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A caption reads: Arrow Video.
Jordan goes to his mailbox, looks around to see if anyone is watching then flicks out a selection of envelopes catching a purple one in his hand.
A couple of weeks ago, I got a letter in the mail inviting me to a no-strings attached sexual encounter in a hotel room.
We see an invitation addressed to him that invites him to attend a hotel room for a sexual encounter with "an admirer".
A woman approaches and Jordan nervously hides the letter.
Jordan sits in his office furtively looking around.
Jordan sits in a bar pushing the purple envelope across the table to an unseen companion.
It's a pretty card. Looked official...
Jordan walks down the corridor of a smart hotel.
...I don't know. I was stupid. I went.
He sees a purple eyemask on the door handle and looks around nervously.
He enters the dark room and stands with his back against the door.
His companion PJ at the bar table laughs as he puts the envelope away.
This is nuts!
A caption reads: From the director of Thunder Road and The Wolf of Snow Hollow.
Jordan sits in the dark hotel room wearing a blindfold as a woman in her underwear walks towards him. He jumps as she touches him on the shoulder.
I'd wear a blindfold but the woman...
Jordan is in a bar telling PJ and shakes his head in disbelief.
...I can't even tell you.
The woman, also in a blindfold, and Jordan begin to kiss and then undress. They have sex.
PJ in the bar.
Wait, what's going on here? Hold on, wait this is really happening you really did this? In this climate?
A caption reads: Holds you in its grip. Variety.
Jordan in a chef's hat looking thoroughly bored.
Dude, this could be anybody. All those clicks, all those likes from then all the way until now. That's all been saved by these companies.
He looks at an Instagram profile on his phone which shows a woman in her underwear bending over.
A thumb taps on a phone.
A row of students work on their laptops.
Jordan is on a busy street listening to his phone. He bites his nails and looks around anxiously.
It's the ultimate clickbait. Thirst trap.
Jordan is at a dinner party looking nervous.
A young woman is watching him. She suddenly bites her teeth in an aggressive gesture.
Now I'm suspicious of everyone.
Jordan wakes up from a nightmare. He notices a plate spinning on the floor.
Maybe it's your wife.
Jordan sits on a sofa eating from a bowl with his fiancee Caroline. She is talking but he appears distracted.
PJ at the bar.
Maybe it's my wife?
Jordan and PJ face each other in an office.
The plate stops spinning and is flat on the floor.
Are you doing this to me?
PJ sits across from Jordan at a different bar.
No!
Jordan looking confused shakes his head.
A caption reads: Compulsive. Screen Daily.
Caroline wears outdoors clothes and holds a large log.
Jordan looks over to her.
Be honest with me!
I am honest with you!
Caroline and Jordan argue with each other in the woods.
This is not one of your fake relationships!
The guests at the dinner party all laugh.
Jordan is on the floor at the gym looking at the back of two women exercising.
I am your fiancee! Engage with me.
In a rearview mirror, Jordan pulls a strip from his teeth then grits them.
Jordan and Caroline in the woods.
Ok.
Jordan at a restaurant notices a blonde woman in the distance who stands up. She appears to make an aggresive gesture towards him.
Jordan welcomes a group of Japanese business people in his office.
Hey, there he is!
A caption reads: Ramps up minute by minute. Filmhounds Magazine.
Jordan stands in a suit talking to a man.
Hi, my name is Jordan Hines...
Jordan has a gritted smile as his head starts to bob.
A woman in the office holds the purple envelope and slips it into a mailbox. Jordan looks on in despair.
...I'm an excellent tenant. I never come down here, my rent is always on time. I'm one of those guys you never have to worry about...
A couple fight with each other.
Another couple wear eyemasks.
...I didn't complain when people started AirBnBing out their apartments...
A man sits across from a woman and reaches out a hand towards her shoulder.
...Or when the hot tub was cold for a month...
A car drives away leaving an older man watching on distraught.
...I'm not uncomfortable. My clients enjoy spending time with me.
A woman sits in front of a fire.
A woman sits at a dinner table.
She falls to the floor and struggles to breathe.
A convertible is parked outside a home in the hills of Los Angeles. The door opens and a man approaches with a gun.
A gunshot noise.
Jordan berates a young blonde woman in his office.
How are you going to look tomorrow when you come in?
Jordan wearing a gas mask attacks someone with a weapon in the dark.
