Close Encounters of the Blu kind
By Marcy Magiera -- Video Business,07/26/2007
JULY 26 | Steven Spielberg’s first foray into high-definition DVD will be the Blu-ray Disc release of Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition, coming Nov. 13 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
The Blu-ray edition will carry three versions of the two-hour-plus film on one 50GB disc—the 1977 original theatricaledition, the re-edited 1980 theatrical special edition and the 1998 director’s cut—through branching technology that conserves disc space by allowing footage used in all three films to be included on the disc only once. Bonus material will be included on a second disc.
The title also will be released on standard-definition DVD.
Both formats will include an exclusive interview with Spielberg and a retrospective documentary. In addition, the Blu-ray will carry a new storyboard-to-scene comparison, the original 1977 “Watch the Skies” featurette and an original theatrical preview.
Both prebook Oct. 11. DVD is $39.95; Blu-ray is $49.95.
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| Submitted by: | Ted A. Bohus (spfxted@gmail.com) 7/28/2007 10:15:01 AM PT |
| Location: | New Jersey |
| Occupation: | Film director |
Great! As you well know there are plenty of us hard core collectors out there waiting for a clear winner in the format war. We will not be burned again and hope Blu Ray will come out on top. When this happens you will see a FLOOD of sales in both players and BR DVD's. Let's hope this happens asap!
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