Letters From Iwo Jima Details and Artwork
04-02-07, 01:55 PM
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Letters From Iwo Jima Details and Artwork
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Just a quick note to let you know that a two-disc special edition of Letters From Iwo Jima has been announced for the 22nd May. A five-disc collection containing both films will also be available. Full details below:
The artwork can be found here: http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releas...-iwo-jima.html
Just a quick note to let you know that a two-disc special edition of Letters From Iwo Jima has been announced for the 22nd May. A five-disc collection containing both films will also be available. Full details below:
Warner Home Video has today officially announced Letters From Iwo Jima which stars Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, and Ryo Kase. The two-disc special edition will be available to own from the 22nd May, and should retail at around $34.99. The film will be presented in 2.40:1 anamorphic widescreen, along with a Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. English subtitles will be provided. Extras will include a Red Sun, Black Sand: Making of Letters from Iwo Jima documentary, a Faces of Combat: The Cast of Letters from Iwo Wima documentary, a still photo montage, the November 2006 World Premiere at Budo-kan in Tokyo, and a November 2006 press conference. HD DVD and Blu-ray releases will be available for $39.99 and $34.95 respectively. The extra material will be identical.
Also available from the 22nd May will be a five-disc Commemorative Collector's Edition which includes Letters From Iwo Jima, along with Flags of our Fathers, and the compelling bonus disc Heroes Of Iwo Jima. This includes a deeply moving A&E documentary (narrated by Gene Hackman), and the Oscar Nominated 1945 short film To the Shores of Iwo Jima. Retail will be $49.96
04-02-07, 01:59 PM
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We all suspected there would be a Flags/Letters combo set in the future -- glad to hear its coming out the same day as the Flags and Letters respective 2-disc sets, and also with a bonus 5th disc.
04-02-07, 02:19 PM
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I am ecstastic these are coming out! Looking forward to picking up the 5-disc edition. If the 5 disc edition is retailing for about 50 bucks, I suspect that Best Buy and Circuit City will probably have it around 37-39 bucks.
04-02-07, 02:26 PM
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This five disc set could be one of the nicest dvd releases of the year. I'm glad I held off on purchasing Flags of our Fathers, as I anticipated a nicer release, but this sounds awesome!
04-02-07, 02:29 PM
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Wow, I didn't expect these to get packaged together since they are distributed by different studios. However, Warner has worked out deals in the past (Wolfgang Peterson Collection, Oliver Stone Collection), so I guess it shouldn't be too surprising.
04-02-07, 02:30 PM
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Egad. I was looking to save up a lot of dough for the Leones in June. But that 5-Disc'er looks like it's gonna take a chunk out of the savings!
04-02-07, 03:03 PM
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Nice. And with a SRP of $34.99, probably could find it for $25 I would guess...
04-02-07, 03:12 PM
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I'm in for the 5-discer. The picture of the box isn't exactly breathtaking though, hopefully it looks better in person. Either way... should be one hell of a set.
04-02-07, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Apone
Looks like I'm the only one who dislikes the set cover.
I'm in the the 5-disc set
04-02-07, 06:19 PM
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And that's exactly what I've been waiting for. I held off on Flags Of Our Fathers knowing there would be a combo (and it was just an awful DVD). People kept saying it wouldn't happen because of the studio issue, but I knew they'd figure something out. It's too damn obvious to not combine them into a single release.
I'll definitely be grabbing the 5 disc somewhere.
I'll definitely be grabbing the 5 disc somewhere.
04-02-07, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by TomOpus
It's not a horrible cover... they just took the lazy way out. There's always the chance it could change between now and release day.