- The Time Traveler's Wife - On Blu-ray and DVD 2/9
- Minority Report- On Blu-ray 4/20/10
- The Princess and The Frog on Blu-ray & DVD 3/16!
- A Serious Man hits Blu-ray, DVD on February 9
- The Fantastic Mr. Fox comes to Blu-ray, DVD on March 23rd!
- The Blind Side comes to Blu-ray and DVD on March 23rd!
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Sherlock Holmes on Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD March 30
1.29.2010 14.40
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The Time Traveler's Wife - On Blu-ray and DVD 2/9
1.29.2010 14.02
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Minority Report- On Blu-ray 4/20/10
1.26.2010 14.01
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TOM CRUISE STARS IN DIRECTOR STEVEN SPIELBERG’S SCIENCE FICTION THRILLER ARRIVING ON BLU-RAY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER
MINORITY REPORT
Filled with Sensational Action, the Futuristic Drama Debuts on Blu-ray April 20, 2010 Loaded with Over an Hour of All-New Bonus Material Including a New Interview with Steven Spielberg
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. – Director Steven Spielberg brings the dark future of Philip K. Dick’s prescient short story to life in the action-packed sci-fi film MINORITY REPORT, debuting on Blu-ray April 20, 2010 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Starring Tom Cruise as John Anderton, a Washington D.C. detective in the year 2054, MINORITY REPORT deals with themes of mind control and concealed identity against a backdrop of a stunningly realized future complete with technological gadgets and advancements devised by a team of futurists assembled by the director. Anderton works for Precrime, a special unit of the police department that arrests murderers before they’ve committed the act by relying on the visions of three psychic “precogs.” But when Anderton is accused, he becomes a fugitive and begins to suspect a cover-up that could have far-reaching implications for the Precrime department.
The MINORITY REPORT Blu-ray features over an hour of all-new bonus material including an extensive look at the future according to Steven Spielberg, an exploration of the world of Precrime, previz sequences, featurettes on Philip K. Dick, the film’s futuristic props and the making of key scenes, commercials of the future and more. The disc also includes previously released special features on the breathtaking stunts, the work of ILM, the film’s journey from story to screen and much, much more.
MINORITY REPORT Blu-ray:
The MINORITY REPORT Blu-ray is presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French 5.1 Dolby Digital and Spanish 2.0 Dolby Digital with English, English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles. The following new bonus features are all presented in high definition:
The Future According to Steven Spielberg (HD)
Inside the World of Precrime (HD)
Philip K. Dick, Steven Spielberg and Minority Report (HD)
Minority Report: Future Realized (HD)
Minority Report: Props of the Future (HD)
Highlights from Minority Report: From the Set
The Hoverpack Sequence (HD)
The Car Factory Sequence (HD)
Minority Report: Commercials of the Future (HD)
Previz Sequences
The Hoverpack Sequence Previz (HD)
Maglev Chase Previz (HD)
Previously released bonus material is presented in standard definition, except as noted:
From Story to Screen
Deconstructing Minority Report
The Stunts of Minority Report
ILM and Minority Report
Final Report
Production Concepts
Storyboard Sequences
Trailers (HD)
About Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) is part of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. PPC is a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), a leading content company with prominent and respected film, television and digital entertainment brands. PHE is responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of home entertainment products on behalf of various parties including: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, Paramount Famous Productions, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, CBS and PBS and for providing home entertainment fulfillment services for DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment.
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The Princess and The Frog on Blu-ray & DVD 3/16!
1.26.2010 13.51
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Disney’s Newest Princess Makes her Debut in a Rollicking Musical Adventure from the Creators of Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
Critically-Acclaimed Animated Feature Premieres March 16, 2010 on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD
-- Saint Bryan of NBC Seattle calls it “....the best Disney movie since The Lion King” --
Burbank, Calif., January 26, 2010 – Tiana, the ninth and newest enchanting addition to the legendary lineage of Disney Princesses, makes her home entertainment debut in a rollicking Big Easy-style fairy tale when The Princess and the Frog arrives on Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD on March 16, 2010 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.
