Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced two catalog titles for Blu-ray release on February 22, 2011: the 1982 animated film
The Last Unicorn (in a BD/DVD combo pack) and
Memento: 10th Anniversary Edition, with an all-new high definition transfer, approved by director Christopher Nolan.
The Last Unicorn
This movie, based on a best-selling fantasy novel by Peter S. Beagle, was produced by Rankin/Bass and animated by the Japanese studio Topcraft, many of whose members later joined Studio Ghibli.
Special features include:
- Audio commentary with writer Peter S. Beagle and publisher Connor Cochran (new)
- The Tail of the Last Unicorn
- Game: Escape the Red Bull
- Schmendrick's Magical Gallery
- Original theatrical trailer
- Making-of featurette (new)
- Art contest gallery (new)
Memento
This psychological thriller, written and directed by Christopher Nolan, had been one of the first Blu-ray releases from Sony Pictures. Earlier this year (see Blu-ray.com,
May 12), Lionsgate had announced that it had become the exclusive home entertainment distributor for Newmarket Films, including a large majority of the studio's library - especially
Memento.
Special features will include:
- Audio commentary with Christopher Nolan
- New featurette with Nolan discussing the legacy of the film
- Director's script
- Original short story Memento
- Anatomy of a Scene