Blueberry DVD announcement
 

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In the last bit of news for tonight Jan Kounen's (DOBERMANN) latest film BLUEBERRY will be released on DVD- October 13 in France. Starring Vincent Cassel (La Haine, Brotherhood of the Wolf) and Michael Madsen this film has not been screened in the US as of yet though we already have a distirb.

The film is English friendly so this should be good news (unless we are served with forced French subs)

Official film site here- (with the pilot trailer)

http://www.blueberry-lefilm.com/#

http://www.cinemovies.fr/fiche_multi...hp?IDfilm=2400


Cheers,
Pro-B

I'm guessing there isn't going to be a theatrical release for America?

I think there is supposed to be one, at least with all the american actors in it. Ill definatley be importing this as it will probably hit video overseas before any theatrical US release.

I am actually looking forward to see this film...I loved the comic books.

Cheers :beer:

DVD Smurf :)

There is going to be one, but no confirmed dates yet. I did say above that we already have a distrib (a very small independent company).

Pro-B

This will be my first french dvd, as long as there are no damned forced french subtitles.

Man I can't wait for this. Cassel is one of my favorite actores. But from what I've heard & read the movie actually isn't too good.

I like Cassel - but I really did not like Dobberman at all (same director).

Nice news! :up:

I'm a fan of the Moebius comic, so I've been really wanting to see this film.

If youre a fan of the books dont see this film, you know youre in trouble when the opening title says "Loosely based" on the Moebius strip. This movie has to go down in history as one of the most wasted oppurtunities in film. You have a great action director (i loved Dobermann), one of the coolest actors around(Cassel looking like a young Eastwood in shots), some truly awe inspiring vistas and a great supporting cast ( Djimon Honsou, Michael Madsen, Geoffrey and Juliette Lewis, Ernest Borgnine, Tcheky Karyo, Colm Meaney, Temuera Morrison and Eddie Izzard) and yet they all get lost in what amounts to a 2 hour peyote trip. No doubt the FX in the end are magnificent but is that what we went in to see? A damn, crying shame.

I wanted to ask if any of you had seen this movie, and if some one knows about the other languages besides English in the film, which are they? are there any? if there are, are they really crucial to the understanding of the plot? . Thanks.

The movie is basically all English with some Native American thrown in, the print i saw had no subs on it, which at first I thought was intentional then i realized that there should be some subs in here for plot's sake, although i did read a review where it said some of the Indian dialect is left unsubbed intentionally. I pretty much got the gist of what was going on but you should see it with subs to get the whole plot's finer points. Movie still sucks ass though, although I still cant believe it.

It's available on DVD in Korea:

http://www.dvdheaven.com/list_detail.php?idx=%208647

I will most certainly pick it up and then buy the French set (I am extremely curious as to what master the Koreans are going to use for it). If it is not a PAL to NTSC port I might even keep the set.

Thank's for the info Merdalf

Pro-B

Pro-b, did u see the movie?

no....and I am not familiar with the comic either...so this will be a one-way experience for me (I am aware of the shaky reviews...):)

Pro-B

Game? do you mean the comic? Wel, I hope its a better experience for you than it was for me.

yes...i meant the comic...:o

Pro-B

I saw it yesterday, and it´s bullshit. A waste od time, go for another movie http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

Best. Review. EVER!

My feelings exactly.

Has anyone picked up the Korean release yet? Reviews?

thanks



From someone who is a big Moebius fan (he wrote and drew the original comics) and thus has an interest in seeing this film!

Does a legit Korean release even exist? It was apparently released a week ago, and only DVDHeaven shows any info about it.

Litza, if you're a fan of Moebius' work on Blueberry then prepared to be extremely disappointed as this movie has no relationship at all with that work.

Well, I'm a fan of Moebius in general, and from what its sounds like, its a very Moebius-like film. Just not like his realistic work that he signs "Jean Giraud". One of the reviews I read compared it to El Topo, which is interesting because El Topo's director, Alejandro Jodorowsky, has worked with Moebius on various graphic novels.

When I saw Jan Kounen speak before at a screening of Doberman, he went to great lengths to express his fondness for Moebius' work.

With all this going for it, I think the worse this movie can be would be a fascinating failure.

Does anyone know what Moebius' opinion of the film was/is?

Well, the trippy visuals while they smoke peyote are reminiscent of some of Moebius' more out there work. I think Moebius has gone on record as approving of the film. And in my opinion it is a fascinating failure.

I see it's no longer listed at koreandvds.com

region ALL-

via dvdasian:

"Please note: Limited Edition

This title is strictly limited to stock on hand and will soon be unavailable.
After our stock is depleted, this title will no longer be available.
If you want this collectible item, we suggest you order it immediately before it's too late."


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Pro-B

Thanks Pro-B....already placed my order.

If you check the Board, the webmaster said that the title is OOP....something about that the studio only made 500 pressings

Great. Another title that is going to be selling for obscenely high prices on ebay in a couple of months.

Only to be nearly worthless a few months after that when the uber-deluxe triple disc American version is announced.

SHIT! I had a chance to pick up all the Moebius collected comic books for like $2 each and I didn't... Now I'm regretting it!!!

Just looked at the www.dvdasian.com website....sold out.

whew! I just ordered it yesterday. here's hoping that I get it.

and thanks to those here who tipped the rest of us off on this title, now when it turns out to be horrible. we know who to blaim (just kidding)

Hmmmmm....

I placed my order yesterday, got an email yesterday, but no shipping confirmation today.

I'll take you up on your offer of where to buy it


[email protected]

Spoke too soon, I just got my confirmation in the mail a few moments ago.

candyrocketman
Can I take you up on your offer? :)

I just sent you an email

Better be rent it, I won´t buy this "thing"http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

I dont want to harp on this movie more than I already did, I just cant wait for others to see it so I can either be proven wrong or justified in what I said.

Cover work for the upcoming French disc which according to RAMA will have a number of sub options-

http://www.dvdrama.com/imagescrit/blueberryz2collhd.jpg


Street date is October 13.
An extended Director's cut is also mentioned (however the producers of the DVD unfortunately refused to provide one for the upcoming release...) Here are the extras that should appear on this release-

# Making of
# Module effets spéciaux
# Documentaire sur le tournage réalisé par Anne Paris
# Teasers réalisés par jan Kounen et Promo Reel
# Projets d'affiches


Pro-B

Korean release is shown to be instock here:
http://www.dvdfromkorea.com/shop/p_d...20Movie&genre=

Don't have any info on the site.