A timeless heroine in the tradition of Snow White, Ariel, Jasmine and the rest of the beloved royal sisterhood, Tiana comes to life with classic hand-drawn Disney animation from the revered team of John Musker and Ron Clements (Aladdin, The Little Mermaid) and a jazz-infused musical score from Academy Award® winning composer Randy Newman (Best Original Song, Monsters, Inc., 2001). A royal procession of exclusive bonus features, including games and specially- created featurettes, take viewers on a once-in-a-lifetime tour of the storied French Quarter of New Orleans and into the magic-steeped bayou for hours of
can’t-miss family entertainment.
The Princess and the Frog transports audiences to glorious, glamorous New Orleans as Tiana, the first African American Disney princess meets her frog prince and gives him the fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical, magical bayous of Louisiana. The Princess and the Frog’s colorful cast of one-of-a-kind new characters joyfully raises the roof, with voice performances from stars including Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose (Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, 2004,“Caroline, or Change”), Keith David (Crash), Jenifer Lewis (“Strong Medicine”), Jim Cummings (“Mickey Mouse Clubhouse”), Michael- Leon Wooley (Ghost Town), Bruno Campos (“Nip/Tuck”), Peter Bartlett (The Producers), Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow), Jennifer Cody (Broadway’s “Shrek: The Musical”), Oprah Winfrey and John Goodman (Monsters, Inc.).
Bonus Features
The single disc DVD comes with these exciting bonus features:
• Deleted Scenes
• Audio Commentary by John Musker and Ron Clements (co-writers and directors) and Peter Del
Vecho (producer)
• “Never Knew I Needed”- Music video by Ne-Yo
Games and Activities
• What Do You See: Princess Portraits — A bayou-style quiz tests viewers’ knowledge of all of
Disney’s beautiful princesses. Ray’s firefly family creates twinkling portraits of each princess and if
the player correctly identifies her, they can enjoy a tongue-cheek mini re-telling of that character’s
story.
The Blu-ray Combo Pack edition comes with additional bonus features, including:
Backstage Disney
• Magic In The Bayou: The Making of A Princess — Co-writers and directors John Musker and Ron
Clements take a freewheeling, behind-the-scenes look at the making of Disney’s newest animated
film as it grows from an initial concept to a lavish animated film set in the enchanting world of New
Orleans and the surrounding bayous.
• The Return To Hand Drawn Animation
• The Disney Legacy
• Disney’s Newest Princess
• The Princess and the Animator
• Conjuring The Villain
• A Return To The Animated Musical
• Bringing Life to Animation with an
introduction by John Musker and Ron
Clements.
• Deleted Scenes introduced by the
filmmakers
• Art Galleries — A collection of storyboard
art traces the visual development of The
Princess and the Frog’s rich gallery of
characters and settings.
With extravagant musical numbers, stunningly realized settings and gorgeously rendered costumes, The Princess and the Frog serves up an experience Richard Corliss of Time calls “A start-to-finish delight.”
Magic, music and romance are waiting around every corner of the legendary Big Easy as Disney’s newest princess sets out on an exciting adventure through a magical new world. Tiana (voiced by Anika Noni Rose) is a beautiful and hardworking young woman determined to fulfil her father’s dream of owning an elegant New Orleans supper club. When Naveen (Bruno Campos), a handsome prince arrives in town looking for romance, the evil Dr. Facilier (Keith David) hatches a nefarious plot and turns Naveen into a frog. A kiss from Tiana should return him to his true form, but in a hilarious twist on the classic story, she is instead transformed into a frog herself! The pair must travel into the heart of the mysterious Louisiana bayou with only a trumpet-playing alligator and a love-struck firefly as guides to find the priestess who can reverse the curse in order to find their “happily ever after.”
The Princess and the Frog on Blu-ray is priced at $39.99SRP (US), and $44.99
(Canada) and on Blu-ray Combo Pack is priced at $44.99 SRP (US) and $51.99SRP
(Canada), and the Single Disc DVD is priced at $29.99 SRP (US) and $35.99 SRP
(Canada).
