Thedigitalbits.com is reporting that Sony is planning to release Rent on Feb. 28th.

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents

hope there are some interesting extras.

Hope there's a second disc with a complete stage-filming of the original cast...

that would be cool. (but sadly a pipe dream IMO).

I think I will rent Rent

Not knowing the story previously I went into this movie expecting something completely different, but inturn watched one of the most interesting and insightful stories of the year... a definate buy for me.

The only movie I've seen twice in the theater all year. Wonderful film.

same here, I actually enjoyed it more the second time around.

If it's true, DAY-UMMMMMMM that was fast.

Although given Sony's track record, I have a feeling that this will be a "slimmed-down" version and the SE version will be released six months later. They can use the song from the movie Team America as part of the new "nickname" trend for the SE.

I've seen materials which have this coming on 2/21, not 2/28......nonetheless, expect it to be announced the second week of January.

Can't wait for this, although I was surprised it didn't do a little better at the box office. I thought the ad campaign on tv was excellent and the trailers were really fun and emotional at the same time. *shrugs*

+Danny

This is great news for my wife....she really wants to see this and catching it at the theater isn't going to happen for us.

Coming Soon

Rent: "Everyone Has AIDS" Edition!!

It's actually due on 2/21 according to press materials.

Great news! It's not out til April over here in Cinemas - so this is a definate buy for me

I hope they do have some good extras on it, like some of the deleted songs.

And HOPEFULLY, Sony will start putting the original trailers on the DVD! I don't wanna buy Bewitched just so I can have the Memoirs of a Geisha trailer.

I haven't seen the movie or the play
How does this compare with Angels in America?
I know Rent is a musical but both are about AIDS in the 80's.

Does anyone have any news on the features for the release?

I was wondering the same thing. Nothing has been announced and the DVD comes out in less than two months.

However, that seems to be the trend now. Waiting... comes out in four weeks, but it's features weren't announced until the end of December. Serenity wasn't announced until early November for a mid-Decemeber release date. And so on and so on.

Really wish I caught this in theaters now but oh well. Critics didn't seem to like it even though it has been a while since a good musical has come out. Hell, I even got out to go see Phantom of the Opera despite how trashed that got and that wasn't so good so maybe I was wiser this year.

Fuck the critics on this one. Most of them admitted in their reviews that they never saw the stage version. I've seen both and both were fantastic (though the stage version does win out). This is unlike Phantom of the Opera (where I've seen both -- the stage version is okay and the film turned to shit after the first act).

Granted, Rent as a film is different than the original musical, but it is a change that works on film. The stage version is a complete rock opera, but the film is more of a drama with musical interludes (which makes more sense considering rock operas don't transition over to film that well). The changes Columbus and company seemed to make might've sounded drastic, but they work all the better. The only thing I could've asked for was that the film would've been better if more work placed on the film's editing.

Features and specs will be announced on Monday...

For a brief while, Amazon listed this as a two-disc set.

It's available as a stand alone Special Edition DVD ($20.27) or on a double feature DVD ($25.87)with "Godspell" or "Tommy", according to CD Universe.

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinf...99038302&BAB=E

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinf...99038302&BAB=E

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinf...99038302&BAB=E