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Post by GL on Apr 3, 2007 10:37:21 GMT -5
The time is coming near for the release (or re-re-release) of two entries in this great series: the original Phantasm and Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead. Just thought I'd remind everyone with some special features and more:
PHANTASM will sport a 1.85:1 transfer with Dolby Digital Surround 5.1 EX, DTS 5.1 and Dolby 2.0 Surround soundtracks, plus the following special features:
• Audio commentary by writer/director Don Coscarelli and stars Michael Baldwin, Angus Scrimm and Bill Thornbury
• Deleted scenes
• PHANTASM: Behind the Scenes featurette
• PHANTASM: Actors Having a Ball featurette
• Phantasmagoria featurette
• PHANTASM and PHANTASM III trailers
• TV Spots
• 1979 PHANTASM interview
• 1988 FANGORIA TV commercial with Scrimm
Streets April 10th.
Phantasm III will be presented in anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen with Dolby 5.1, DTS 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo audio tracks; extras include:
• Audio commentary by stars Michael Baldwin and Angus Scrimm
• PHANTASM III: Behind the Scenes featurette
• Deleted scene
• PHANTASM and PHANTASM III trailers
• DVD-ROM screenplay
Also streets April 10th.
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Post by Canetoad on Apr 3, 2007 19:19:16 GMT -5
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Post by GL on Apr 4, 2007 10:53:25 GMT -5
Well, the sphere isn't R1, so we miss out on a lot of great stuff there, but this is the first time part 3 has one here, and the previous ones for the original are OOP so this isn't exactly double-dip for most of us.
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Post by Canetoad on Apr 7, 2007 6:25:43 GMT -5
Fair enough. Though you really should invest in an all regions player, or get the hack sode to turn your machine into one.
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Post by GL on Apr 7, 2007 11:05:19 GMT -5
I've been saving for one, but then some Euro-horror film gets released or LdC has a large sale and I spend most of what I've saved up on them. One of these days, I just have to learn to say "Maybe when I'm older, I can pick it up."
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Post by Canetoad on Apr 10, 2007 2:38:19 GMT -5
Never been very good at that sort of self-discipline. Mind you, when you are living in R4 land you'll miss out on too much if you can't import from a combination of the distributors simply not releasing here, or the films being refused classifiation in Australia (ie banned). Lucky Australian Customs is so bloody slack!  |
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Post by GL on Apr 10, 2007 10:57:01 GMT -5
And the part that really infuriates me is that I have a ton of discipline in so many other areas that I find it odd I can't when confronted with DVD purchasing. It's also to the point of addiction, but I don't have a problem. It's not like I'm spending rent money on the things.
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Post by GL on Apr 18, 2007 10:26:37 GMT -5
Some news on the behind-the-scenes making of these DVDs, as well as a couple of other little nuggets about the series as well as Bubba Nosferatu: www.fangoria.com/fearful_feature.php |
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Post by HNT on Apr 21, 2007 13:40:41 GMT -5
Well, this is dfinitely a bit o a double dip IMO, but that doesn't change the fact that some of the extras on these seem like they are gonna be really sweet. I think that Phantasm is popular enough, however, to warrant a R1 box set release. I don't intend to buy these until that happens, becaus that is innevitably coming and will be the most irritating double dip of all
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Post by Bone Daddy on Apr 22, 2007 9:11:48 GMT -5
I finally broke down and ordered the R2 Sphere Box set.
I don't see a R1 box set any time in the near or distant future.
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Post by GL on Apr 22, 2007 10:47:21 GMT -5
Well, this is dfinitely a bit o a double dip IMO, but that doesn't change the fact that some of the extras on these seem like they are gonna be really sweet. I think that Phantasm is popular enough, however, to warrant a R1 box set release. I don't intend to buy these until that happens, becaus that is innevitably coming and will be the most irritating double dip of all It's not a double-dip for me, though, as I was exposed to the genre at a time when the first one's DVD was already OOP and never had a chance to pick it up. I love that this is coming back into print, people in my position can finally get the chance to see what the old-timers have been going on lovingly about while they merely ramble on about how much they want to see this. |
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Post by HNT on Apr 22, 2007 12:49:45 GMT -5
that's true. Its just tha we all know that these re-releases are going to be compiled into a box set in the not too distant future so I plan to wait for that rather than get sucked into buying this twice. The film is definitely awesome and you should grab it
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Post by Canetoad on Apr 23, 2007 2:26:18 GMT -5
I finally broke down and ordered the R2 Sphere Box set. I don't see a R1 box set any time in the near or distant future. BD that is one investment you will not regret. Rolled gold Toad guarantee. |
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Post by GL on Apr 23, 2007 10:51:58 GMT -5
I'm with BD on this one, HNT. Parts 2 nad 4 should've been giving releases as well, yet Coscarelli has said that there was no plans he knows of to release those two (it's in the interview I posted) and the two are released through AB, while Part 2 is still over at Universal and is with MGM. That's three studios for the four films. Not likely to happen in the next couple of years.
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Post by HNT on Apr 23, 2007 13:52:32 GMT -5
well, that pretty much sucks. Now I have o consider buying these again. Oh well, they ae good flicks so i isn't gonna be money completely wasted. I wish the studios could see the value in working this ot, though, and sell their intersts to AB so they can produce a difinitive set
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