the only surviving footage recorded for an unrealised documentary about his mother’s life and experiences
Deleted scenes (1997, 36 mins): a series of deleted scenes selected by Gary Oldman
Galleries - a selection of rare production materials from Gary Oldman’s personal archive
Children (1976, 46 mins): written while still a student, Terence Davies' film is the first in his 'Trilogy' series and has an uncompromising honesty that is echoed in Nil by Mouth
25^th anniversary trailer
80-page book featuring new writing by Douglas Urbanski, Kat Ellinger, Lou Thomas, Philip Kemp, and Jason Wood and archive extracts from Time Out and Sight & Sound. Also includes contributions on selected extras by Gary Oldman and never before seen original storyboards from the film
Newly created English subtitles for the Deaf and partial hearing
Newly created audio description track
Limited edition of 4,000 copies