Inkheart, Waltz with Bashir on DVD/Blu-ray, Tom & Jerry Chuck Jones Collection
INKHEART, PINK PANTHER 2 and WALTZ WITH BASHIR make their DVD and Blu-ray debuts on June 23, 2009. Also out: TOM AND JERRY: THE CHUCK JONES COLLECTION on DVD.
INKHEART on DVD and Blu-ray
When Mo Folchart reads a story, the characters leap off the page. Literally. And that's a problem. Mo must somehow use his special powers to send the interlopers back to their world, and save ours. If ever a task was easier read than done, this is it. Mo and his daughter Meggie, aided by friends real and fictional, plunge into a thrilling quest that pits them against diabolical villains, fantastic beasts and dangers at every turn. Brendan Fraser (THE MUMMY series, JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH) leads a splendid cast (including Academy Award winners Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent) in an all-fun, all-family film of Cornelia Funke's bestseller. Follow Mo and Meggie into adventure more exciting than any ever read. Because it's adventure they're going to live!
Given the nature of the story, vfx played a key role in the production of the movie, a mission that was overseen by Visual Effects Supervisor Angus Bickerton and VFX Producer Crystal Dowd. "We started with about 260 shots," Bickerton recalls. "It went all the way up to 689, and then down to 594 shots in the final cut. We had approximately five months of post-production. Director Iain Softley is very aware of visual effects and was always keen to seek a real practical alternative, or if vfx were inevitable, that they be as real as possible. He has a keen critical eye and pushed for photographic realism. Although we finished with a lot of visual effects, the aim was always to create a believable world and not stray into a realm that was too fantastical. We didn't want the film to have an unreal visual effects veneer."
Read more at VFXWorld.com.
Special Features Include:
-- Behind the Story
-- A Story from the Cast and Crew
-- From Imagination to the Page: How Writers Write
-- Eliza Reads to Us
-- Deleted Scenes
Blu-ray includes:
-- BD Live
PINK PANTHER 2 on DVD and Blu-ray
Inspect the unexpected when Steve Martin springs back into action as the blundering French police officer, Inspector Jacques Clouseau, in THE PINK PANTHER 2 available on Blu-ray with Digital Copy June 23 from MGM Home Ent. Co-starring Oscar-nominees John Cleese and Andy Garcia, Yuki Matsuzaki, Emily Mortimer and Bollywood sensation Aishwarya Rai, THE PINK PANTHER 2 is the side-splitting sequel to the worldwide hit THE PINK PANTHER, based on the 1964 original starring the legendary Peter Sellers. After a thief known as "The Tornado" allegedly steals a variety of precious items, including France's beloved pink panther diamond, an "international dream team" of detectives band together to crack the case. Slowing down the process is the team's leader, Inspector Clouseau, the highly unintelligent officer who has a way of missing the obvious until he somehow stumbles onto the truth.
THE PINK PANTHER 2 Blu-ray includes a three-disc version of the film with bonus disc featuring 27 PINK PANTHER cartoons and Digital Copy for portable media players. Fully loaded with all-new bonus features including a gag reel, exclusive behind-the-scenes featurettes, and more, THE PINK PANTHER 2 will be available to own on Blu-ray for $39.99 U.S. / $49.99 Canada and as a two-disc set with bonus cartoons disc for $29.98 U.S. / $43.48 Canada.
Three-Disc Blu-ray Special Features Include:
Disc One
-- Gag reel
-- Drama is Easy... Comedy is Dangerous
-- A Dream Team Like No Other
-- Master Thief-Global Crime Showdown!
