the film and released a Dual-Format digipack 1-disc Blu-ray and 2-disc DVD edition on 15 April 2014. The set contains a new 4k transfer and DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio, most of the previous restored special features from the original LaserDisc, in addition to new select-scene audio commentary featuring von Trier, editor Anders Refn, and location scout Anthony Dod Mantle, new interview with filmmaker and critic Stig Björkman, new interviews with actors Emily Watson and Stellan Skarsgård, interview from 2004 with actor Adrian Rawlins, excerpts from Watson's audition tape, with commentary by von Trier, deleted scene featuring late actor Katrin Cartlidge and a booklet featuring an essay by critic David Sterritt and an excerpt from the 1999 book "Trier on von Trier". In the United Kingdom, Breaking the Waves was first released on VHS home video on 28 April 1997, while a second VHS was released in a 'Special Widescreen Edition' on 1 October 1999 via Pathé. Pathé made the film available on DVD format on 1 September 2003, and featured its original aspect ratio in a 16:9 anamorphic screen, with Dolby Digital English 5.1, Italian 2.0 dub and multiple subtitle options. The special features include select commentary from Lars von Trier and Anders Refn interviewed by Anthony Dod Mantle. Curzon Artificial Eye currently occupy distribution rights in the UK and have released the film on DVD and on Blu-ray on 10 November 2014. References Bibliography Ebbe Villadsen: Danish Erotic Film Classics (2005) Georg Tiefenbach: Drama und Regie (Writing and Directing): Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 2010. . External links Breaking the Waves: Breaking the Rules an essay by David Sterritt at the Criterion Collection 1996 drama films 1996 films Adultery in films Best Danish Film Bodil Award winners Best Danish Film Robert Award winners Best Foreign Film César Award winners Best Foreign Film Guldbagge Award winners Danish drama films Scottish films Scottish drama films English-language Danish films English-language Scottish films European Film Awards winners (films) Films about Christianity Films about paraplegics or quadriplegics Films about psychiatry Films about sexuality Films about suicide Films adapted into operas Films directed by Lars von Trier Films set in Scotland Films set in the 1970s Films shot in Denmark Films shot in Highland (council area) Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Film winners Medical-themed films National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film