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Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Universal Studios' Second Wave of HD DVDs for September

Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced that the following titles will be released in high-definition exclusively on HD DVD, this September 25. Each disc will be priced at $29.98 SRP. None of them will be released on the HD DVD/DVD Combo discs.

Universal Studios continue to embrace lossless audio as a standard feature on its catalog releases with all the titles announced for release on Sept 25 containing Dolby TrueHD lossless audio. Bonus materials from the respective title's DVD release are expected to be present on these HD DVD versions.

Cat People HD DVD [Removed from September 25 release slate]

  • 1080p High Definition Widescreen 1.85:1
  • Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (English) & Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 (English)
  • English [SDH] & French subtitles
  • Bonus material includes
    - Feature Commentary with Director Paul Schrader
    - Cat People: An Intimate Portrait by Paul Schrader
    - On the Set with Director Paul Schrader
    - Special Makeup Effects by Artist Tom Burman
    - Cat People Matte Paintings
    - Filmmaker Robert Wise on the producer of the Original Cat People - Val Lewton
    - Production Photographs
    - Theatrical Trailer

The Getaway (1994) - Uncut/Unrated HD DVD

  • 1080p High Definition Widescreen 2.35:1
  • Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (English) & Dolby Digital-Plus (5.1 English & 2.0 French)
  • English [SDH] & French subtitles

Patch Adams HD DVD

  • 1080p High Definition Widescreen 1.85:1
  • Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (English) & Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 (English & French)
  • English [SDH] & French subtitles
  • Bonus material includes
    - Feature Commentary with Director Tom Shadyac
    - The Medicinal Value of Laughter: Making of Patch Adams
    - Photo Montage
    - Outtakes
    - Deleted Scenes
    - Storyboards & Final Feature Comparison
    - Theatrical Trailer

Details of Universal Studios' Announced Wave 1 HD DVDs available here.

Our HD DVD Release List has been updated with all the latest announcements. Stay tuned as we'll update this blogpost when we have further updates on Universal Studios' September HD DVD releases.

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