Disc Two
--Digital Copy File of THE PINK PANTHER 2 for portable players
Disc Three
Bonus disc featuring 27 PINK PANTHER cartoons
-- The Pink Phink -- 1964 Academy-Award winner for Short Subjects, Animated Films
-- Pink Pajamas
-- We Give Pink Stamps
-- Dial 'P' For Pink
-- Sink Pink
-- Pickled Pink
-- Pinkfinger
-- Shocking Pink
-- Pink Ice
-- The Pink Tail Fly
-- Pink Panzer
-- An Ounce of Pink
-- Reel Pink
-- Bully For Pink
-- Pink Punch
-- Pink Pistons
INKHEART on DVD and Blu-ray
When Mo Folchart reads a story, the characters leap off the page. Literally. And that's a problem. Mo must somehow use his special powers to send the interlopers back to their world, and save ours. If ever a task was easier read than done, this is it. Mo and his daughter Meggie, aided by friends real and fictional, plunge into a thrilling quest that pits them against diabolical villains, fantastic beasts and dangers at every turn. Brendan Fraser (THE MUMMY series, JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH) leads a splendid cast (including Academy Award winners Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent) in an all-fun, all-family film of Cornelia Funke's bestseller. Follow Mo and Meggie into adventure more exciting than any ever read. Because it's adventure they're going to live!
Given the nature of the story, vfx played a key role in the production of the movie, a mission that was overseen by Visual Effects Supervisor Angus Bickerton and VFX Producer Crystal Dowd. "We started with about 260 shots," Bickerton recalls. "It went all the way up to 689, and then down to 594 shots in the final cut. We had approximately five months of post-production. Director Iain Softley is very aware of visual effects and was always keen to seek a real practical alternative, or if vfx were inevitable, that they be as real as possible. He has a keen critical eye and pushed for photographic realism. Although we finished with a lot of visual effects, the aim was always to create a believable world and not stray into a realm that was too fantastical. We didn't want the film to have an unreal visual effects veneer."
Read more at VFXWorld.com.
Special Features Include:
-- Behind the Story
-- A Story from the Cast and Crew
-- From Imagination to the Page: How Writers Write
-- Eliza Reads to Us
-- Deleted Scenes
Blu-ray includes:
-- BD Live
PINK PANTHER 2 on DVD and Blu-ray
Inspect the unexpected when Steve Martin springs back into action as the blundering French police officer, Inspector Jacques Clouseau, in THE PINK PANTHER 2 available on Blu-ray with Digital Copy June 23 from MGM Home Ent. Co-starring Oscar-nominees John Cleese and Andy Garcia, Yuki Matsuzaki, Emily Mortimer and Bollywood sensation Aishwarya Rai, THE PINK PANTHER 2 is the side-splitting sequel to the worldwide hit THE PINK PANTHER, based on the 1964 original starring the legendary Peter Sellers. After a thief known as "The Tornado" allegedly steals a variety of precious items, including France's beloved pink panther diamond, an "international dream team" of detectives band together to crack the case. Slowing down the process is the team's leader, Inspector Clouseau, the highly unintelligent officer who has a way of missing the obvious until he somehow stumbles onto the truth.
THE PINK PANTHER 2 Blu-ray includes a three-disc version of the film with bonus disc featuring 27 PINK PANTHER cartoons and Digital Copy for portable media players. Fully loaded with all-new bonus features including a gag reel, exclusive behind-the-scenes featurettes, and more, THE PINK PANTHER 2 will be available to own on Blu-ray for $39.99 U.S. / $49.99 Canada and as a two-disc set with bonus cartoons disc for $29.98 U.S. / $43.48 Canada.
Three-Disc Blu-ray Special Features Include:
Disc One
-- Gag reel
-- Drama is Easy... Comedy is Dangerous
-- A Dream Team Like No Other
-- Master Thief-Global Crime Showdown!
Disc Two
--Digital Copy File of THE PINK PANTHER 2 for portable players
Disc Three
Bonus disc featuring 27 PINK PANTHER cartoons
-- The Pink Phink -- 1964 Academy-Award winner for Short Subjects, Animated Films
-- Pink Pajamas
-- We Give Pink Stamps
-- Dial 'P' For Pink
-- Sink Pink
-- Pickled Pink
-- Pinkfinger
-- Shocking Pink
-- Pink Ice
-- The Pink Tail Fly
-- Pink Panzer
-- An Ounce of Pink
-- Reel Pink
-- Bully For Pink
-- Pink Punch
-- Pink Pistons
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