Batman: The Movie Coming To Blu-Ray July 1st!
HOLY HIGH DEFINITION, BATMAN! BATMAN: THE MOVIE -- SPECIAL EDITION BLU-RAY DISC
The 1966 Caped-Crusading Classic Starring Adam West Dashes Onto Blu-Ray Disc July 1 From Fox Home Entertainment!
Dynamic Disc Features New, Exclusive High Definition Extras, Plus A BD Industry First, Nelson Riddle’s Cool Jazz Score Presented As An Isolated Music Track In Lossless Audio!
The 1966 Caped-Crusading Classic Starring Adam West Dashes Onto Blu-Ray Disc July 1 From Fox Home Entertainment!
Dynamic Disc Features New, Exclusive High Definition Extras, Plus A BD Industry First, Nelson Riddle’s Cool Jazz Score Presented As An Isolated Music Track In Lossless Audio!
CENTURY CITY, Calif. – Citizens of Gotham City shall fear not when the heroic Caped Crusader and his crime-fighting chum, Boy Wonder, stop dastardly villains from de-hydrating the planet in the original full-length bat-film, BATMAN: THE MOVIE SPECIAL EDITION, arriving on high definition Blu-Ray Disc for the first time July 1st from Fox Home Entertainment. Starring Adam West (Batman) and Burt Ward (Robin), this 1966 spin-off of the popular “Batman” television series features all four of the hero’s most diabolical and cunning adversaries: the clown prince of crime, The Joker (Cesar Romero); the count of criminal conundrums, The Riddler (Frank Gorshin); the pompous waddling master of fowl play, The Penguin (Burgess Meredith); and the fiendish feline, The Catwoman (Lee Meriwether). Directed by Leslie H. Martinson (PT 109, Rescue from Gilligan’s Island), who later won a Golden Gryphon for his efforts, the colorful and over-the-top film featured a groovy and swank score by Academy Award® winner* Nelson Riddle.
Brimming with brand new and exclusive high definition bat-features, the Blu-ray Disc includes “Batman: A Dynamic Legacy,” a tribute to the caped crusader and look at Gotham’s evil villains in “Gotham City’s Most Wanted”; a 360 degree navigational tour of the Batmobile; and an isolated score in 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio (Lossless), an industry first for Blu-Ray Disc that allows viewers to listen to the score only. The Special Edition also includes interviews and commentary by actors West, Ward, and screenwriter Lorenzo Semple, Jr., featurettes, trivia track, galleries and trailers.
The BATMAN: THE MOVIE SPECIAL EDITION Blu-Ray Disc will be available for the suggested retail price of $39.98 U.S. / $49.98 Canada. Prebook is June 4th.
DVD Special Features:
The Batman: The Movie Special Edition Blu-Ray Disc is presented in widescreen with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Audio, English and French Mono and includes English, French and Spanish subtitles. Bonus features include:
• Commentary by actors Adam West and Burt Ward
• Commentary by screenwriter Lorenzo Semple, Jr.
• Isolated Score Track 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio (Lossless)
• All-new high-definition featurettes:
o Batman: A Dynamic Legacy
o Caped Crusaders: A Heroes Tribute
o Gotham City’s Most Wanted
• 2001 35th Anniversary Piece Featuring Interviews with Adam West and Burt Ward
• The Batmobile Revealed with George Barris
• The Batmobile Interactive Tour – A 360 Degree Navigational Tour
• BATMAN on Location: Mapping the Movie
• Holy Pop-Up Trivia Track, Batman!
• Original Teaser and Theatrical Trailers
• Galleries:
o From the Vaults of Adam West
o Interactive Pressbook
o Posters
o Production Stills
o Behind the Scenes
o Premiere
Synopsis
The four greatest super-criminals of The United Underworld - The Catwoman, The Joker, The Riddler and The Penguin – combine forces to dispose of Batman and Robin as they launch their fantastic plot to control the entire world. Can the dynamic duo stop The United Underworld before it’s too late?
A recognized global industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC (TCFHE) is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) as well as acquisitions and original productions. The company also releases all products around the globe for MGM Home Entertainment. Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty stores and e-commerce throughout the world. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC is a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, a News Corporation company.
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BATMAN: THE MOVIE -- SPECIAL EDITION BLU-RAY DISC
Street Date: July 1, 2008
Pre-book Date: June 4, 2008
DVD Price: $39.98 U.S. / $49.98 Canada
Catalog #: 2252370
Total Running Time: 105 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Closed Captioned: Yes
Check out this Batman featurette, "Surviving the Set", "Theater of the Absurd", and "Becoming Robin", all on YouTube!
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posted by Jeff Pidgeon at
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8 Comments:
Scratching my head and thinking "is this why I purchased a Sony Blu-Ray player?"
Actually, I enjoy the campiness of the Batman movie and TV series, but I'm pretty sure I own the movie on standard DVD or VHS ...
I don't know whether I'll pick this one up (certainly not at $40), but I might rent the Blu-Ray release to check out the extras.
There's a slew of good and interesting films out there or coming soon to Blu-Ray. I'm certainly waiting for "Finding Nemo" (can it look any better?) and "Sleeping Beauty" (one of Sue's favorites) is a MUST from what I'm hearing.
I don't know if I'll be buying many Blu-Ray titles anytime soon - I'm starting to realize that I don't have a lot of time to watch films over and over like I used to. I'm just starting to pare down my standard DVD collection, because I have WAY more films than I need.
When I do go there, I'll probably get the Pixar films, not to mention Lawrence of Arabia, Blade Runner, Close Encounters, 2001... films that I think will really benefit from the format.
So far, though, most folks seem to agree that getting a PS3 is your best bet for a really good B-R player... and they're still $400. So... probably not real soon for me!
I have "Close Encounters" on Blu-Ray along with about 15 or so other titles (including "20 Million Miles to Earth," "The Searchers" and BBC's "Planet Earth" series).
When you adopt the format -- (Disney's hoping "Sleeping Beauty" will be the must-have title to boost sales of Blu-Ray players), I'll get you a list of my Blu-Ray library and loan them out to you, Roger and a few other people I know and trust.
Batman the Movie is all well and good, but I want to know when someone's going to release the complete TV series!
I'm torn on whether or not to begin a Blue Ray collection. Buying films from Itunes is pretty handy, too. Blue Ray is a pretty big investment right now, although you do get that amazing quality.
Batman the Movie is all well and good, but I want to know when someone's going to release the complete TV series!
It may be a while longer. As I understand it, the series is caught up in a big legal tangle due to music, and all those guest stars.
I'm torn on whether or not to begin a Blue Ray collection. Buying films from Itunes is pretty handy, too. Blue Ray is a pretty big investment right now, although you do get that amazing quality.
I know what you mean. I'm assuming there's a way to hook one's iPod up to a TV, right? I wouldn't want to watch every movie (or almost any, really) on a computer screen.
Batman: The Movie--IMHO the greatest Cape Crusader flick of 'em all!!!
Exploding octopuses, gnarling rubber sharks, flying umbrellas, dehydrated thugs--this movie has it all.
The extras seem to be the same batch from the older DVD release.
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