How are you going to convince me today that you're better at your job tomorrow?
Businessmen celebrate in a meeting room.
A selection of purple envelopes laid out on a table.
A silhouette of a woman in her underwear.
Jacqueline?
A caption reads: The Beta Test
A caption reads: On Blu-ray in the UK May 8
Arrow Video
Eyes Wide Shut meets Office Space, The Player and Black Mirror in The Beta Test, the acclaimed thriller from Jim Cummings, creator of Thunder Road and The Wolf of Snow Hollow.
A ruthless, manipulative, and soon-to-be married Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter inviting him to an anonymous sexual encounter. After some uncertainty he accepts, but euphoria turns to paranoia as he becomes ensnared in a sinister world of lies, infidelity and murder.
Strikingly shot and with pitch-perfect performances that will make you squirm in your seat, The Beta Test is a stylish, scathing satire of preening toxic masculinity, the dangers of technology, and the hollowness of Hollywood success.
Product Features
2-Disc Limited Edition Contents
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
- Original lossless 5.1 audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Exclusive bonus disc of short films
- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by Anton Bitel
- Reversible sleeve featuring two artwork options and Limited Edition slipcover
Disc 1 - Feature & Extras
- Audio commentary by directors Jim Cummings & PJ McCabe
- Sex, Lies & Purple Envelopes, a visual essay by author and film scholar Alexandra Heller Nicholas
- Trapped. Hiding. Boom, a visual essay by author and critic Guy Adams
- The Making of The Beta Test
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
Disc 2 - Short Films(Limited Edition Exclusive)
- A two and a half hour collection of short films from the Sundance Award-winning filmmakers behind The Beta Test including: Cory Comes to Christmas, Parent Teacher, The Stop, Marty Loves Katie, Native Stand Up, The Robbery and Us Funny
- Also includes a look behind the scenes and two hilarious short 'documentaries' about attending the Sundance Film Festival in 2016 and 2017
- Arrow Video
- 93 mins approx
- Jim Cummings
- PJ McCabe
- 18
- Jim Cummings
- Virginia Newcomb
- PJ McCabe
- 2.39:1
- English SDH
- 2021
- English
- 2
- B
- Arrow Video
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A caption reads: Arrow Video.
Jordan goes to his mailbox, looks around to see if anyone is watching then flicks out a selection of envelopes catching a purple one in his hand.
A couple of weeks ago, I got a letter in the mail inviting me to a no-strings attached sexual encounter in a hotel room.
We see an invitation addressed to him that invites him to attend a hotel room for a sexual encounter with "an admirer".
A woman approaches and Jordan nervously hides the letter.
Jordan sits in his office furtively looking around.
Jordan sits in a bar pushing the purple envelope across the table to an unseen companion.
It's a pretty card. Looked official...
Jordan walks down the corridor of a smart hotel.
...I don't know. I was stupid. I went.
He sees a purple eyemask on the door handle and looks around nervously.
He enters the dark room and stands with his back against the door.
His companion PJ at the bar table laughs as he puts the envelope away.
This is nuts!
A caption reads: From the director of Thunder Road and The Wolf of Snow Hollow.
Jordan sits in the dark hotel room wearing a blindfold as a woman in her underwear walks towards him. He jumps as she touches him on the shoulder.
I'd wear a blindfold but the woman...
Jordan is in a bar telling PJ and shakes his head in disbelief.
...I can't even tell you.
The woman, also in a blindfold, and Jordan begin to kiss and then undress. They have sex.
PJ in the bar.
Wait, what's going on here? Hold on, wait this is really happening you really did this? In this climate?
A caption reads: Holds you in its grip. Variety.
Jordan in a chef's hat looking thoroughly bored.
Dude, this could be anybody. All those clicks, all those likes from then all the way until now. That's all been saved by these companies.
He looks at an Instagram profile on his phone which shows a woman in her underwear bending over.
A thumb taps on a phone.
A row of students work on their laptops.
Jordan is on a busy street listening to his phone. He bites his nails and looks around anxiously.
It's the ultimate clickbait. Thirst trap.
Jordan is at a dinner party looking nervous.
A young woman is watching him. She suddenly bites her teeth in an aggressive gesture.
Now I'm suspicious of everyone.
Jordan wakes up from a nightmare. He notices a plate spinning on the floor.
Maybe it's your wife.
