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Savage Henry
06-14-2005, 04:21 PM
From IGN:
Tartan Asia Extreme will release the gritty revenge drama on August 23rd in the US, on both DVD and UMD formats. The film garnered critical praise and prizes from six international festivals, including the "Grand Prize of the Jury" in 2004 at Cannes.

The DVD will be presented in anamorphic widescreen. The Korean-language track will be presented in Dolby Digital EX 5.1 Surround Sound or DTS-ES Digital 6.1 Surround Sound (either with English or Spanish subtitles) and the English-language track in Dolby Digital EX 5.1 Surround Sound.

Expect the DVD to feature director and cinematographer commentary, deleted scenes (with optional commentary), and an interview with the director.

The UMD will feature deleted scenes not on the DVD. It will be presented in anamorphic widescreen in Korean with English subtitles.
I am still pissed that I couldn't catch this movie in theatres, due to the distance to the nearest 'arthouse' theatre combined with crappy showtimes. However, I will assume this is worthy of a blind buy.
mshulman5
06-14-2005, 04:48 PM
The region 2 Tartan Release is better. 2 discs, one with the movie and one with all special features. Amazon.co.uk has it for around 26 bucks American.
cocksmokinclerk
06-15-2005, 01:07 PM
Originally posted by mshulman5
The region 2 Tartan Release is better. 2 discs, one with the movie and one with all special features. Amazon.co.uk has it for around 26 bucks American.

damn it why does that always happen, neway maybe it'll get a SE here, hope hope, will definetly be checking this out, and if i have to buy it new, and why the fuck does UMD get extras DVD does get? WTF?
CYF Tequila
06-17-2005, 08:45 AM
From DVDAnswers:

http://dvdanswers.com/images/screenshots/oldboyr1artworkpic.jpg
bigred760
06-17-2005, 09:52 AM
The movie kicked ass (9/10), but I don't think I'm going to get the DVD just because I don't think I want to watch it over and over again - it's that f*cked up.
mshulman5
06-17-2005, 11:36 AM
That cover is horrible compared to the Region 2 cover art......

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0006GVJLM.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
Mr-Blonde
06-17-2005, 06:50 PM
I've been hearing people rave about this film for almost a year now and am really looking forward to finally seeing this. Why do they always have to make us wait so fucking long for a film that's been out forever already?
mshulman5
06-17-2005, 07:24 PM
Such is the advantage of making your DVD player Region Free. I always order from Amazon.co.uk when I know something won't be out here for a while, including Oldboy.
cocksmokinclerk
06-17-2005, 08:29 PM
i just noticed something, it says "arrives with the quentin tarantino seal of apporval" is that guy walter addiego QTs personal assistant or something? i understand he's trying to say if you like QTs movie you'll prolly like this but WTF did anybody notice this or find this kinda "off"
mshulman5
06-17-2005, 09:13 PM
No, QT was one of the judges at Cannes and pushed for Oldboy to win the top prize. So QT did indeed love this movie.
Dark_One79
06-19-2005, 03:43 PM
Oldboy is one of the coolest movies to come out in quite some time. I imported the Tartan release a few months ago and have shown it to multiple people - all have loved it.

On a side note, the Tartan UK PAL release is actually Region 0. So, if you import it you may not be able to watch it on your NTSC television screen (without the help of a converter of some sort) but it should play without trouble on your PC.

I lent it to a friend at work and it worked fine on his laptop.

So, if you can't wait a couple of months, want the better DVD version, and don't mind movies on your computer... head over to Amazon UK.

Great flick.