On May 31, veteran actor and director Clint Eastwood will turn 80. To celebrate it, the following day Warner Home Video will release a slew of Eastwood movies on Blu-ray, including two box sets (the ten-film
Clint Eastwood Collection, and the
Essential Eastwood: Director's Collection), two more Eastwood double features (
Where Eagles Dare / Kelly's Heroes and
The Enforcer / Sudden Impact) and three individual Blu-rays (
Absolute Power,
Heartbreak Ridge and
The Rookie). Finally, Eastwood's latest movie,
Invictus, is also expected around that time, although it hasn't been officially announced yet.
The titles included in the
Clint Eastwood Collection are:
Absolute Power,
Dirty Harry,
Gran Torino,
Kelly's Heroes,
Letters from Iwo Jima,
Million Dollar Baby,
Mystic River,
The Rookie,
Unforgiven and
Where Eagles Dare.
The
Essential Eastwood: Director's Collection, in turn, consists of
Letters from Iwo Jima,
Million Dollar Baby,
Mystic River and
Unforgiven.
There is no information as to whether the studio will add a lossless audio track to the titles that came out originally on BD without one (such as
Unforgiven or
Million Dollar Baby), but considering the precedent with
GoodFellas: 20th Anniversary Edition (see blu-ray.com,
February 1), chances are slim.