Upcoming UK Blu-ray Releases

[Justin101]

Waited over a year for The French Dispatch and it ends up being a barebones disc for £15, I should have just imported it last year.

Regarding Sleepy Hollow, it’s possibly a new transfer/master for this edition as it’s now available in a 4k version digitally! I was going to buy it as it’s around a fiver but just waiting until I have the time to watch it.

[J Harker]

I do wish Tim Burton would return to something like Sleepy Hollow. That dark gothic style. His last truly great film for me was Sweeney Todd.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

Waited over a year for The French Dispatch and it ends up being a barebones disc for £15, I should have just imported it last year.

Regarding Sleepy Hollow, it’s possibly a new transfer/master for this edition as it’s now available in a 4k version digitally! I was going to buy it as it’s around a fiver but just waiting until I have the time to watch it.

Read the reverse sleeve on Amazon and there's no mention of it being a new transfer.

They usually like to big these things up.

[Susan Foreman]

'Mad Heidi' (2022) - Special edition Blu-Ray / DVD / Soundtrack CD pre-order available from Mad Heidi direct - £46:00

Release date: Mid March

Special features and specs:

• Limited Edition of 2'000 (individually numbered with holographic sticker)
• 4-disc Mediabook edition with the movie on Blu-ray and DVD, a Bonus Blu-ray with more extras, a Soundtrack CD, and a 28-page booklet
• Audio versions: English (original), German, French, Spanish
• Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Japanese
• Making Of documentary (21:52)
• "The films that inspired us" (2:22)
• Director's diaries (5 episodes)
• Stunt reel (08:02)
• VFX breakdown (04:04)
• Interview with Alice Lucy and David Schofield (16:14)
• Interview with Casper Van Dien (04:05)
• Audio Commentary with the directors Johannes Hartmann and Sandro Klopfstein
• Audio commentary with Alice Lucy (Heidi), Casper Van Dien (President Meili), and the directors Johannes Hartmann and Sandro Klopfstein
• Funding Teaser, Teaser, Trailer
• Trailer in Spanish, French and German
• Easter Egg
• Blu-ray region: multiregion (A/B/C)
• DVD region: 25fps PAL, code-free (region code 0)

[Susan Foreman]

'Three Colours Trilogy' - 7-disc 4K UHD / Blu-Ray combo pre-order available from Amazon UK - £79.99

Release date: April 17

"Available for the first time in the UK in 4K Ultra HD, this crisp restoration of Krzysztof Kieślowski's award-winning trilogy explores the French Revolutionary ideals of freedom, equality and brotherhood, and their relevance to the contemporary world. It is a snapshot of European life at a time of reconstruction after the Cold War, reflected through the filmmaker's moralist view of human nature and illuminated by each title's palette colour."

Features:

• One 4K Ultra HD disc of each film: New 4K restoration presented in Dolby Vision HDR, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD sound, English & optional English SDH subtitles
• One Blu-Ray disc of each film with 5.1 surround DTS-HD sound and Special Features.
• 5 Art cards each illustrated by a different artist
• 32 pages booklet including new interview with Julie Delpy
• Digipack and hardcover slipcase in a canvas Curzon Collection slipcase

Special features:

• Three cinema lessons with Krzysztof Kieślowski
• Interviews with Juliette Binoche, Julie Delpy, Irène Jacob, editor Jacques Witta & producer Marin Karmitz
• Making of & Cannes Featurette
• Theatrical Trailers

Bonus Blu-Ray Disc:

• 10 short films by Kieślowski: The Office (1966), The Tram (1966), Concert of Requests (1967), I Was a Soldier (1971), Factory (1971), Hospital (1977), Seven Women of Different Ages (1979), From a Night Porter’s Point of View (1979), Railway Station (1980), Talking Heads (1980)
• 2 Additional short films: The Musicians (1958), by Kieślowski's teacher and mentor | The Face (1966), starring Kieślowski
• Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieślowski (Documentary, 2005)
• Slavoj Žižek on Krzysztof Kieślowski (extract from The Pervert's Guide to Cinema, 2005)
• In Search of Kieślowski: A Restoration Project (2021)

[nicholasrope]

All this recent Avatar 2 talk has reminded me, there's still no trace of a DVD/Blu-Ray release. Not that I'm bothered but I'm guessing that they want all the Disney+ subscriptions.

Would have thought that James Cameron might have insisted on it being released on physical media.

Also after looking on the coming soon page on HMV, it appears that Wanted Dead Or Alive and Gothic are coming out as well as American Flyers and Matador (Warner Bros Archive Collection)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by nicholasrope

Also after looking on the coming soon page on HMV, it appears that Wanted Dead Or Alive and Gothic are coming out as well as American Flyers and Matador (Warner Bros Archive Collection)

There's a fair bit of happiness over in the BFI thread regarding Gothic's impending release.

[J Harker]

Is Cameron that worried about physical media? I've been waiting for a decent release of The Abyss forever. True Lies is another that's long long overdue a UK blu.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by J Harker

Is Cameron that worried about physical media? I've been waiting for a decent release of The Abyss forever. True Lies is another that's not long long overdue a UK blu.

My thoughts too.

[J Harker]

I still have the original 2 disc dvd of The Abyss that came out around 2001. Even that release didn't have the decency to have a proper wide-screen transfer.

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