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John Carpenter Collection (R2) in October
02-09-2008 16:06 | 3612 views | Dave Foster | Show Backlinks
Optimum Home Entertainment have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of John Carpenter: The Collection on 6th October 2008 priced at £54.99 RRP. In conjunction with Anchor Bay and Universal Pictures Optimum present this seven-film collection of the director’s most acclaimed work.
Included in the set are the Anchor Bay DVD release of Halloween (see below for details on exactly which release), the Universal Pictures DVD release of The Thing, the recent and forthcoming Optimum DVD releases of The Fog, Escape From New York, They Live and Assault on Precinct 13. Last of all is Prince of Darkness, which appears to be exclusive to the box-set.
Halloween
The Thing
The Fog - This is the recent 4th August 2008 release from Optimum (which replaced the previous Momentum Pictures edition). Features include:
Escape From New York - This is the recent 4th August 2008 release from Optimum (which replaced the previous Momentum Pictures edition). Features include:
They Live - Replacing the old Momentum Pictures edition, Optimum are releasing a stand-alone version of this sci-fi thriller starring Roddy Piper on 22nd September 2008. Features include:
Assault on Precinct 13 (Special Edition) - Also released separately on 6th October 2008. Features include:
Prince of Darkness
Included in the set are the Anchor Bay DVD release of Halloween (see below for details on exactly which release), the Universal Pictures DVD release of The Thing, the recent and forthcoming Optimum DVD releases of The Fog, Escape From New York, They Live and Assault on Precinct 13. Last of all is Prince of Darkness, which appears to be exclusive to the box-set.
Halloween
- 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
- English DD2.0 and DD5.1 Surround
- Original Mono
- Halloween Unmasked 2000
- Trailers, TV Spots and Bios
The Thing
- 2.35:1 Non-Anamorphic Widescreen
- English DD5.1 Surround
- French DD2.0 Surround, Italian DD2.0 Stereo, Spanish and Polish DD1.0 Mono
- English, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish and Czech subtitles
- John Carpenter’s The Thing: Terror Takes Shape Making of Documentary
- Feature Commentary with John Carpenter & Kurt Russell
- Production Background Archive
- Cast Production Photos
- Production Art & Storyboards
- Location Design
- Production Archives
- Outtakes
- Production Notes
- Post Production
- Theatrical Trailer
- Cast & Filmmakers’ Notes: Kurt Russell, John Carpenter
The Fog - This is the recent 4th August 2008 release from Optimum (which replaced the previous Momentum Pictures edition). Features include:
- 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
- English DD2.0 Stereo and DD5.1 Surround
- Director's Commentary
- Tales From The Mist (30min documentary)
- Trailers
Escape From New York - This is the recent 4th August 2008 release from Optimum (which replaced the previous Momentum Pictures edition). Features include:
- 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
- English DD2.0 Stereo and DD5.1 Surround
- Return to Escape from New York (23 mins)
- New and exclusive John Carpenter interview (31 mins)
- 3 x original trailers
- Snakes Crime (deleted original intro)
- Commentary with John Carpenter and Kurt Russell
They Live - Replacing the old Momentum Pictures edition, Optimum are releasing a stand-alone version of this sci-fi thriller starring Roddy Piper on 22nd September 2008. Features include:
- 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
- English DD2.0 Stereo and DD5.1 Surround
- Making of Featurette
- Commentary with John Carpenter and Roddy Piper
- John Carpenter Profile
- Roddy Piper Profile
- Meg Foster Profile
- Trailer
Assault on Precinct 13 (Special Edition) - Also released separately on 6th October 2008. Features include:
- 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
- English Mono
- Video Q&A with John Carpenter and star Austin Stoker at the American Cinematheque 2002 (23 mins)
- Director’s Commentary
- Isolated Music Score
- Production History (17 mins)
- 2 Radio Spots
- Trailer
Prince of Darkness
- 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
- English DD2.0 Stereo and DD5.1 Surround
- Trailer
Comments
Geek Trainee
Posts: 176
Can I just clear one thing up straight away: is the dvd release of The Thing a new transfer? The old dvd was non-anamorphic and to my knowledge hasn't been superceded by a newer R2 release yet. Unless I missed something?
Administrator
Posts: 2301
It was last re-released in 2006 and it's being re-released again on 6th October by Universal. I can't say for sure if it's anamorphic but we'll have discs later this week so I'll post again then.
Wha' Happen'
Posts: 52
So Prince of Darkness doesn't have an audio com anymore? That seems a bit odd.
Member
Posts: 160
Since DVD's now in year 11 and Universal finally released an anamorphic Thing in Region 1 in 2004, it really is about damn time that they got round to releasing The Thing in anamorphic in Region 2. Something it's taken Universal 11 years to do. Not very impressive for what has to be a continual back catalogue seller for them.
I, however, am holding out for the inevitable Thing Blu-ray for my anamorphic upgrade.
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Posts: 2301
OK, sorry to get your hopes up guys, The Thing is still non-anamorphic. I really thought they had re-issued it with a new transfer already, but obviously that was limited to R1.
Specs for all titles have been updated. Mostly there are no changes, the main ones are confirmation of audio on Halloween (which includes Original Mono), confirmation of 5.1 audio and a trailer on Prince of Darkness (no commentary though), and confirmation of a commentary on The Fog.