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[JP]

'Rescue Dawn' Headed to Blu-ray

In an early announcement to retail, MGM Home Entertainment says it will bring the acclaimed war drama 'Rescue Dawn' to Blu-ray this November.

Starring Christian Bale and Steve Zahn, the intense combat drama was the long-awaited return to Hollywood for acclaimed auteur Werner Herzog. American audiences turned a blind eye, however, and despite strong critical notices the film's domestic box office receipts barely topped $5 million.

'Rescue Dawn' should get a far better shot on video, with MGM planning to debut the film day-and-date on Blu-ray and standard-def DVD November 20.

As MGM has yet to issue a full press announcement, tech specs and supplemental details are not yet known, but we'll keep you posted.
The studio has set a $39.98 MSRP for the Blu-ray.

I've not seen this yet but I've a lot about it and it's supposed to be very good so this is one I'm really looking forward to.

[Strider]

Australian Spider-Man trilogy box set is now available at Movietyme. Does anyone know what special feature specs it has?

[JP]

I think it's the same stuff as the DVD versions of the films?

It's out here on the 15th so you may not be any better off importing really. It's cheaper on Play.com too.

EDIT:
US Spiderman Details

The Region A, 2-Disc Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray Disc release offers over six-hours of bonus features as detailed below…


The trilogy box-set features Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 presented in 1080P Widescreen with English Dolby True HD 5.1 Surround audio. No extras are listed on the back cover (which carries extra-feature listings for Spider-Man 3)...

Spider-Man 1

• 1080P 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby True HD 5.1 Surround
• French, Portuguese, Spanish and Thai DD5.1 Surround
• English, English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Thai, Chinese, Korean and Arabic subtitles

Spider-Man 2 - (Includes Spider-Man 2 & Spider-Man 2.1)

• 1080P 2.40:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby True HD 5.1 Surround
• French and Spanish DD5.1 Surround
• English, English SDH, French, Spanish, Korean, Chinese and Arabic subtitles

Spider-Man 3
Disc 1

• 1080P Widescreen
• English PCM 5.1 (Uncompressed) and Dolby True HD 5.1 Surround (Lossless)
• French, Portuguese, Spanish and Thai DD5.1 Surround
• English, English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Thai and Chinese (Traditional & Simplified) subtitles
• Bloopers
• Photo Galleries
• Snow Patrol Music Video
• Audio Commentary with Director Sam Raimi and Cast Members Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, and Bryce Dallas Howard
• Audio Commentary with Producers Laura Ziskin, Avi Arad and Grant Curtis, Editor Bob Murawski and Special Effects Supervisor Scott Stokdyk

Disc 2: Extras

• 1080P Widescreen
• English DD2.0 Stereo and DD5.1 Surround
• Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai and Korean subtitles
• Featurette: Grains of Sand - Building Sandman - details the challenges Sony Pictures Imageworks faced in creating the iconic villain
• Featurette: Re-Imagining the Goblin - plores the changes in the New Goblin character from page to screen
• Featurette: Covered in Black – Creating Venom - follows the cinematic creation of Spider-Man’s archrival
• Featurette: Hanging On…Gwen Stacy and the Collapsing Floor - where stunt coordinator Scott Rogers explores the logistics of the dangerous stunt performed by Bryce Dallas Howard
• Featurette: Fighting, Flying & Driving – The Stunts - wherein Stunt Coordinator/2nd Unit Director Dan Bradley and Stunt Coordinator Scott Rogers provide a behind-the-scenes peek at the various “gags” in the film
• Featurette: Tangled Web: The Love Triangles of Spider-Man 3
• Featurette: Wall Of Water - where the viewer is taken into the creation of one of the biggest stunts in the film
• Featurette: On Location Cleveland – The Chase on Euclid Avenue
• Featurette: On Location New York –From Rooftops to Backstreets
• Featurette: The Science of Sound
• Featurette: Inside The Editing Room
• Theatrical TV Spots From Around the World

[ChrisF]

Anyone got their Surfs Up from movietyme yet?

[dvdmike]

No but I got my Transformers the movie from play

[NekoFever]

Australian Spider-Man trilogy box set is now available at Movietyme. Does anyone know what special feature specs it has?

Having bought a couple of Australian DVDs in the past, massive and hideous age ratings that put even the big BBFC ones to shame are among the features on the box. It might not bother you but it manages to put me off even when they get a good release. They're so prominent that some films that are popular with the geek crowd (my Australian tin of Serenity is one) come with reversible covers where the reverse has no age ratings. I wish they'd do that here, actually.

No but I got my Transformers the movie from play

I'd be interested to see how that turns out. It took them about ten DVD releases to finally have one with a decent transfer. The fact that the cover for the Blu-ray is the same as the recent UK tin bodes well since that's the best looking version by a long way, but I'd still appreciate some impressions.

[Daragon]

Would be interested to hear some impressions on Transformers too, having never owned a copy of it myself.

Is the transfer decent or am I better off with the 4 quid DVD edition?

[Strider]

Just picked up Face Off, my favourite ever film. will post info later

[dvdmike]

Just picked up Face Off, my favourite ever film. will post info later

Where did you get it from I could not find it anywhere !
Not had any time to watch transformers yet, sorry guys will post when I do but this makes me want to stop working :
Not my caps they are borrowed from agie at avs ( they would be better if they were my caps lol) but wow 30+mps !!

[Lyris]

You can't tell a lot from off-camera shots but that transfer doesn't look bad at all.

[dvdmike]

I think you can depending on the shot, these are not great but look at that detail

[spinpug666]

I've Transformers BD (UK version if that makes any difference) as well, only watched it once so far.
In some scenes some of the greys look more greeny/blue than they do in the DVD e.g. When Hotrod and co arrive on Junkion the sspace ship colour looks odd when they land. I noticed this in a few scenes not just this one.
Can't say if any probs with detail etc, just the colours in some scenes

I would have expected this to have all the extras that the recent 2 disc DVD had but there's nothing nowt!!!
Only extras/options are audio set-up, 2.0, 5.1 and DTS
Also no original 4:3 version, as we all know they just chopped the top and bottom of the frame to make it 16:9.

[MonkeySteve]

I would have expected this to have all the extras that the recent 2 disc DVD had but there's nothing nowt!!!

This is really starting to pee me off now! Aside from the big releases, a lot of discs are vanilla versions. You'd think that they could at least put the extras from the SD dvd on there, how hard would it be?! I can't imagine the main picture takes up all 50GB ffs!

I think the whole HD situation is just a bit embarrassing sometimes. The average person wandering around HMV, possibly tempted by the HD buzzword, sees all the discs priced at ?25-35 and thinks screw that, why bother when I can get the normal dvd for a fiver, and probably with far more content!

I know most studios probably see HD as a niche market at the moment (because it is) but if it's going to grow they need to make a better fist of it.

[dvdmike]

I don't for one care about extras, look at evil dead II I got today pleanty of extras with the nasty divimax transfer that makes it look like crap

[ezee ryder]

Where did you get it from I could not find it anywhere!

Regarding Face-Off, I picked it up from Gamestation.