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Some Special FNAC Editions again
I stopped by FNAC and picked up two movies that, for once, are worth putting the cash down for. They both came in their own special packaging specific to FNAC stores. A couple of pictures:
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2-Disc Edition)
The Slumdog Millionaire edition comes packaged in a large rectangular horizontal book which opens on two pages that each have a disc. The extra here is a Bonus DVD with an exclusive documentary of Danny Boyle going back to India to the places where he shot the film.
Regarding Benjamin Button, it comes in a slick slipcover and a 52-page booklet with pictures and production notes.
Jackie Brown [France]
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, SteelBooks on August 8th, 2009
As I told you a couple of days ago, Jackie Brown was being released on Blu-ray through TF1 Vidéo on August 6th in a SteelBook case, which you can see right under these words.
It includes a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English track (with forced French subtitles, to TF1’s accustomedness) framed in a 1.85:1 MPEG4/AVC video for a length of 2 hours and 28 minutes.
This is yet another addition to the “Tarantino Collection” I’m building. With the two Kill Bill Vols., “Death Proof”, “Pulp Fiction” and the Petrol Can of “Reservoir Dogs”, this means I have all the complete movies Tarantino made after 1990, besides his first movie “My Best Friend’s Birthday” and other segments included in films like “Four Rooms” or “Grindhouse”, although I do have “Sin City” as well.
New French SteelBooks
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, SteelBooks on August 2nd, 2009
I thought you’d like to see the next upcoming Blu-ray Steels I’ve found out about tonight.
- Jackie Brown, which comes out on August 6th. Yes! Another Tarantino movie out in the SteelBook format. 
It’ll sit quite nicely beside the two Kill Bill Volumes as well as Pulp Fiction.
- Espion(s), due August 20th. Another French movie release by TF1. This one I’ve heard of but never got around to watching, I might pick it up, we’ll see.
And finally, a higher resolution picture of the Push SteelBook, still to be released on September 9th:
EDIT: Finally a release for Der Untergang? Remember, the SteelBook had been announced (even showing a SteelBook artwork all done for) but then canceled. This might be our chance to finally see this amazing movie on Blu-ray in a class SteelBook.
Amazon.fr seem to have it up for sale immediately but with a 11/12-day wait before supplies, whereas FNAC.com state a September 23rd release, but with no artwork to confirm it’ll be a SteelBook.
Watchmen (Director’s Cut) [Canada - FutureShop Exclusive]
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, Imports, SteelBooks on August 1st, 2009
It finally came today from a good friend up in the Great White North, along with an awesome FutureShop Exclusive Journal to write down nasty thoughts on how the world will end.
Check it:
Watchmen (Director’s Cut)
Straight from the Canucks
My brother got me a couple of things off iNetVideo for my birthday, a Canadian online retailer.
Blade Runner (Limited Edition Gift Set) [HD-DVD]
From Dusk Till Dawn / Air Force One
The last movie I asked for as it cost something like US$3 or something, so I thought I might as well.
The Blade Runner set is amazingly beautiful and a great bargain ($25), even though, I know, it’s a HD-DVD set. But I reckon the transfer’s just as good, and with 5 different cuts of the movie along with a Dolby TrueHD track on the Final Cut, I won’t be complaining!
Amazon.de Extravaganza
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, Imports, SteelBooks on July 28th, 2009
Today I finally received the two new Amazon.de Exclusive SteelBooks I’d been waiting for. The picture doesn’t show much as they were still sealed when I took the pic, but I promise you they look sexy once they were stripped down. I’ll add some scans as soon as possible. Meanwhile:
The Spirit (Limited Edition)
RocknRolla (Limited Blu-ray Edition)
The Gladiator SteelBook gets a second cover / MediaMarkt reprints?
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, SteelBooks, Website on July 21st, 2009
Now the question is whether this only applies to the Play.com version that comes with Artcards or if this is the new cover or just an alternative.
Jojo brought to my attention that Amazon.de had posted some placeholders for some Blu-ray SteelBooks which had already been released by MediaMarkt as Exclusives, such as 300, The Golden Compass and Harry Potter and the Globet of Fire. All set to be released on September 1st. I’ll keep you updated.
Just wanted to let you know I’d added a Games SteelBooks section as I’m expecting it to grow these next few weeks. ^^
Valkyrie [French SteelBook]
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, SteelBooks on July 19th, 2009
Another TF1 Vidéo publishing. This time of the movie Valkyrie due to be released on September 23rd in a classy SteelBook.
Check it out:
News, new s, ne ws
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, SteelBooks on July 16th, 2009
Okay, where to start? First, I’ll just tell you about my 4 recent Steels. Here they are pictured:
Wo Hu Cang Long / Les Femmes de l’Ombre
Highlander (The Immortal Edition) / Crank
In other news, it seems that there will be a Play.com Exclusive of the newest Star Trek movie. I’ll update the page with a release date as soon as I have one. It’ll come with a Digital Copy of the movie.
EDIT: That didn’t take long. The movie is set to be released on November 2nd for £17.99.
Terminator Salvation Steelbook
Posted by admin in Blu-ray, SteelBooks on July 10th, 2009
With no set release date, Play.com have announced a new exclusive to their Blu-ray SteelBook lineup with the latest Terminator movie in the saga: Terminator Salvation. Pre-order: Terminator Salvation (Terminator 4) (Exclusive Play.com Steelbook) (Blu-ray).
Here’s the TBC artwork:
Credit to jojo.
EDIT: Release date and price updated (November 23rd for £17.99)