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Old 12-22-07, 01:20 AM
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Beowulf: DC --> Feb. 26, 2008!

Paramount will release a standard widescreen, director's cut and HD-DVD version on Feb. 26th.....known specs so far:

• Featurette: A Heroes Journey: The Making of Beowulf
• Featurette: Beasts of Burden
• Featurette: The Origins of Beowulf
• Featurette: Creating the Ultimate Beowulf
• Featurette: The Art of Beowulf
• Additional Scenes: Wealthow Shows Beowulf the Sundial
• Additional Scenes: Beowulf Boasts to the People of Herot
• Additional Scenes: Celebration and Seduction
• Additional Scenes: Wulfgar Greets Beowulf at the Stockade
• Additional Scenes: Beowulf's Day Unferth Finds the Horn
• Additional Scenes: Cain on the Barrows (Original)
• Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
• Easter Eggs: Coffee Break with John Malkovich
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Ill have to give this one another view. The first time was just okay. Thanks for the update.
Old 12-22-07, 01:39 AM
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I loved it glad its on HD dvd. Angelie Jolie was really amazing in it.
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Have not seen this on the big screen. Maybe I'll give it a shot.
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I KNEW there would be a director's cut, given all the deleted material Roger Avary talks about.

I'm surpised they're not including a "A Hero Comes Home" music video.
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Have not seen this on the big screen. Maybe I'll give it a shot.
You missed a treat. The presentation was awesome in IMAX 3D. In fact it was too awesome. I'm not sure if I'd enjoy it as much without the 3D so I might skip the home release.
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Is this director's cut going to remedy the annoying Austin Powers-style fight scene in the mead hall? I'm not saying I necessarily wanted to see 3-D motion-capture shlong, but the fact that he was running around naked, doing battle, always with other stuff convienently placed to block his stuff only drew more attention, and was unintentionally funny. IMO, they should've either gone all out with that scene, or just put a loin cloth on him, and forget the fact that he was naked in the original story. The Austin Powers business was very distracting, and pretty stupid.
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I saw this in 3-D aspect of it was cool, the film itself was weak. I'll pass.
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It is possible to replicate the digital 3d on a dvd ?
Old 12-23-07, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by JiM T
Is this director's cut going to remedy the annoying Austin Powers-style fight scene in the mead hall? I'm not saying I necessarily wanted to see 3-D motion-capture shlong, but the fact that he was running around naked, doing battle, always with other stuff convienently placed to block his stuff only drew more attention, and was unintentionally funny.
I'm pretty sure it was intentionally funny. Or trying to be, anyways...

This film will really suffer without the 3D but I liked it enough to check out the director's cut.
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Don't have an IMAX near me that showed it, but I thought it looked good on a regular projector in the theater. I'll be picking up the DC.
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Originally Posted by Mao
Paramount will release a standard widescreen, director's cut and HD-DVD version on Feb. 26th.....known specs so far:
What version is the HD DVD?
Old 12-24-07, 06:52 AM
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After seeing it in IMAX, I can't see watching it on DVD.
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The Cow,

That would be the Director's Cut...found some more specs for the HD release:

• Featurette: A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
• Featurette: In The Volume
• Featurette: The Volume
• Other: Web Enabled Features (TBA)
• Other: Web Enabled Features (TBA)
• Featurette: "T" Time
• Featurette: What is the E.O.G.?
• Featurette: Lay of the Land
• Featurette: Givin' Props
• Featurette: Scanners
• Featurette: Stunts and Rigs
• Featurette: Plan of Attack
• Featurette: Fight Me
• Featurette: Baby It's Cold Outside
• Featurette: Beasts of Burden
• Featurette: The Origins of Beowulf
• Featurette: Creating the Ultimate Beowulf
• Featurette: The Art of Beowulf
• Featurette: A Conversation with Robert Zemeckis
• Additional Scenes: Grendel Runs Towards Hero
• Additional Scenes: Hrothgar Awakened by Unferth
• Additional Scenes: Scylding's watch Escorts Beowulf
• Additional Scenes: Wealthow Shows Beowulf the Sundial
• Additional Scenes: Beowulf Boasts to the People of Herot
• Additional Scenes: Beowulf Hammers Grendel's Arm
• Additional Scenes: Celebration and Seduction
• Additional Scenes: Wulfgar Greets Beowulf at the Stockade
• Additional Scenes: Beowulf's Day Unferth Finds the Horn
• Additional Scenes: Cain on the Barrows (Original)
• Additional Scenes: Cain on the Barrows (Alternate)
• Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
• Easter Eggs: Coffee Break with John Malkovich
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I'm in.
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Great to watch in 3D IMAX.
Not so sure I want to watch this in my home.
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Wonder if the DC will be UNRATED. The liquid gold could ALL run off Angelina instead of stopping at just the right places for a PG-13 rating.
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Originally Posted by Neeb
Great to watch in 3D IMAX.
Not so sure I want to watch this in my home.
I have to say even though the IMAX screen was larger, I found the Dolby Digital 3D less eyestraining. Double imaging was much more prevailent (and annoying) in the IMAX engagement than the DLP-3D

is there a running time for the Director's cut of 'Beowulf' - I read early on, that some of the violence would have resulted in the film being R-rated.
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Originally Posted by VoreLord
It is possible to replicate the digital 3d on a dvd ?
I have the same question.
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I have the same question.
Me too
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It is not possible to recreate the dual projector polarized 3D system used in BEOWULF on DVD. And that's a shame.
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never seen it. ill rent it tho
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I couldn't imagine seeing Beowulf in 2D instead of 3D

In 3D, it was less like just watching a movie and more like an event! It'll lose too much in the transition.
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Here's the artwork for all 3 releases:

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/beowulf.html
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Originally Posted by Tom Woodward
Here's the artwork for all 3 releases:

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/beowulf.html
oh my a Dolby DigitalTrueHD track for the HD-DVD edition - way cool!

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