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Monday, 14 January 2013 16:50

Universal sets Spielberg's Schindler's List for 20th Anniversary BD release on 3/5, plus Hitchcock & more!

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The big release news today is that Universal has officially unveiled a title we’ve expected for a while now, as 2013 is the film’s 20th anniversary: Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List.  The Schindler’s List: 20th Anniversary Limited Edition officially streets as a Blu-ray Combo pack on 3/5 (including BD, DVD, a Digital Copy and UltraViolet).  It’s been restored from the original 35mm film negative in a process supervised by Spielberg himself.  Extras will include the Voices from the List documentary and the USC Shoah Foundation Story with Steven Spielberg featurette.  The title is now available on Amazon and you can pre-order by clicking on the cover artwork below.

Also, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has set Hitchcock for Blu-ray Combo and DVD release on 3/12.  Extras will include audio commentary with Sacha Gervasi and Stephen Rebello, a deleted scene, 9 featurettes (Becoming the Master: From Hopkins to Hitchcock, Obsessed with Hitchcock, Sacha Gervasi’s Behind the Scenes Cell Phone Footage, Hitchcock Cell Phone PSA, The Story, The Cast, Danny Elfman Maestro, Hitch and Alma and Remembering Hitchcock) and a theatrical trailer.

Also today, Warner Home Video has set Sparkle for Blu-ray release on 5/7 (SRP $19.98). Maverick: The Complete Second Season is coming on DVD only on 4/23 (SRP $39.98). Warner is also taking New Line’s The Nightmare on Elm Street Collection Blu-ray to retail widely on 3/5 (SRP $59.99). The set has been a Best Buy-exclusive in recent months.  It includes all 7 original films in the series.

Warner and BBC Video have set Twenty Twelve: The Complete First Season for DVD only release on 1/15 (SRP $34.98).

HBO will release Hemingway & Gellhorn on Blu-ray and DVD on 4/2 (SRP $24.99 and $19.97). The was directed by Philip Kaufman and stars Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman.

Shout! Factory has set John Flynn’s Rolling Thunder (1977) for Blu-ray release on 4/9 (SRP $19.97).

Image Entertainment is going to start delivering The Dick Van Dyke Show on Blu-ray in individual seasons on 4/9.  Season One will sell for $59.98.

And we’ve just gotten in the final cover artwork for Paramount’s Top Gun: Limited 3D Edition Blu-ray – you can see it below.

Here’s the BD cover artwork for Universal’s Schindler’s List, Paramount’s Top Gun: Limited 3D Edition (due 2/19) and CBS’s Star Trek: Enterprise – Season One (due 3/26), as well as Fox’s Hitchcock, Warner’s The Nightmare on Elm Street Collection and Shout! Factory’s Rolling Thunder. All are now available for pre-order on Amazon.com by clicking on the covers…

Schindler's List: 20th Anniversary Limited Edition (Blu-ray Disc)    Top Gun: Limited 3D Edition (Blu-ray 3D)    Star Trek: Enterprise - Season One (Blu-ray Disc)

Hitchcock (Blu-ray Disc)    The Nightmare on Elm Street Collection (Blu-ray Disc)    Rolling Thunder (Blu-ray Disc)

Stay tuned...

- Bill Hunt

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