Independent distributors Kino Video have revealed that they will release on Blu-ray two legendary films by director D.W. Griffith: a three-disc
The Birth of a Nation (1915) Blu-ray package and
Way Down East (1920). The preliminary release dates for both releases is November 22.
Special features:
The Birth of a Nation -
Supplements updated
- 2011 HD remaster of the film
- Griffith Masterworks DVD edition of the film
- The Making of The Birth of a Nation (1992, 24 min. Produced by David Shepard)
- Filmed prologue to The Birth of a Nation (1930, 6 min. Featuring D. W. Griffith and Walter Huston)
- Civil War Shorts directed by D. W. Griffith:
- In the Border States (1910, 16 min.)
- The House with the Closed Shutters (1910, 17 min.)
- The Fugitive (1910, 17 min.)
- His Trust (1910, 14 min.)
- His Trust Fulfilled (1910, 11 mins.)
- Swords and Hearts (1911, 16 mins.)
- The Battle (1911, 17 mins.)
- New York vs. The Birth of a Nation -- an archive of information documenting the battles over the film's 1922 re-release, including protests by the NAACP, transcripts of meetings, legal documents, newspaper articles, and a montage of scenes ordered cut by the New York Censor Board.
- PLUS: Excerpts from The Birth of a Nation souvenir book (1915) and several original programs
Way Down East
- Score compiled from historic photoplay music, performed by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra (2.0 Stereo)
- Excerpts from Lottie Blair Parker's original play
- Photos of William Brady's 1903 stage version
- Film Clip: The ice floe sequence of the Edison Studio's production of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Image gallery, including the original souvenir program book
- Notes on the preparation of the music score