Coming Soon:-
Bram Stoker's Dracula - 2nd October 2007 (Retail for $24.96)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced a new Special Edition of
Bram Stoker's Dracula which stars Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, and Keanu Reeves.
The two-disc special edition will include a newly remastered anamorphic widescreen presentation, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. Extras will include a video introduction by Francis Ford Coppola, an audio commentary by Coppola, a documentary, deleted scenes, the trailer, and more.
A Blu-ray edition will also be available for around $28.95.
http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releas...s-dracula.html
Twilight Zone: The Movie - 9th October 2007 (Retail for $19.97)
Warner Home Video has announced the long-awaited DVD release of the 1983 film
Twilight Zone: The Movie which featured work from directors Steven Spielberg, John Landis, George Miller, and Joe Dante.
The film itself will be presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, along with English Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo Surround tracks.
No news yet on extras yet. HD DVD and Blu-ray releases will also be available for around $28.99 a pop.
http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releas...the-movie.html
Stanley Kubrick Collection - 23rd October 2007 (Retail for $79.92)
Warner Home Video has sent over early details on a Director Series: Stanley Kubrick Collection which includes new two-disc special editions of
2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut, and
The Shining, as well as the deluxe edition of
Full Metal Jacket, and Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures.
No news of the extras bundled into this package yet.
The nine-disc package will be available to own from the 23rd October, and should retail at around $79.92.
Titles will also be available individually for around $26.99 a pop.
http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releas...llection2.html
Blade Runner: The Final Cut - 18th December 2007 (Retail for $20.97 (2-Disc))
Warner Home Video has officially announced
Blade Runner: The Final Cut which has been spectacularly restored and remastered from original elements and scanned at 4K resolution.
The film will be available in three stunning DVD editions:
- a two-disc special edition ($20.97),
- a four-disc collector’s edition ($34.99 SRP) and
- the five-disc Ultimate Collector’s Edition ($78.92 SRP) in collectible “Deckard Briefcase” packaging.
Extras on the two-disc will include a commentary by Ridley Scott, a commentary by Executive Producer/ Co-Screenwriter Hampton Fancher and Co-Screenwriter David Peoples; Producer Michael Deely and production executive Katherine Haber, and further commentaries by visual futurist Syd Mead; production designer Lawrence G. Paull, art director David L. Snyder and special photographic effects supervisors Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich and David Dryer. Completing the set will be a feature length documentary revealing all the elements that shaped this hugely influential cinema landmark.
The Four-Disc Collector's Edition includes everything from the 2-Disc Special Edition plus three additional versions of the film (1982 Theatrical Version, 1982 International Version, 1992 Directors Cut), as well as an “Enhancement Archive” bonus disc of enhanced content. Features on this disc will include The Electric Dreamer: Remembering Philip K. Dick featirette,a Sacrificial Sheep: The Novel vs. The Film featurette, Philip K. Dick: The Blade Runner Interviews (Audio), a Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep Cover Gallery, image galleries, featurettes on graphic design and wardrobe and styling, Screen Tests: Rachel & Pris, and a The Light That Burns: Remembering Jordan Cronenweth featurette. Completing the package will be a Unit Photography Gallery, Deleted & Alternate Scenes, a 1982 Promotional Featurette, trailers and TV spots, a Promoting Dystopia: Rendering the Poster Art feature, a Marketing & Merchandise Gallery, a Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard featurette, and a Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers featurette.
Lastly there will be the five-disc Ultimate Collector's Edition. This will include everything above, along with the ultra-rare, near-legendary Workprint version of the film, newly remastered. A commentary by Paul M. Sammon, author of Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner will also be included, along with an All Our Variant Futures: From Workprint to Final Cut featurette. The Ultimate Collector’s Edition will be presented in a unique 5-disc digi-package with handle which is a stylish version of Rick Deckard's own briefcase, in addition each briefcase will be individually numbered and in limited supply. Included is a lenticular motion film clip from the original feature, miniature origami unicorn figurine, miniature replica spinner car, some collector's photographs as well as a signed personal letter from Sir Ridley Scott. Simultaneous HD DVD and Blu-Ray versions (each $TBD) of the “Deckard Briefcase” will also be released in numbered, limited quantities. HD DVD and Blu-Ray 5-Disc Digi Packs with collectible slipcase (each $TBD) will include all of the UCE content.
Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Edward James Olmos, Joanna Cassidy, Sean Young and Daryl Hannah are among some 80 stars, filmmakers and others who participate in the extensive bonus features.
Among the bonus material highlights is Dangerous Days - a brand new, three-and-a-half-hour documentary by award-winning DVD producer Charles de Lauzirika, with an extensive look into every aspect of the film: its literary genesis, its challenging production and itscontroversial legacy. The definitive documentary to accompany the definitive film version.
Among some of the fascinating factoids talked about in the special features:
* Notable actual locations were used to reflect 2019 Los Angeles, such as Union Station, 2nd Street tunnel and the Bradbury building.
* The top of Police Headquarters is actually part of the Mothership from “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”
* In the last scene, Rutger Hauer made the jump between buildings himself.
* In the fight scene between Daryl Hannah and Harrison Ford, Hannah pulled Ford’s nose so hard that his nose actually bled afterwards.
* Holding a dove, and letting it fly away, in the last scene was never in the script, but rather Rutger Hauer’s idea when filming the scene.
* “Dangerous Days” was originally the name of the script.
Said Sir Ridley Scott: "The Final Cut is the product of a process that began in early 2000 and continued off and on through seven years of intense research and meticulous restoration, technical challenges, amazing discoveries and new possibilities. I can now wholeheartedly say that
Blade Runner: The Final Cut is my definitive director’s cut of the film."
Jeff Baker, Warner Home Video Senior VP and General Manager, Theatrical Catalog and Domestic Sales, says: "25 years ago the critics said
Blade Runner was ahead of its time and today it’s still ahead of its time. This is clearly Ridley’s signature film and we‘re delighted to offer these great editions to the Blade Runner fans who’ve been so patient, despite besieging us with thousands of annual requests in recent years for new DVDs. A number of people have told me that at the start of DVD,
Blade Runner was absolutely the first title they wanted -- so much so that they purchased it even before their first DVD player! We think they’ll agree that the new cut and the new editions are worth waiting for.”
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