Pirates Bound for DVD

Disney's PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL [1], which emerged as the live-action surprise of the summer, and has amassed more than $280M to date, arrives on DVD on Dec. 2, 2003 from Walt Disney Home Entertainment. The two-disc set (priced at $29.99) will include a bounty of supplemental riches, including audio commentaries by director Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp, deleted scenes, a "making-of" featurette, "Moonlight" scene progression, blooper reel and an interactive history of pirates. Rest assured, there will be some attention paid to the stunning vfx by Industrial Light & Magic [2], with excellent support from Boy Wonder, CIS, Digiscope [3], Gray Matter FX, Method [4] and Pacific Title.