Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced that they will begin releasing
classic titles on Blu-ray as part of a "StudioCanal Collection". The first three
titles to be released in this collection, '
Ran', '
The Ladykillers', and '
Contempt', are scheduled to hit store shelves on February
16th. Each title will feature a 1080p AVC video transfer, multiple DTS-HD
Master Audio soundtracks, and a 20-page collectible book.
Extras for these releases include:
Ran
- "A.K." - the acclaimed feature-length documentary on the making of the
film
- "Akira Kurosawa: The Epic and the Intimate" - documentary on the
director
- A Portrait of Akira Kurosawa by Japanese cinema expert and interpreter
Catherine Cadou
- "The Samurai" - documentary on Samurai art
- "Art of the Samurai" - an interview with a Japanese art of war expert
- BD-Live
The Ladykillers
- introduction by filmmaker Terry Gilliam
- "Forever Ealing" - a documentary on the famed British studio
- Audio commentary with film historian Philip Kemp
- Interviews with British filmmakers Allan Scott and Terence Davies and
writer Ronald Harwood on the film
- BD-Live (including a bonus interview with British filmmaker James
Mangold)
Contempt
- Introduction by British film producer and Godard expert Colin MacCabe
- A "making-of" documentary "One Upon a Time There Was...Contempt"
- A documentary on Godard's legacy in film "Contempt...Tenderly"
- A discussion between Godard and director Fritz Lang "The Dinosaur and the
Baby"
- Theatrical trailer
- BD-Live
Some of our international readers will remember when
Optimum Home
Entertainment announced the first Blu-ray titles to be released under the
"StudioCanal Collection" in the UK. In addition to the titles above,
Optimum
also announced 'Belle de jour', 'The Deer Hunter', 'The Elephant Man', and 'The
Lost Honour of Katharina Blum' at the time. One could easily deduce that some
if not all of
those titles would also be Blu-ray bound sometime in the future.