Upcoming UK Blu-ray Releases

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Freemantle have got to be taking this piss with their Straw Dogs BD "artwork". At least it's packed with extras!

Audio commentary by Katy Haber (Dialogue Director and Peckinpah's associate, close friend and PA)
Audio commentary by Peckinpah biographers Garner Simmons, David Weddle and Paul Seydor
Isolated Oscar nominated score by Jerry Fielding
2.0 Stereo audio
Optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired
Interviews with actress Susan George, producer Dan Melnick and Garner Simmons (author of “Peckinpah: A Portrait In Montage)
Stills galleries
Original US theatrical trailer
TV and radio spots
1971 on location documentary
Before and After restoration comparisons
Straw Dogs and the Censors
The Peckinpah-Pinter Letters
Sam and Dan correspondence
Why Call The Film Straw Dogs?
The Dan Melnick-BBFC Letters
The Times review and critic outrage
New York Times articles
1972 BBFC defence against local authority banning
1999 BBFC Home Video Statement
2002 BBFC Home Video Statement
2001 Uncut magazine feature
Consider This A Bad Review
The deleted Pub Scene
•Film facts and trivia

[PaulD]

That artwork is a bloody disgrace. The colour scheme is clearly done to capitalise on ther art for the remake

That's a great selection of extras though. Are some of them on the 2-disc dvd? I only own the bare bones R2 version so will ikely be picking this up.

[nekromantik]

im tempted to get straw dogs.
got some vouchers so ends up £9

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Hate the artwork, but love the extras. It's a tough choice, but the bonus features are slightly more important than the artwork, so it'll be a definite purchase.

[Rik]

That artwork looks like King Kong's nose!!

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

It's a tough choice, but the bonus features are slightly more important than the artwork, so it'll be a definite purchase.

I already have the original Freemantle dvd with the extras. This artwork is piss poor. The MGM blu-ray artwork is much better.


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[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs

I already have the original Freemantle dvd with the extras. This artwork is piss poor. The MGM blu-ray artwork is much better.


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I also have the Fremantle DVD, so may look at the MGM BD instead. I hope to review the UK BD, so I hope it has remastered picture and sound which is a real step up from the DVD.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Tbh, I'm not sure if this new BD (and 2 disc dvd) has more extras than the original dvd. I could still be tempted.


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[nekromantik]

Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs

Tbh, I'm not sure if this new BD (and 2 disc dvd) has more extras than the original dvd. I could still be tempted.


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here are the specs from the UK dvd

Rewind @ www.dvdcompare.net - Straw Dogs (1971)

[dream demon]

Originally Posted by nekromantik

am tempted to buy the pulp fiction steely!

I've pre-ordered it along with the X-Men: First Class steely ; if I don't like the X-Men it should be easy enough to move on.