Warner Home Video has announced that they will release 'A Christmas Story: Ultimate Collector's Edition' for Blu-ray on November 4th, day-and-date with the DVD re-release. No specs have been announced for the release, but being that it is coming on a BD-25, you can expect 1080p VC-1 video and a Dolby Digital soundtrack.
Extras for this release include:
- Commentary with Peter Billingsley and director/ co-writer Bob Clark
- Original readings by Jean Shepard, author and voice narrator of A Christmas Story
- Documentary: Another Christmas Story
- Featurette: Get a Leg Up
- Featurette: A History of the Daisy Red Ryder
- Triple Dog Dare Interactive Trivia
- Decoder Match Challenge
- Hidden "Presents"
- Original theatrical trailer
The release will come in a nostaglic cookie tin and feature a replica of the famous Leg Lamp light strand (exclusive to the Blu-ray release).
'
A Christmas Story' was originally released on Blu-ray back in December of 2006, but it received mediocre reviews and lacked some special features from the DVD. This release is already promising to restore those missing features, but no word if Warner will be re-encoding the feature to improve on the video quality.