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'Bottle Rocket' Set for November Blu-ray Launch
Tue Sep 16, 2008 at 11:00 AM ETTags: Disc Announcements, Criterion Collection (all tags)
Criterion has announced another addition to its Blu-ray collection, bringing 'Bottle Rocket' to high-def in late-November.
The first film from writer-director Wes Anderson, Criterion will debut the Owen & Luke Wilson cult favorite on Blu-ray November 25.
Extras will include audio commentary (by director/co-writer Anderson and co-writer/actor Owen Wilson), "The Making of Bottle Rocket" documentary, a pair of short films including the original 1992 "Bottle Rocket" that inspired the film, deleted scenes, screen tests, storyboards, a still gallery and collectible booklet.
Tech specs will see a BD-50 dual-layer presentation with 1080 video and English DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 5.1 Surround audio.
Suggested retail price for the Blu-ray has been set at $39.95.
You'll find final specs for 'Bottle Rocket' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under November 25.
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- Bottle Rocket (Blu-ray)
Criterion Brings 'Last Emperor' to Blu-ray this November
Mon Sep 15, 2008 at 09:00 AM ETTags: Disc Announcements, Criterion Collection (all tags)
Criterion has announced the latest addition to their growing Blu-ray collection, bringing 'The Last Emperor' to high-def this November.
The Oscar-winning epic (which took home nine awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Bernardo Bertolucci), will make its highly-anticipated Blu-ray debut on November 18. (Criterion previously released an extensive DVD set in 2001.)
Tech specs will see a BD-50 dual-layer presentation with a new 1080p high definition digital transfer approved by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, and a DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo track.
Extras on the two-disc set are impressive, and will include audio commentary (by Bertolucci, producer Jeremy Thomas,screenwriter Mark Peploe, and composer-actor Ryuichi Sakamoto), Bertolucci's 53-minute film "The Italian Traveler," a montage of video images taken by Bertolucci in China, multiple making-of documentaries ("The Chinese Adventure of Bernardo Bertolucci," "Making of The Last Emperor"), additional crew interviews, the theatrical trailer and a collectible booklet with an essay by critic David Thomson.
Suggested retail price for the Blu-ray has been set at $39.95.
You'll find the latest specs for 'The Last Emperor' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under November 18.
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- The Last Emperor (Blu-ray)
Criterion Kicks Off Blu-ray Support with 'Third Man,' 'Man Who Fell to Earth'
Wed Aug 27, 2008 at 01:00 PM ETTags: Disc Announcements, Criterion Collection (all tags)
The Criterion Collection has announced their first wave of next-gen releases, bringing the classics 'The Third Man' and 'The Man Who Fell to Earth' to Blu-ray in mid-November.
Much to the delight of cineastes everywhere, Criterion confirmed earlier this year that it was planning to jump into Blu-ray by the end of the year, and unveiling an impressive roster of planned titles (though they offered no hard release dates).
Now Criterion has finally confirmed their first pair of titles, setting a November 18 launch for the Orson Welles classic 'The Third Man' and Nicolas Roeg's cult gem 'The Man to Fell to Earth.'
Each will receive a BD-50 dual-layer presentation with 1080p video (codec TBA) in the film's original aspect ratio, with 'The Third Man' enjoying a Dolby Digital 1.0 mono track and 'Man Who Fell to Earth' an uncompressed PCM 2.0 stereo mix.
Extras on 'The Third Man' include a video introduction by Peter Bogdanovich, a pair of audio commentaries (with filmmaker Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Tony Gilroy, and film scholar Dana Polan), two documentaries, a 'Third Man' vintage radio broadcast, archival material, an illustrated production history, a still gallery, a collectible booklet and more.
'The Man Who Fell to Earth' features an audio commentary by Roeg and actors David Bowie and Buck Henry, new video and audio interviews with cast and crew, multiple still galleries, an additional poster gallery, and theatrical trailers.
Suggested retail price for each Blu-ray release has been set at $39.98.
You'll find complete specs for 'The Third Man (1949)' and 'The Man Who Fell to Earth' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where they're indexed under November 18.
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- Discs mentioned in this article: (Click for specs and reviews)
- The Third Man (1949) (Blu-ray)
- The Man Who Fell to Earth (Blu-ray)
- Earlier on High-Def Digest:
- Criterion Launches Blu-ray Support (May 08, 2008)
Criterion Launches Blu-ray Support
Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:50 PM ETTags: Disc Announcements, Criterion Collection (all tags)
The leading distributor of classic cinema on DVD has gone Blu, with the Criterion Collection announcing the release of their first high-def titles beginning in 2008.
Blasting out of the starting gate strong, Criterion has confirmed via their official email newsletter that they have hand-picked over a dozen initial titles to receive the Blu-ray treatment, with the first releases due by the second half of the year.
The thirteen titles confirmed to be a part of Criterion's first Blu-ray wave include: 'The Third Man,' 'Bottle Rocket,' 'Chungking Express,' 'The Man Who Fell to Earth,' 'El Norte,' 'The 400 Blows,' 'Gimme Shelter,' 'The Complete Monterey Pop,' 'Contempt,' 'Walkabout,' 'For All Mankind,' 'The Wages of Fear,' and both stand-alone and deluxe box set editions of 'The Last Emperor.'
According to Criterion, the new editions will feature "glorious high-definition picture and sound," and all the supplemental content of their companion DVD releases.
Although the company has not set any exact pricing information for any of the titles, MSRPs are expected to match the standard-def editions.
Needless to say, we'll keep you posted as soon as further details and specs are announced, as well as of all future Criterion announcements. Stay tuned!
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