About Disney’s Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD + DisneyFile in a single package):
To provide consumers with unprecedented quality, value and portability of their favorite Disney movies, in 2008 Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE) pioneered the Combo Pack – a Blu-ray Disc™ plus a DVD and a DisneyFile digital copy of the film in a single package. Current WDSHE branded titles available as Combo Packs include, Bolt, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Up.
STREET DATE: March 16, 2010
Direct prebook: January 19, 2010
Distributor prebook: February 2, 2010
Pricing: Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack: $44.99 (US), $51.99 (Canada)
Single Disc DVD: $29.99 SRP (US); $35.99 SRP (Canada)
Feature run time: 97 minutes
Rated: G
FastPlay™: FastPlay enabled
Technical specifications may only apply to feature.
Blu-ray Disc
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Sound: English 5.1 DTS-HD
Languages: English SDH, French and Spanish Subtitles
Single Disc DVD:
Aspect ratio: Widescreen (2.35)
Sound: 5.1 Dolby
Languages: English SDH, French and Spanish Subtitles
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, a recognized leader in the home entertainment industry, is the marketing, sales and distribution company for Walt Disney, Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax and Buena Vista product, which includes DVD, Blu-ray Disc™ and electronic distribution. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is a division of The Walt Disney Studios.
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A Serious Man hits Blu-ray, DVD on February 9
1.21.2010 21.05
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A SERIOUS MAN
OWN IT ON BLU-RAY™ HI-DEF & DVD FEBRUARY 9, 2010
FROM UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
“AUDACIOUSLY FUNNY, ORIGINAL AND RESONANT!”
- OWEN GIELBERMAN, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“ * * * * ”
- ROGER EBERT, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
OVERVIEW: Loaded with originality and dark humor, A Serious Man is the new comedy from the brilliant minds of the Coen brothers, the Academy Award®-winning filmmakers responsible for The Big Lebowski, Fargo, No Country for Old Men and Burn After Reading. Praised as “Seriously awesome!” by Michael Hogan of Vanity Fair, this film imaginatively explores questions of faith, familial responsibility, delinquent behavior and mortality in one ordinary man's quest to become a serious man. Starring Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Adam Arkin, Aaron Wolff and Jessica McManus.
BONUS FEATURES EXCLUSIVE TO BLU-RAY™ HI-DEF: Unleash the power of HDTV and experience A Serious Man with perfect picture and purest digital sound.
BD-LIVE™: Access the BD-Live™ Center through an Internet-connected player to download exclusive content, the latest trailers and more!
MY SCENES SHARING: Bookmark favorite scenes from A Serious Man, then share with BD-Live™ buddies!
BONUS FEATURES (BLU-RAY™ HI-DEF AND DVD):
BECOMING SERIOUS: Explore the creative vision behind A Serious Man and see why it’s the Coen brothers’ most personal film.
CREATING 1967: Take a tour of the Minneapolis neighborhoods and set pieces used in the film.
HEBREW AND YIDDISH FOR GOYS: Unravel the mysteries of the Hebrew and Yiddish language.
SYNOPSIS: Academy Award®-winning directors Joel and Ethan Coen return to their comedy roots with this original and darkly humorous story about one ordinary man’s quest to become a serious man. Physics professor Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) can’t believe his life: His wife is leaving him for his best friend, his unemployed brother won’t move off the couch, someone is threatening his career, his kids are a mystery and his neighbor is tormenting him by sunbathing nude. Struggling to make sense of it all, Larry consults three different rabbis and their answers lead him on a twisted journey of faith, family, delinquent behavior and mortality in the film critics rave is “seriously awesome!” (Michael Hogan, Vanity Fair)
http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/a_serious_man
TECHNICAL INFORMATION (BLU-RAY™ HI-DEF):
Street Date: February 9, 2010
Copyright: 2010 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Selection Number: 62106375
Running time: 1 Hour, 46 Minutes
Layers: BD-50
Picture Format: Widescreen
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rating: R (for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence)
Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Sound: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish DTS Surround 5.1, French DTS Surround 5.1
TECHNICAL INFORMATION (DVD):
Street Date: February 9, 2010
Copyright: 2010 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Selection Number: 62106191
Running time: 1 Hour, 46 Minutes
Layers: Dual layer
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rating: R (for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence)
Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Sound: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1
CAST AND FILMMAKERS:
Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Adam Arkin, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManus
Directed By: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Written By: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Executive Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robert Graf
Produced By: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Director of Photography: Roger Deakins
Production Designer: Jess Gonchor
Editor: Roderick Jaynes
Music By: Carter Burwell
Costume Design By: Mary Zophres
Casting By: Ellen Chenoweth, Rachel Tanner
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The Fantastic Mr. Fox comes to Blu-ray, DVD on March 23rd!
