Shout! Factory has just announced Max Headroom: The Complete series for DVD release on August 10th as part of a five-disc set that includes all 14 episodes, packed with bonus features.
Spinning off the 1985 UK telefilm, Max Headroom tells the story of Edison Carter (Matt Frewer), a tv reporter who happens onto a deadly form of subliminal advertising. When he's nearly killed in a car accident, Carter's brain is recorded into a computer which comes to life as a personality called Max Headroom.
The series, which also stars Amanda Pays, W. Morgan Sheppard and Jeffrey Tambour, was short-lived but helped seal Headroom's identity as one of the pop culture faces of the 1980's.
Special Features include:
- Live On Network 23: The Story Of Max Headroom – Co-creators/directors Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton, co-creator George Stone, executive producer Peter Wagg, producer Brian Frankish and writers Steve Roberts and Michael Cassutt share their stories behind the British movie and American TV series that created an icon.
- Looking Back At The Future – An intimate roundtable discussion with Amanda Pays, Jeffrey Tambor, Concetta Tomei and Chris Young, moderated by Max Headroom superfan and creator of The Middleman Javier Grillo-Marxuach.
- The Big-Time Blanks – Morgan Sheppard and Concetta Tomei reflect on Max Headroom and the friendship that has endured over the 20+ years since the series’ cancellation.
- The Science Behind The Fiction – Co-creator George Stone reveals his own philosophies and technology’s role in the creation of Max Headroom.
- Producing Dystopia – Producer Brian Frankish recounts the chaotic and rewarding task of producing a series set 20 Minutes into the Future.
- The Writers Remember – Executive story editor Steve Roberts and story editor Michael Cassutt share their stories of writing for the world’s first computer-generated TV star.
