Paramount Home Entertainment has announced the technical specs and special features for the upcoming Blu-ray release of '
Revolutionary Road' and '
Defiance', which are due to hit store shelves on June 2nd, day-and-date with the DVD release. For both releases, video will be presented in 1080p AVC accompanied by 5.1 Dolby TrueHD soundtracks.
Extras for these releases include:
Revolutionary Road
- Commentary by director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Justin Haythe
- Lives of Quite Desperation: The Making of Revolutionary Road (HD)
- Deleted Scenes with optional commentary by director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Justin Haythe (HD)
- Richard Yates: The Wages of Truth (HD & BD Exclusive)
Defiance
- Commentary by director Edward Zwick
- Defiance: Return to the Forest (HD)—Explores all aspects of production from the early stages of pre-production to shooting on location in Lithuania. Edward Zwick and his creative team discuss some of the challenges and also the rewards of adapting this well-documented historical event into a feature film.
- Bielski Partisan Survivors (HD)—Photo gallery of images taken by Edward Zwick including behind-the-scenes images and surviving members from the Bielski Otriad.
- Children of the Otriad: The Families Speak (HD)—Descendents of the Bielski family tour the film's set and relate the story of the real-life partisans along with efforts to preserve the brothers' legacy.
- Scoring Defiance (HD) —Academy Award® nominated composer James Newton Howard and violinist Joshua Bell discuss the incredible film score for Defiance. (BD Exclusive)
- Theatrical trailers (HD)