Here are this week’s new Blu-ray releases:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mrs. Doubtfire
Shinobi
Untraceable
Youth Without Youth
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The critically acclaimed, Academy Award nominated film Persepolis arrives on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on June 24, 2008. Based on the autobiographical graphic novels by Marjane Satrapi and directed and written by Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, Persepolis won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film and was named Best Animated Feature by the New York Film Critics Circle.
Persepolis is the story of a young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It is through the eyes of nine year old Marjane that we see a people’s hopes dashed as fundamentalists take power – forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands. Clever and fearless, she outsmarts the “social guardians†and discovers punk, ABBA and Iron Maiden.
DVD/Blu-Ray Bonus Features Include:
English Language version of the film featuring the voices of Chiara Mastroianni, Sean Penn, Catherine Deneuve, Gena Rowlands and Iggy Pop
“The Hidden Side of Persepolis†Featurette: The making of the French version
“Behind the Scenes of Persepolisâ€: The Recording of the English version
Audio Commentary by Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud & Chiara Mastoianni on Select Scenes
Animated Scene Comparisons with Commentary by Marjane Satrapi
2007 Cannes Film Festival Press Conference Q & A with Cast and Crew
New Line’s The Golden Compass easily takes the number 1 one spot while FOX’s 27 Dresses follows closely behind, making itself comfortable in the number two spot.
Exciting news for movie collectors everywhere. Criterion today announced that their first Blu-ray discs are coming! Criterion has picked 13Â titles for Blu-ray treatment, and will begin rolling them out in October. These new editions will feature high-definition picture and sound, all the supplemental content of the DVD releases, and they will be priced to match the standard-def editions. Here are the titles scheduled to get the Criterion treatment:
The Third Man
Bottle Rocket
Chungking Express
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Last Emperor
El Norte
The 400 Blows
Gimme Shelter
The Complete Monterey Pop
Contempt
Walkabout
For All Mankind
The Wages of Fear
Alongside the DVD and Blu-ray box sets of The Last Emperor, Criterion will also be putting out the theatrical version as a stand-alone release in both formats, priced at $39.95. The Blu-ray release of Walkabout will be an all-new edition, featuring new supplements as well as a new transfer.
Neil Young today announced that he will be releasing a 10-disc Blu-ray set that chronicles his life from 1963-1972 and will include high definition audio recording of all his songs, videos, handwritten manuscripts, among other material.
Blu-ray was chosen because of its storage capacity and its ability to be updated via BD-Java and BD-Live. Neil Young commented, “Previous technology required unacceptable quality compromises. I am glad we waited and got it right.”
The set is expected this fall.
Here are the new releases for Tuesday, May 6, 2008:
The Air I Breathe
The Devil’s Own
First Sunday
Helvetica
Ozzfest: 10th Anniversary
P.S. I Love You
Saawariya
Shall We Dance?
Twister
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Release date: May 20, 2008
Release date: May 20, 2008
Release date: May 20, 2008
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