1.21.2010 13.40
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GEORGE CLOONEY AND MERYL STREEP DIG THE LIFE FANTASTIC IN "THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX!"
LOS ANGELES, CA – (January 19, 2010) Academy Award®-winning* Hollywood heavyweights George Clooney (Up In The Air) and Meryl Streep (It’s Complicated) lend their voices to the hilarious, heartwarming and dazzling stop-motion animated adventure from visionary director Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenebaums) Fantastic Mr. Fox, arriving as a Blu-ray Disc/DVD Combo Pack and on DVD March 23 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. In the re-imagined classic family tale, Mr. and Mrs. Fox (Clooney and Streep) live a happy home life with their eccentric son Ash (Jason Schwartzman: The Darjeeling Limited) and visiting nephew Kristopherson. That is until Mr. Fox slips into his sneaky, old ways and plots the greatest heist the animal world has ever seen. When mean old farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean join forces to surround Mr. Fox and his family, they don’t realize they are not dealing with any old fox – it’s Fantastic Mr. Fox and he has a fantastic master plan to save the day!
Based on the beloved best-selling book by Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Fantastic Mr. Fox is family fun at its finest. Anderson employs a colorful supporting cast to bring his eccentric characters to life including Bill Murray (Lost In Translation), Owen Wilson (Marley & Me) and Willem Dafoe (Spiderman triology). Packed with behind-the-scenes bonus features, including a special inside look at how stop-motion animation really works and much more, Fantastic Mr. Fox will be available as a Blu-ray Disc/DVD Combo Pack (Blu-ray, DVD and a Digital Copy**) for the suggested retail price of $39.99 U.S. / $49.99 Canada and available on standard DVD for $29.98 U.S. / $43.48 Canada. Prebook is February 24.
Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack Special Features:
Disc One - Blu-ray:
• Fantastic Mr. Fox widescreen feature film (16x9 1.85:1)
• Making Mr. Fox Fantastic
• The Look Of Fantastic Mr. Fox
• From Script To Screen
• The Puppet Makers
• Still Life (Puppet Animation)
• The Cast
• Bill And His Badger
• A Beginner’s Guide To Whack-Bat
• Fantastic Mr. Fox: The World Of Roald Dahl
Disc Two - DVD:
• Fantastic Mr. Fox widescreen feature film (16x9 1.85:1)
• From Script to Screen
• Still Life (Puppet Animation)
• A Beginner’s Guide to Whack-Bat
Disc Three:
• Digital Copy of Fantastic Mr. Fox (Blu-ray Disc exclusive)
Single Disc DVD Special Features:
• Fantastic Mr. Fox widescreen feature film (16x9 1.85:1)
• From Script to Screen
• Still Life (Puppet Animation)
• A Beginner’s Guide to Whack-Bat
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About Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
A recognized global industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC (TCFHE) is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming on DVD, Blu-ray Disc (BD) and Digital Copy as well as acquisitions and original productions. The company also releases all products around the globe for MGM Home Entertainment. Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets -- from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty stores and e-commerce - throughout the world. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC is a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, a News Corporation company.
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The Blind Side comes to Blu-ray and DVD on March 23rd!
1.19.2010 13.29
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