300: The Complete Experience Blu-ray Announced

Warner Home Video has announced the Blu-ray release of '300: The Complete Experience' on July 21 to tie in with the release of 'Watchmen'. Video will be 1080p VC-1 accompanied by a 5.1 Dolby TrueHD soundtrack. It will be presented in a Digibook edition with a 40- page booklet. This release will have about 2 hours of exclusive extra content not included in the first edition released in 2007.

Extras are as follows:

• The Complete 300 - A Comprehensive Immersion (new): interactive picture-in-picture experience which provides 3 unique perspectives to explore while you watch the film:
• Creating a Legend - Frank Miller and Zack Snyder Interpret a Classic Tale
• Bringing the Legend to Life - Building a World From a Comic
• The History Behind the Myth - The Real Story of The Hot Gates


• Bluescreen picture-in-picture (new)
• Audio commentary by director Zack Snyder, writer Kurt Johnstad and director of photography Larry Fong (already included in 1st edition)
• The 300- Fact or Fiction? (in HD; already included in 1st edition)
• Who Were The Spartans - The Warriors of 300 (in HD; already included in 1st edition)
• Preparing for Battle - The Original Test Footage (in HD; already included in 1st edition)
• Frank Miller Tapes (in HD; already included in 1st edition)
• Making of 300 - A look at how the movie was made (in SD; already included in 1st edition)
• Making 300 in Images (in SD; already included in 1st edition)
• Webisodes (in SD; already included in 1st edition)
• Additional Footage - Deleted Scenes with Introduction by Zack Snyder (in HD; already included in 1st edition)
• BD-Live (new): Media Centre; Live Community Screening; My WB Commentary