RAD - Limited Edition Deluxe Box - 4K UHD + Blu-ray

High schooler Cru Jones is the fastest and most talented BMX rider in his small logging town. When Duke Best, owner of the Mongoose bicycle company, decides to hold a competition at a nearly impossible-to-complete BMX course named Helltrack, Cru decides it's his destiny to compete in the race, which offers a $100,000 cash prize.

But unknown to Cru, Duke only concocted the race as a publicity stunt to promote his own top rider, Bart Taylor, and plans to do everything in his power to keep the unsponsored Cru from entering. To make matters even more complicated, Cru soon learns that the race is scheduled the same day he's supposed to take the SATs and finds himself with a choice between his future in college and a race where all the odds are stacked against him...

Among the most beloved films to emerge from the mid-’80s BMX bike craze, RAD has earned an ever-growing cult audience. Its stars include Bill Allen (Streamers), Lori Loughlin (The New Kids), two-time Academy Award nominee Talia Shire (Rocky, The Godfather), Golden Globe nominee Jack Weston (Dirty Dancing), Ray Walston (Fast Times at Ridgemont High), H.B. Haggerty (The Big Brawl), Marta Kober (Friday the 13th Part 2), and Olympic champion Bart Conner.

Directed by prolific stuntman and filmmaker Hal Needham (Smokey and the Bandit) and featuring stunning photography by Richard Leiterman (Stephen King's It [1990]), this exuberant, fast-paced film became an inspiration for generations of BMX enthusiasts.

For this special 40th anniversary edition, Vinegar Syndrome Ultra has remastered RAD in Dolby Vision from the uncompressed TIFF sequences of the original restoration master LTO tapes, which had not been accessed since Vinegar Syndrome's initial 4K UHD release in 2020.

RAD was also the inspiration for the Vinegar Syndrome Ultra line, making this 40th anniversary package a fitting addition to the VSU collection.

This special Vinegar Syndrome Ultra limited edition comes housed in a deluxe magnet box + slipcover set designed by JJ Harrison and includes an oversized 80-page perfect-bound book.

Limited to 5,000 units.

This edition is only available directly from Vinegar Syndrome and select independent retailers. Major retailers will not be stocking this edition.

• Deluxe magnet box + slipcover set designed by JJ Harrison
• 80-page perfect-bound book with essays by Dan Ozzi, Will Sloan, Kentucker Audley, Paul Corupe, and Charles Forsman
• Reversible cover artwork
• Limited to 5,000 units

Please note: Because this edition contains an 80-page book rather than the standard 40-page VSU book, the regular Vinegar Syndrome Ultra box protector will not fit this release. An appropriately sized protector is planned for the future.

This edition of RAD has been newly remastered in Dolby Vision from the uncompressed TIFF sequences of the original restoration master LTO tapes.

The film was originally scanned and restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative. These restoration masters had not been accessed since Vinegar Syndrome's initial 4K UHD release in 2020.

This special 40th anniversary package was produced with Vinegar Syndrome's partners at Utopia Distribution.

Director: Hal Needham
Starring: Bill Allen, Lori Loughlin, Talia Shire, Jack Weston, Bart Conner
Year: 1986
Runtime: 93 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: English 5.1 Surround

• 3-disc set: 4K UHD + 2 Region A Blu-rays
• 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High Dynamic Range
• Originally scanned and restored in 4K from the 35mm original camera negative
• Newly remastered from the uncompressed TIFF sequences of the original restoration master LTO tapes
• English 5.1 Surround audio
• English SDH subtitles

• How Did This Get Made? podcast on RAD with Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Jason Mantzoukas, presented as an audio track over the film
• Commentary with filmmakers Joe Lynch and Becca Howard
• Commentary with lead actor Bill Allen
• Commentary with actress Talia Shire and Robert Schwartzman
• Commentary with Bill Allen, actor Bart Conner, writer/co-producer Sam Bernard, and BMX riders Eddie Fiola, Martin Aparijo, Jose Yanez, and Jeremy Moser
• Revisiting Rad – episode of The Confused Breakfast podcast (62 min)

• “A Rad Documentary” (63 min) – a 2025 feature-length documentary directed by Michael Kirsch featuring numerous interviews with the cast and crew
• Trailer for A Rad Documentary
• “The Stuntman Directs” (16 min) – an interview with director Hal Needham
• “Writing Something Rad” (17 min) – an interview with writer/co-producer Sam Bernard
• Archival interviews with actor Bart Conner, writer Sam Bernard, and BMX riders Eddie Fiola, Martin Aparijo, and Jeremy Moser (25 min)
• A video conversation from Rad Day 2024 led by super-fan Ed Helms with actors Bill Allen and Bart Conner, along with Robert Schwartzman, son of RAD producer Jack Schwartzman and founder of Utopia Pictures

• Original EPK behind-the-scenes featurette (5 min)
• On-set interviews with actors Bart Conner, Lori Loughlin, and Bill Allen (11 min)
• “Rad 25” (10 min) – selected footage from the 25th anniversary event in Cochrane, Alberta, Canada
• Extensive behind-the-scenes photographs from the set by BMX riders Jeremy Moser and Jose Yanez (4 min)
• Introduction from the 2020 home video release with lead actor Bill Allen

• “Break the Ice” music video (4 min)
• Original theatrical trailer