Optimum Home Entertainment have announced the UK Blu-ray Disc release of a bumper crop of catalogue titles on 4th August 2008. All dates and details are subject to change, but here is what we know so far…
First up is a series of titles released under a “Blu-ray Action Icons” banner. These comprise of…
Stargate (Special Edition) - Arriving the same day as a new UK DVD release, features include:
Theatrical (116mins) and Director’s Cut (124mins) versions
5.1 Audio
Audio commentary Dean Devlin (co-writer and producer) and Roland Emmerich (director and co-writer) (Director’s Cut)
Making Of (52’)
Trailer
Is There A Stargate? Doc (36 mins)
Newswraps: x 5 –reels focusing on Story / Cast/ Production / Design / Director - B-roll selection (6 mins)
Total Recall - Arriving the same day as a new Schwarzenegger DVD collection, features include:
Commentary with Verhoeven and Schwarzenegger
Making of
Imagining Total Recall & Vision of Mars Featurettes
Storyboard Comparisons
Trailer
TV Spots
5.1 Audio
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Director’s Commentary
5.1 Audio
Biographies
Trailer
Cliffhanger
Personal Introduction From Renny Harlin
The Making Of "Cliffhanger"
Making Of "Cliffhanger" (EPK)
Deleted Scenes
Storyboard Comparisons
Special Effects: How it was done
Interviews with Sylvester Stallone, Renny Harlin, Janine Turner, John Lithgow and Michael Rooker
Trailers
TV Spots
Also arriving are three John Carpenter titles on Blu-ray…
Escape From New York
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)
5.1 Audio
Commentary
The Fog
Tales From The Mist (30 min documentary)
Teaser & Theatrical Trailer
Commentary
5.1 Audio
They Live
EPK – 8 min ‘making of’ featurette
Commentary