Tim Burton's Big Fish in April
17-02-2004 21:37 | 3187 views | Dave Foster
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Big Fish for 27th April 2004 with a retail price of $28.95. Director Tim Burton brings his inimitable imagination to a journey that delves deep into a fabled relationship between a dying father and his son who recreates his father’s elusive life through a series of legends and myths inspired by the few facts he knows, discovering both his father’s great feats and his great failings. Featuring an all-Star cast including Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange and co-starring Danny DeVito, Helena Bonham Carter and Steve Buscemi, on DVD you can expect the following features...
- Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
- English DD5.1 Surround
- French DD2.0 Surround
- English and French subtitles
- Audio Commentary with Tim Burton
- Seven featurettes, which can be accessed via stand-alone on a menu page or from a branching featurette within the film:
- Four Filmmaker’s Path Featurettes:
- Tim Burton: Storyteller: A look at the director’s process with great b-roll moments and insights form Tim Burton.
- A Fairytale World: Tim Burton and cast discuss the importance of myths and fairytales in today’s world.
- Creature Features: the magic of Stan Winston studios will be explored in this featurette – from the jumping spiders to lions and snakes and hellhounds.
- The Author’s Journey: Daniel Wallace’s story from page to screen.
- Three Character Journey Featurettes
- Edward Bloom at Large: Allows viewer to take a look at the larger-than-life world of Edward Bloom
- Amos at the Circus: Danny DeVito takes viewers through the Calloway Circus
- Fathers and Sons: Examines the father and son dynamic that was such a key part of the film.
- The Finer Points – A Tim Burton Trivia Quiz: interactive trivia game
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I can't be bothered to have to watch a film to find the extras. New Line's 'Infifilm' range is the same, the way they make out on the packaging you're going to get the best thing since slice bread. I briefly looked at it and thought what a waste of time.
It seems New Line also think the same, what with no new titles (I know of) actually being released under the 'Infifilm' label.
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But that's just me...:)
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-- thank God for that. I agree with bradavon, to an extent. It seems like a cool idea at first, branching out to watch these features, but in the end it just strikes me as a bit tiresome. I see nothing wrong with having it on the disc for those who enjoy (which could be me, when caught in the right mood), but allowing us to access the extras from a seperate menu page is also nice.
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Also -I love it when the DVD cover features the original theatrical poster art and not a new design. That's just me - I hate it when they redesign the covers for DVD.
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X-Men 1.5 for example unlike the first release you can't watch the deleted scenes outside of the movie :mad: , luckily I've already seen them otherwise it would really annoy me.
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