Many of you have asked about a possible release of The Union outside North America and an eventual DVD/Blu-ray release. We we currently have offers pending, and plans are being formulated for both international airings and a DVD/Blu-ray release. We appreciate your patience and please stay tuned and we will provide more updates as they are available. Thanks.
Pearl Jam Twenty is now available for your viewing (or repeated viewing pleasure). To celebrate, there’s a couple of performance clips (from The Kids Are Twenty) out today too. “Last Exit” (above, courtesy of The Wall Street Journal) and “Not For You”, (exclusively over at IMDB.com). In North America, you can pick it up Pearl Jam Twenty and The Kids Are Twenty in the following ways:
The first details for the October 25th release of Pearl Jam Twenty on DVD and Blu-ray have been announced over at PearlJam.com. Of course, there will be a single disc DVD release and a single disc Blu-ray release. If you want to dig deeper, Ten Club/PearlJam.com will be offering 3 Disc Deluxe Versions on both DVD and Blu-ray. All versions with be region free. We’ll have more on the extras in the coming weeks, but here’s the initial specs:
As you know, Best Buy has had the exclusive rights to sell the Almost Famous (i.e. the Untitled Bootleg Cut) Blu-ray in North America since January. This will soon change as the film will be available everywhere beginning October 4, 2011. All special features and disc contents will be identical to the Best Buy release.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High makes its blu-ray debut today. The high definition picture is certainly a step up from the DVD, but this movie is nearly 29 years old (more on that next week), so don’t expect a pristine transfer. The movie was shot in the early 80s and film stock back then was a bit on the grainy side. So the grain you see is supposed to be there. Maybe at some point Universal will do a frame by frame restoration, but I don’t think Fast Times has ever looked better. In addition to the old special features, you’ll find some new bells and whistles such as a Picture in Picture (PIP) feature that includes extended interviews and outtakes (from the previously seen documentary that’s also included). Shortcomings? I’d like a better cover (how about using the theatrical poster?) and the deleted scenes, but there’s always the 30th anniversary, right?
You can find more details over at the Fast Times blu-ray page. Pick up your blu-ray in you live in North America today. Overseas readers, don’t forget that the UK and Australian versions came out on late last month.
Welcome to another edition of Inquire Within… Through your submissions, Cameron will answer your questions in his own words. The goal is to have a new question and answer posting every week or two leading up to the releases of Pearl Jam Twenty and We Bought a Zoo this fall and The Union early next year.
Justin Noszek: Singles is my all time favorite movie. Will there ever be an extended version released? Failing that, what about a Blu-ray? It would be a perfect tie in to Pearl Jam Twenty?
Cameron: I’m with you, Justin. Andy Fischer, who works with me running Vinyl Films, is digging into the vaults at Warner Brothers to see where the footage resides. We have all the concert footage – including KILLER stuff on Alice in Chains – but the outtake scenes themselves are waiting to be discovered. Some of Chris Cornell’s unreleased score will be in PJ20 – which is great because he’s a natural scoring artist and did GREAT stuff for the movie that was never used.
Citizen Dick wants a Singles Extended Cut!
Please send in your questions for Cameron and maybe yours will be part of a future installment of Inquire Within…
It’s now official. Universal has announced that Fast Times At Ridgemont High will arrive on Blu-ray on August 9th (in North America). While the deleted scenes are still MIA,they did include a few new special features. Preliminary artwork is pictured above. Here’s the important details from the official press release:
It seems that the Fast Times at Ridgemont High Blu-ray may finally be seeing the light of day. A UK release is scheduled for July 25th by Universal. The UK cover art is pictured above (funny how they are focusing on Spicoli and his buds with specific mentions of Nic Cage and Anthony Edwards). Expect Universal to also release the Blu-ray in North America and other countries this summer.
I don’t expect any new extras, but it will be great to see Fast Times in “high” definition 🙂 I thought I would be the first (of many) to do the corny “high” joke…
Stay tuned for contining coverage of the Fast Times Blu.
