Lion's Gate Special Edition Specs, etc.

[sleekproductions]

Lions Gate Home Entertainment has officially announced the launch of their new line of DVD special editions. The Lions Gate Signature Series, with its autograph-branded packaging, debuts on February 18th with the special edition re-releases of Amores Perros, Eve's Bayou, Monster's Ball, and O. The Signature Series discs will include a mix of previously issued and newly created bonus materials, and in cases such as Eve's Bayou and Monster's Ball, will feature longer unrated director's cuts. Monster’s Ball will also come with a new production commentary with director Marc Forster and writers Milo Addica and Will Rokos, cast and crew interviews, the Sundance Channel's “Anatomy of a Scene,” and trailers. Eve’s Bayou will contain a new cast commentary featuring Samuel L. Jackson, a production commentary with the filmmakers, the short film “Dr. Hugo” with a new commentary track, and trailers. O will include a commentary with director Tim Blake Nelson, cast and crew interviews, deleted scenes with optional commentary, an analysis of the basketball scene with Nelson and director of photography Russell Lee Fine, and trailers. Amores Perros will come with a production commentary track, deleted scenes, two featurettes, three music videos, stills, storyboards, and trailers. All widescreen transfers will be enhanced for 16x9 televisions and, in most cases, were supervised by the filmmakers. Monster’s Ball retails $24.99, while the others are $19.99 apiece.

Two other Signature Series discs, due April 15th, include Adrian Lyne's Lolita and the cult sci-fi Cube. Future Signature Series discs include Affliction, American Psycho, Gods and Monsters, and Shadow of the Vampire - all among 22 titles that Lions Gate Entertainment recently reacquired from Universal Studios.



thanks to davisdvd.com


what do you schmoes think?

[Tarantino]

I'll probably pick up American Psycho, having never done so...but the rest I'll pass on.

[Andrew Tom]

I want Cube, American Psycho, Gods and Monsters and Shadow Of the Vampire. It's a whole completely other subject which ones I'll end up getting though

[Mike]

I went to Wal-Mart this last weekend, and they already had the Signature Series Edition of Monster's Ball. So I looked for "O" and Eve's Bayou but they didn't have those. So I guess they just put the Monster's Ball one out early.

Anyway, the Signature Series Edition of "O" sounds like the same thing as the original version, so I may as well just keep the one I got. Too bad they wouldn't have given an Unrated Extended Edition to "O." I find it kind of pointless to give it a Signature Series release without adding anything new, in fact, it features even less than the first edition that was released. The first edition was a 2-disk Deluxe Edition that also featured the original "Othello."

[Eminem]

Something elese has to be diffrent with that "O" DVD besides the new cover art and minus the original movie...

Hopefully American Pyscho and Shadow of the Vampire will have better DVDs this time around...