Universal 'Gangster' titles on US BD in October - Artwork added
05-09-2008 17:14 | 6221 views | Dave Foster | Show Backlinks
Universal Studios Home Video have announced the US Blu-ray Disc release of three gangster titles on 14th October 2008. Ridley Scott’s American Gangster, Martin Scorsese’s Casino and David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises will be priced at $29.98 SRP each or will be available as part of a three-pack Gangsters set priced at $89.98 SRP.
Universal have so far not used region coding on their Blu-ray Disc titles and we expect this trend to continue, though officially no region coding information has been supplied. Features are detailed below…
American Gangster
Casino
Eastern Promises
Universal have so far not used region coding on their Blu-ray Disc titles and we expect this trend to continue, though officially no region coding information has been supplied. Features are detailed below…
American Gangster
- BD-50 Dual Layer
- Theatrical (158mins) and Extended (177mins) Cuts
- 1080P Widescreen
- English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
- French 5.1 DTS Surround (Theatrical Cut only)
- English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles
- U-Control Picture in Picture (Unrated Cut)
- Commentary with Director Ridley Scott and Writer Steven Zaillian (Theatrical Cut)
- Deleted Scenes
- Fallen Empire: Making American Gangster
- Case Files
- Hip-Hop Infusion Featuring Common and T.I.
- The BET Special: The Making of American Gangster
- Dateline NBC: American Gangster First Look
- "Do You Feel Me (Remix)" performed by Anthony Hamilton featuring Ghostface Killah
- "Blue Magic" from Jay-Z's Album "American Gangster"
- Theatrical Trailer
Casino
- BD-50 Dual Layer
- 1080P Widescreen
- English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
- Spanish 5.1 DTS Surround
- English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles
- Feature Audio Commentary - Moments with Martin Scorsese, Sharon Stone, Nicholas Pileggi and more
- U-Control Picture in Picture
- Deleted Scenes
- Vegas and the Mob
- History Alive: True Crime Authors: Casino With Nicholas Pileggi (The History Channel)
- My Scenes
Eastern Promises
- BD-25 Single Layer
- 1080P Widescreen
- English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
- French and Spanish 5.1 DTS Surround
- English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles
- Secrets and Stories
- Marked for Life
- Two Guys Walk into a Bath House
- Watts on Wheels
Comments
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Excellent. I wasn't expecting American Gangster to have both cuts on BD. That's the first time the Extended Cut will be in HD.
I've not bothered to upgrade my Universal HD-DVDs but this one I will be.
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Great to see Casino making the jump to BD. Now if only Carlito's Way would be announced too...
Great to see Universal taking BD seriously; looks like Casino has more features (U-Control) than the HD-DVD version...
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Give us Scarface too!
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Great news about Casino. DTS MA too!
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Originally Posted by WJB:
looks like Casino has more features (U-Control) than the HD-DVD version...
The HD-DVD has four featurettes not featured here. I imagine it's just those in different form.
"Vegas and the Mob" and "History Alive: True Crime Authors: Casino With Nicholas Pileggi (The History Channel)" looks to be new though.
p.s - American Gangster looks to be getting all the 3 Disc LE extras that previously were only on the DVD set though (excluding the digital copy):
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=66769
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Originally Posted by tonyleung:
Excellent. I wasn't expecting American Gangster to have both cuts on BD. That's the first time the Extended Cut will be in HD.
I've not bothered to upgrade my Universal HD-DVDs but this one I will be.
But (lack of) capacity was never an issue for HD DVD ;)
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On a serious note though, what is the point in offering a three-pack set if it doesn't work out cheaper than buying the 3 titles individually?? The horror starter pack (Dawn of the Dead, Land of the Dead and The Thing) is much cheaper than buying the 3 individually. I think I have it pre-ordered on Amazon for about $40
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I hope Universal puts a little more effort on the transfer for American Gangster. The HD DVD looked kind of ghastly.