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Interview with a Vampire; Poltergeist Announced
Posted August 4, 2008 03:12 PM by Josh Dreuth
Warner Bros. Warner Home Video has announced that they will bring 'Interview with a Vampire' to Blu-ray on October 7th. A week later, on October 14th, they will bring 'Poltergeist' to Blu-ray as a digibook with never-before-seen photos and inside information. Both titles will be presented in 1080p VC-1 video . It is still unconfirmed in these releases will use Dolby TrueHD or Dolby Digital for the soundtracks.
No extras have been announced for 'Interview with a Vampire', but extras for 'Poltergeist' will include documentary "They Are Here: The Real World of Poltergeist Revealed".
No additional information was releases about either title at this time.
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I was wondering what kind of Spielberg tie-ins there would be with the inevitable Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull BD release. Here's hoping for some more.
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Re: Interview with the Vampire (10/7), Poltergiest (10/14)
Interview with a Vampire is very much in need of an upgrade. The original DVD was released over 8 years ago (June 6, 2000).
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Re: Interview with the Vampire (10/7), Poltergiest (10/14)
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Originally Posted by Dave Mack
Very cool.
Glad I held off on the Poltergeist SE dvd last year. 
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Me too.
But I doubt real extras will ever come, because I'm sure the legal department will eviscerate them.
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Re: Interview with the Vampire (10/7), Poltergiest (10/14)
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Originally Posted by Tim Glover
Must have Poltergeist!
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Indeed! Didn´t get the SD DVD, so great news! I´ll be also getting "Interview with the Vampire". Kinda liked it.
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Re: Interview with the Vampire (10/7), Poltergiest (10/14)
I'm still pissed about the special features debacle with Poltergeist. The film is too important and has too much history for it not to be talked about, even if some of the truth is ugly. But I will get it on BD. Let's just hope they don't blow it by not providing lossless audio.
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Re: Interview with the Vampire (10/7), Poltergiest (10/14)
Great! I nearly upgraded Poltergeist over the weekend to the most recent one since it was only about 8 bucks. A BD will be much MUCH better. A definite future purchase and I CAN'T WAIT!
I pulled Interview out of the bargain bin months ago. It's still wrapped. Was saving it for October. But I'll definitely upgrade it too.
Both these are beyond worthy of better media. Very exciting!
The original Poltergeist DVD is one of the great disappointments in my DVD buying history. The opening credits look terrible.
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Re: Interview with the Vampire (10/7), Poltergiest (10/14)
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Originally Posted by WillG
I'm still pissed about the special features debacle with Poltergeist. The film is too important and has too much history for it not to be talked about, even if some of the truth is ugly.
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I feel your pain. I was also super-pissed, that they didn´t even include one featurette ("They Are Here" was just some lame "real life"-doc) or something like that... I guess the truth is "that ugly" after all.. Shame.
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Re: Interview with the Vampire (10/7), Poltergiest (10/14)
Yeah, I saw that doc. which was why I was so surprised that there wasn't anything of value on that DVD. Plenty of people associated with the film were willing to talk then.
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Re: Interview with the Vampire (10/7), Poltergiest (10/14)
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However, that disregards that it had to be a secret that he was directing the movie but he apparently had a hat made so everyone could know the secret.
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That should be easy, wasn't he directing E.T. at the time?
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Re: Interview with the Vampire (10/7), Poltergiest (10/14)
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Originally Posted by TravisR
I'm sure that Speilberg directed scenes in the movie and had a strong creative hand in the entire movie but that doesn't mean that he directed the whole thing.
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Not to derail the thread, but I got the same 'feeling' about Speilberg's level of 'involvement' with Transformers that I got with Poltergeist. Its namely what you wrote above, some scenes have a strong Speilberg 'stamp' on them. In Transformers its any scene involving 'the boy and his car' storyline.
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Re: Interview with the Vampire (10/7), Poltergiest (10/14)
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Originally Posted by Paul Arnette
some scenes have a strong Speilberg 'stamp' on them. In Transformers its any scene involving 'the boy and his car' storyline.
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Um...no.
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Re: Interview with the Vampire (10/7), Poltergiest (10/14)
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Originally Posted by Travis Brashear
Um...no.
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You're, of course, free to disagree. Speilberg's 'stamp' ain't what it used to be to me. He lost his touch with the middle-class family a long time ago in my opinion, and when he had it it provide such great emotional resonance in films like Poltergest and E.T.
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Re: Interview with the Vampire (10/7), Poltergiest (10/14)
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I'm sure that Speilberg directed scenes in the movie and had a strong creative hand in the entire movie
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Spielberg has a strong creative hand in any movie he produces, at least back then. I remember a story from the commentary on Gremlins when they were talking about what to name the Mogwai, they said that "someone" suggested Gizmo. So, Gizmo it was.
This is especially true with Poltergeist, which Spielberg did intend to direct but could not because of DGA rules forbidding him to do so while he was working on E.T. Hooper must have been aware of this and known that Spielberg was going to be a heavy creative prescense on the set. I can't imagine Hooper expected that it was going to be entirely his show.
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Re: Interview with the Vampire (10/7), Poltergiest (10/14)
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Originally Posted by Paul Arnette
One thing's for sure, Transformers is the only Michael Bay film I can stomach, and I don't think it is because he suddenly made the 'leap' as a director. The 'emotional core' of that movie, if you can call it that, is the work of someone else in my opinion, and it has the faintest of echoes back to the Speilberg's aforementioned 'middle-class touch'.
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Most amusing and intriguing--though I'd never claim Bay as a great director, TRANSFORMERS is actually the only movie of his I just cannot abide. I find it excrutiatingly awful, and there is no element to it whatsoever that is evocative of Spielberg at his highest or lowest levels. As you note, just feeling free to disagree...
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Re: Interview with the Vampire (10/7), Poltergiest (10/14)
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Originally Posted by BrettB
Spielberg's had it rough enough this year catching hell for Indy 4, he doesn't need anyone blaming him for Transformers.
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Who was blaming him? I was actually 'praising' him because I 'think' he's responsible for making the first Bay film I can stand. I have a hard time believing anyone would find
Pearl Harbor or
Armageddon more watchable than
Transformers, but 'C'est la vie'. Of course when you're father to a six-year-old, you'd better find some way to 'come to terms' with
Transformers or you're just going to be miserable. So, perhaps I have been looking extra hard for the 'silver lining'.
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Re: Interview with the Vampire (10/7), Poltergiest (10/14)
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Originally Posted by Paul Arnette
I was actually 'praising' him because I 'think' he's responsible for making the first Bay film I can stand.
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"Transformers" was directed by Michael Bay. It´s "his film". Executive producers come and go. Whether people like his (Bay) movies or not (he makes blockbusters, plain and simple), Bay does movies that look and sound like "Bay".
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Re: Interview with the Vampire (10/7), Poltergiest (10/14)
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Originally Posted by Jari K
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While, I don't think it is nearly as 'cut and dry' where Spielberg is Executive Producer, I am content to leave it at that and return the thread's focus back to the films listed in the title. Speaking of which, both of these titles are now available for pre-order on WHV's site. Poltergeist is roughly $20.21 shipped, while Interview was $17.21.
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