Jordan sits on a sofa eating from a bowl with his fiancee Caroline. She is talking but he appears distracted.
PJ at the bar.
Maybe it's my wife?
Jordan and PJ face each other in an office.
The plate stops spinning and is flat on the floor.
Are you doing this to me?
PJ sits across from Jordan at a different bar.
No!
Jordan looking confused shakes his head.
A caption reads: Compulsive. Screen Daily.
Caroline wears outdoors clothes and holds a large log.
Jordan looks over to her.
Be honest with me!
I am honest with you!
Caroline and Jordan argue with each other in the woods.
This is not one of your fake relationships!
The guests at the dinner party all laugh.
Jordan is on the floor at the gym looking at the back of two women exercising.
I am your fiancee! Engage with me.
In a rearview mirror, Jordan pulls a strip from his teeth then grits them.
Jordan and Caroline in the woods.
Ok.
Jordan at a restaurant notices a blonde woman in the distance who stands up. She appears to make an aggresive gesture towards him.
Jordan welcomes a group of Japanese business people in his office.
Hey, there he is!
A caption reads: Ramps up minute by minute. Filmhounds Magazine.
Jordan stands in a suit talking to a man.
Hi, my name is Jordan Hines...
Jordan has a gritted smile as his head starts to bob.
A woman in the office holds the purple envelope and slips it into a mailbox. Jordan looks on in despair.
...I'm an excellent tenant. I never come down here, my rent is always on time. I'm one of those guys you never have to worry about...
A couple fight with each other.
Another couple wear eyemasks.
...I didn't complain when people started AirBnBing out their apartments...
A man sits across from a woman and reaches out a hand towards her shoulder.
...Or when the hot tub was cold for a month...
A car drives away leaving an older man watching on distraught.
...I'm not uncomfortable. My clients enjoy spending time with me.
A woman sits in front of a fire.
A woman sits at a dinner table.
She falls to the floor and struggles to breathe.
A convertible is parked outside a home in the hills of Los Angeles. The door opens and a man approaches with a gun.
A gunshot noise.
Jordan berates a young blonde woman in his office.
How are you going to look tomorrow when you come in?
Jordan wearing a gas mask attacks someone with a weapon in the dark.
How are you going to convince me today that you're better at your job tomorrow?
Businessmen celebrate in a meeting room.
A selection of purple envelopes laid out on a table.
A silhouette of a woman in her underwear.
Jacqueline?
A caption reads: The Beta Test
A caption reads: On Blu-ray in the UK May 8
Arrow Video
Eyes Wide Shut meets Office Space, The Player and Black Mirror in The Beta Test, the acclaimed thriller from Jim Cummings, creator of Thunder Road and The Wolf of Snow Hollow.
A ruthless, manipulative, and soon-to-be married Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter inviting him to an anonymous sexual encounter. After some uncertainty he accepts, but euphoria turns to paranoia as he becomes ensnared in a sinister world of lies, infidelity and murder.
Strikingly shot and with pitch-perfect performances that will make you squirm in your seat, The Beta Test is a stylish, scathing satire of preening toxic masculinity, the dangers of technology, and the hollowness of Hollywood success.
Product Features
2-Disc Limited Edition Contents
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
- Original lossless 5.1 audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Exclusive bonus disc of short films
- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by Anton Bitel
- Reversible sleeve featuring two artwork options and Limited Edition slipcover
Disc 1 - Feature & Extras
- Audio commentary by directors Jim Cummings & PJ McCabe
- Sex, Lies & Purple Envelopes, a visual essay by author and film scholar Alexandra Heller Nicholas
- Trapped. Hiding. Boom, a visual essay by author and critic Guy Adams
- The Making of The Beta Test
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
Disc 2 - Short Films(Limited Edition Exclusive)
- A two and a half hour collection of short films from the Sundance Award-winning filmmakers behind The Beta Test including: Cory Comes to Christmas, Parent Teacher, The Stop, Marty Loves Katie, Native Stand Up, The Robbery and Us Funny
- Also includes a look behind the scenes and two hilarious short 'documentaries' about attending the Sundance Film Festival in 2016 and 2017
- Arrow Video
- 93 mins approx
- Jim Cummings
- PJ McCabe
- 18
- Jim Cummings
- Virginia Newcomb
- PJ McCabe
- 2.39:1
- English SDH
- 2021
- English
- 2
- B
- Arrow Video
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