Home release - Nomadland : Available now on Blu-ray

By Mulder, 27 april 2021

Nomadland is a 2020 American drama film based on the 2017 nonfiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder. The film is written, edited, produced and directed by Chloe Zhao, and stars Frances McDormand (who is also a producer on the film) as a nomadic worker who leaves her hometown after her husband dies and the only industry closes, to be "homeless" and travel across the United States. David Strathairn also plays a supporting role. A number of real-life nomads appear as fictional versions of themselves, including Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells.

Nomadland had its world premiere on September 11, 2020 at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion. It also won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. It received a limited one-week streaming release on December 4, 2020, and was released by Searchlight Pictures in select IMAX theaters in the United States on January 29, 2021, and simultaneously in theaters, and digitally streaming on Hulu, on February 19, 2021.

The film has been praised for its direction, screenplay, editing, cinematography and performances, particularly by McDormand. It was the third-highest rated film of 2020 on Metacritic, which found that it was most frequently ranked by critics and publications as one of the best films of the year. At the 93rd Academy Awards, it won Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress for McDormand, out of a total of six nominations; Zhao became the first woman of color to win Best Director, while McDormand became the first person in history to win Oscars as both a producer and performer for the same film. The film also won Best Drama and Best Director at the 78th Golden Globe Awards, four awards including Best Picture at the 74th British Academy Film Awards and four awards including Best Picture at the 36th Independent Spirit Awards.

Searchlight Pictures and Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, an exploration of modern-day van dwelling life on the road starring Frances McDormand, is now avalaible on Blu-ray.

Searchlight Pictures’ Nomadland Bonus Features
- Deleted Scenes
- Featurette : A Gift From God
- Featurette : Lunch Interrupted
- Featurette : Telluride Premiere Q&A with Frances McDormand and Chloé Zhao
- Featurette : The Forgotten America

Product Specifications
Street Date (Blu-ray) : April 27 2021
Product SKUs: 4K UHD, HD, SD
Physical: Multi-Screen Edition (Blu-ray™ Feature + Digital Code)
Feature Run Time: 108 minutes
Rating: U.S. Rated “R”
Bonus material not rated
Aspect Ratio: Digital: 2.39 - Physical: 2.39:1
Audio : English 5.1 DTS-HDMA, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, English DVS 2.0 Dolby Digital
U.S. Subtitles: Blu-ray: English SDH, Spanish, French

Our review is online and can be read here

Synopsis:
Following the economic collapse of a town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and explores an unconventional life in the vast landscape of the American West. Along the way, she forms unbreakable bonds with other nomads in this powerfully moving story of hope and resilience from director Chloé Zhao, based on the book by Jessica Bruder, also starring David Strathairn.

Nomadland
Directed by Chloe Zhao
Produced by Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Chloe Zhao
Screenplay by Chloe Zhao
Based on Nomadland: Surviving America in the 21st Century by Jessica Bruder
Starring Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Charlene Swankie , Bob Wells
Music by Ludovico Einaudi
Cinematography: Joshua James Richards
Edited by Chloé Zhao
Production companies: Highwayman Films, Hear/Say Productions, Cor Cordium Productions
Distributed by Searchlight Pictures
Release date: September 11, 2020 (Venice), February 19, 2021 (USA), June 9, 2021 (France)
Running time: 108 minutes