Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has officially announced that on October 19 it will release two films from visionary director Baz Luhrmann:
William Shakespeare's Romeo+Juliet and
Moulin Rouge!. Both Blu-ray editions will feature new high-definition transfers from the original camera negative, supervised by Luhrmann, brand new content and never-before seen material.
The announcement was accompanied by the following note written by Luhrmann about the remastering of both movies:
"As a fan, I've seen examples where the technology is so powerful, a much-loved film goes in for a Blu-ray treatment and, somewhat like a friend who has had too much surgery, you no longer recognize them.
"Mindful of the relationship evolved with many fans of these two films, the esteemed digital intermediate colorist Jan Yarbrough, who recently completed color restorations of North by Northwest and the Godfather films, and I sat together day in and day out seeking to maintain the color philosophy forged in the cauldron of shooting, while giving full reign to the power of high-definition technology to deliver a Moulin Rouge and an R+J that audiences will recognize but are nevertheless realized at the highest possible visual quality.
"As a filmmaker you never know whether you will ever have a chance to revisit movies again, and so we have gone about this with the attitude that this could be for the last time."
Special features include:
William Shakespeare's Romeo+Juliet
- Shaking Up Shakespeare: Picture-in-Picture mode with audio commentary by Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Donald M. McAlpine and Craig Pearce and featuring behind-the-scenes footage and stills
- Uncut Footage from the Bazmark Vault
- Documentary: Romeo + Juliet: The Music
- Filmmaker and interview galleries
- BD-Live
- Live Lookup™ powered by IMDb®
Moulin Rouge!
- Spectacular, Spectacular: Picture-in-Picture mode with audio commentary by Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Donald M. McAlpine and Craig Pearce, and featuring behind-the-scenes footage and stills
- All-new featurette: A Creative Adventure, with introduction by Baz Luhrmann A Word from Baz
- Uncut footage from the Bazmark vault including:
- Father & Son: a look at an alternate opening
- Nicole Kidman's first vocal test
- Production featurettes and interviews:
- The Stars
- The Writers
- The Design
- The Dance
- The Music
- The Cutting Room
- The Making of Moulin Rouge
- BD-Live
- Live Lookup™ powered by IMDb®