Christopher Nolan / 23 Jan 2015

Interstellar Blu-rays Detailed

Christopher Nolan's space drama lands multiple home video releases.

By Max Nicholson

Interstellar is inbound for a Blu-ray and DVD release on March 31, with an early Digital HD release set for March 17. In addition to a three-disc Blu-ray Combo Pack with UltraViolet and three hours of behind-the-scenes bonus content, the film is also getting exclusive Blu-rays from Walmart, Target, Best Buy and Amazon.

Walmart's set comes in collectible Neo packaging and includes Interstellar: Beyond Time and Space, a 48-page book; the Target set comes in collectible SteelBook packaging; Best Buy's set has two additional featurettes; and Amazon's offering comes with a pre-order incentive: instantly watch a featurette from the national bonus content when you pre-order the Blu-ray.



Walmart-exclusive Interstellar Neo Blu-ray



Target-exclusive Interstellar SteelBook Blu-ray

Additionally, all exclusives and the national release come packed with a 70MM IMAX film cell (while supplies last).

The Combo Packs include the following special features:

•The Science of Interstellar - Extended cut of the broadcast special.

•Plotting an Interstellar Journey - Discusses the film's origins, influences and narrative designs.

•Life on Cooper's Farm - Bringing Americana and the grounded nature of a farm to a sci-fi space movie.

•The Dust - Learn how cast and crew avoided sand blindness, and see how to create, and clean up after, a catastrophic dust storm.

•TARS and CASE - Designing and building these unique characters and how they were brought to life on set and in the film.

•Cosmic Sounds - The concepts, process, and recording of Hans Zimmer's unforgettable score.

•The Space Suits - A look at the design and build of the suits and helmets, and what it was like to wear them.

•The Endurance - Explore this massive set with a guided tour by production designer Nathan Crowley.

•Shooting in Iceland: Miller’s Planet/Mann's Planet - Travel with the cast and crew to Iceland and see the challenges they faced in creating two vastly different worlds in one country.

•The Ranger and the Lander - A look at the other two spaceships in the film.

•Miniatures in Space - Marvel at the large-scale models used in the explosive docking sequence.

•The Simulation of Zero-G - Discover the various methods that the filmmakers used to create a zero gravity environment.

•Celestial Landmarks - Explore how the filmmakers used practical special effects informed by real scientific equations to give the illusion of real space travel for both the actors and the audience.

•Across All Dimensions and Time - A look at the concept and design of the Tesseract, which incorporated a practical set rather than a green screen.

•Final Thoughts - The cast and crew reflect back on their Interstellar experience.

•Theatrical Trailers

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and ordered SteelBook™. obviously. look forward to this!

So Best Buy is the way to go to get all the features. Ok.

Meh. Amazon will probably be cheaper so I'll order it from them.

I was frustrated enough with parts of this movie that it will probably be the first movie from Nolan that I haven't purchased right away. I'll probably get it when it's super cheap.

I pre-ordered the Amazon one.

Walmart wins this one for me, but I'm a sucker for extra features. Might be a toss up between that and Best Buy. I still haven't seen it.

Steelbook for me for sure

The only extra "features" in the Walmart set are the packaging and the 48-page book. Nothing extra on the discs themselves.

so wait - I'm confused --- Walmart's edition is the only one with the 70mm cell - right?

From the way I read it... seems like they...all have a film cell? The national and exclusives is what what it said. Reads like they all have them...but.... I don't know really.

Pictures and descriptions in the article are confusing, but per the write-up, it does say this: "Additionally, all exclusives and the national release come packed with a 70MM IMAX film cell (while supplies last)."

this shall be mine

Yeah, I realize that. I'm one of the few people that like that magnet packaging, though.

Based on reactions I've seen, response is positive towards that case.

Curious what they do with the sound (anyone who saw the film in Imax knows that during action scenes, the dialogue was not mixed very loud, & that lead to complaints amongst fans)

Also will this contain the 'imax' version? where the imax scenes cut to 1:78

Yes, it will.

Gah! So many choices! Lots of reading to do.

I like the Wal-Mart one the best, but I'd rather not have to step inside a WM...

+1

Can you not order it online?

Ew, and be in WM's database, and give them my home info?

They already have my info via Vudu. Damn dirty apes

review

+2. Even ordering online, I hate to line their pockets. Decisions, decisions.