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Old 07-01-2008, 04:00 PM   #1 of 12
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MGM Press Release: Child's Play: Chucky's 20th Birthday Edition


ANDY BARCLAY HAS A NEW PLAYMATE
WHO’S IN NO MOOD TO PLAY

CHILD’S PLAY
Chucky’s 20th Birthday Edition


Original Cult Classic That Spawned The Evil Doll Franchise Returns To DVD September 9th >From MGM Home Entertainment

Featuring All New Material Including Commentary,
Vintage Behind-The-Scenes Footage And Four Exclusive Featurettes

CENTURY CITY, Calif. – Wanna play? Voodoo meets terror when film’s most un-likely horror icon returns in Child’s Play: Chucky’s 20th Birthday Edition arriving on DVD September 9th from MGM Home Entertainment. A stylish thriller that shook both audiences and the box office upon its release two decades ago, Child’s Play follows the aftermath of serial killer Charles Lee Ray, who after being mortally wounded by police, barricades himself in a toy store and uses an ancient ritual to transfer his spirit into the must-have toy of the year. When young Andy Barclay gets the vexed doll as a birthday gift, bodies begin to pile up as Chucky devastates this once sleepy town. When everyone around Andy finally realizes his stories are true it’s too little too late. Chucky will stop at nothing as the soul of Charles Lee Ray wants a human body and Andy’s is it!

Directed by Tom Holland (Psycho 2, “The Langoliers”) and featuring character actor Brad Dourif (“Deadwood”) as the voice of Chucky, the film also stars Catherine Hicks (“7th Heaven”) and Chris Sarandon (The Princess Bride). The Child’s Play: Chucky’s 20th Birthday Edition DVD contains all new special features such as select scene commentary by Chucky himself, all-new interviews, vintage featurettes and more. The Child’s Play: Chucky’s 20th Birthday Edition DVD will be available for $14.98 U.S. / $15.98 Canada. Prebook date is August 13th.

Synopsis
After six-year-old Andy Barclay’s (Alex Vincent) babysitter is violently pushed out of a window to her death, nobody believes him when he says that Chucky, his new birthday doll, did it until things start going terribly wrong… dead wrong. And when an ensuing rampage of gruesome murders lead a detective (Chris Sarandon) back to the same toy, he discovers that the real terror that a deranged doll has plans to transfer his evil spirit into a living human being - young Andy.

Special Features
· Audio Commentary with Alex Vincent, Catherine Hicks and "Chucky" designer Kevin Yagher
· Audio Commentary with Producer David Kirschner and Screenwriter Don Mancini
· Select Scene Chucky Commentary
· “Evil Comes in Small Packages” Documentary
o The Birth of Chucky
o Creating the Horror
o Unleashed
· “Chucky: Building a Nightmare” Featurette
· “A Monster Convention” Featurette
· Vintage Featurette: “Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child’s Play”
· Theatrical Trailer
· Photo Gallery
· Trailer Farm


Child’s Play: Chucky’s 20th Birthday Edition
Order Due Date: August 13, 2008
Street Date: September 9, 2008
DVD Price: $14.98 U.S. / $15.98 Canada
Catalog Number: M111224
Total Run Time: 97 minutes
Screen Format: Widescreen
Audio Features: English Mono
Subtitles: English & Spanish
Closed Captioned: Yes
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Old 07-01-2008, 11:00 PM   #2 of 12
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Re: MGM Press Release: Child's Play: Chucky's 20th Birthday Edition


Thanks for providing the press release, Ron. I am so ecstatic about this release! Hell, I've waited for a widescreen version of this ever since I started collecting DVDs, and flat out swore I would never own the fullscreen version. This film will be the highlight of this year's 'Halloween Movie Night'. Can't wait!

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Chucky - "F**k you."




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Old 07-02-2008, 11:19 AM   #3 of 12
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Re: MGM Press Release: Child's Play: Chucky's 20th Birthday Edition


Are we sure it's going to be anamorphic? Or just letterbox?
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Old 07-03-2008, 02:44 AM   #4 of 12
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How did this spawn Evil Dead? Did I miss something?
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Old 07-03-2008, 06:30 AM   #5 of 12
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Re: MGM Press Release: Child's Play: Chucky's 20th Birthday Edition


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Screen Format: Widescreen
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Geez louise it's about time! I'll be picking this up for October as well.



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Old 07-03-2008, 07:44 AM   #6 of 12
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Re: MGM Press Release: Child's Play: Chucky's 20th Birthday Edition


Quote:
Audio Commentary with Alex Vincent, Catherine Hicks and "Chucky" designer Kevin Yagher

I'm curious to hear this commentary.
It's a shame this won't be blu-ray



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Old 07-03-2008, 08:35 AM   #7 of 12
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Re: MGM Press Release: Child's Play: Chucky's 20th Birthday Edition


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How did this spawn Evil Dead? Did I miss something?

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Original Cult Classic That Spawned The Evil Doll Franchise Returns To DVD September 9th From MGM Home Entertainment
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Old 08-22-2008, 08:58 AM   #8 of 12
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Re: MGM Press Release: Child's Play: Chucky's 20th Birthday Edition


I heard that Axelmusic.com is sending this DVD already.
Are there any information whether it is a anamorphic Widescreen Transfer or a letterbox transfer?????
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Old 08-22-2008, 03:23 PM   #9 of 12
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Re: MGM Press Release: Child's Play: Chucky's 20th Birthday Edition


I pre-ordered mine from DVD planet.

Hopefully it's a good transfer. Although I'll be thrilled it's in widescreen.



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