Posted Mon Sep 13, 2010 at 08:00 AM PDT by Tom Landy
All three seasons of the award-winning Canadian series will bring the drama to Blu-ray this October.
Acorn Media has just announced 'Slings and Arrows: The Complete Collection' for Blu-ray on October 26.
The show stars Paul Gross ('Due South'), Don McKellar ('Childstar'), Martha Burns ('Screening'), and Mark McKinney ('The Kids in the Hall') with season-long guest stars Rachel McAdams ('The Notebook') in Season 1, Colm Feore ('Chicago') in Season 2, and indie sensation Sarah Polley ('The Sweet Hereafter') and renowned Stratford Festival actor William Hutt in one of his last performances in Season 3.
'Slings & Arrows' aired in the U.S. on the Sundance Channel and has won numerous awards (Canadian Comedy Award, Directors Guild of Canada, Writers Guild of Canada, and 13 Gemini Awards). The series is created and written by Susan Coyne, Mark McKinney, and Bob Martin.
The Blu-ray release will feature 1080p video (Season 1 is upconverted), a DTS-HD 5.1 soundtrack, and supplements include: Behind-the-scenes featurette, cast-and-crew interviews, bloopers, deleted and extended scenes, photo galleries, production notes, song lyrics, trailers, and three exclusive episode commentaries (Season 1/Episode 1 commentary with Bob Martin, Mark McKinney, and Susan Coyne; Season 2/Episode 6 commentary with Graham Harley and Michael Polley; and Season 3/Episode 6 commentary with Paul Gross and Martha Burns and director Peter Wellington).
Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $79.99.
You can find the latest specs for 'Slings and Arrows: The Complete Collection' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under October 26.
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