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Purple Rain and Out for Justice coming to both formats on July 24th from Warner

post #1 of 35
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May 31, 2007

On July 24, films by Grammy Award®-winning artist Prince and one of the world’s top action hero’s Steven Segal collide with the high definition debuts of the Academy Award®-winning (Best Original Song) Purple Rain and Out for Justice. Both films make their simultaneous HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc debuts from Warner Home Video.

All bonus materials on the Standard Definition version will be included on the high definition versions and will be available for $28.99 SRP. Order due date is June 19.

Purple Rain (1984)
A young man (Prince) with a talent for music has begun a career with much promise. He meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn't all that he needs. A complicated tale of his repeating his father's self destructive behavior, losing Apollonia to another singer (Morris Day), and his coming to grips with his own connection to other people ensues.

Out for Justice (1991)
Out for action? You found it! Steven Seagal hits the target like nobody else in this pounding police thriller. Brooklyn-born cop Gino (Seagal) has seen many changes in “the neighborhood.” One sad one is that boyhood adversary-turned-criminal scum Richie (William Forsythe) has turned local streets into war zones. He’s a mad dog unleashed and Gino and his world-weary partner (Law and Order’s Jerry Orbach) must hunt him down before the body count multiplies.

post #2 of 35

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Ah, a Steven Segal movie from a time when his films were actually fun to watch. Thanks for the update.
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HighDefDigest.com is reporting that 'Purple Rain' has only a DD 640kbps track. I'm sorry but I am just not interested in listening to anything less than a high-def (i.e. lossless) soundtrack on a high-def BD of this film.
post #4 of 35

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Agree on the Lossless or at least less lossy sound for Purple Rain. The music on that film deserves nothing less!

Dave
post #5 of 35

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I know this is selfish, but sometimes I wonder what these studios are thinking? I mean, I would consider myself to be a good representation of the target demographic for a HD optical media early adopter, so why is it that so few of these latest announcements do anything for me? Maybe I'm not so 'target' afterall.
post #6 of 35

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I'm with you Paul.

I know the "different strokes" and "one mans trash, another mans treasure" and all but I'm not a Prince fan and Steven "beer-gut" Seagal in HD?!

How about some quality action films, now where's that Dirty Harry set Warner?
post #7 of 35

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So Purple Rain has the same audio as the dvd I finally got last Christmas?

No thanks.
post #8 of 35

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What's sad is, you know these transfers will be akin to Christmas Vacation in that WB will see no reason to clean up the masters and be content to just give them to us in HD resolution and leave it at that. I realize these aren't even out yet, so who knows? But it's a trend I've been seeing on the "lesser" films from the studios.

The popularity and acceptance of HD discs will live or die by their image, so what's the point if you don't do everything you can to bring out these films in the best image quality possible? And if they feel like the movie isn't worth the effort to clean up, than it has no business being put on an HD disc. Otherwise, it's just another way for them to dupe you into spending money (sometimes again) on an old title.

Sorry for the rant, but I have a bad feeling about Purple Rain, as it's a title I'd love to have.
post #9 of 35

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WB is coming around to true neutrality.

They're trying to destroy both formats now!
post #10 of 35

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Given the shoddy way Warner handled the last Purple Rain dvd release (poor menu graphics, no apparent Prince involvement for special features), I wouldn't expect any better this time. Prince and Warner Bros. hate each other so WB won't be doing anything special for his movies ever, other than just making them available to continue their cash grab.
post #11 of 35

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out of all their back catalog titles, we get ... sigh ... another Steven Segal title ? are they playing with us ? where's the good stuff ... where's all the titles they announced all those many, many months ago ? shawshank, twister, green mile etc. realise they just released matrix, but let's keep the boat afloat, pleeease ...

they've got so many good films in their catalog (and i'm not necesarrily referring to the higher profile releases) and we get these ... doesn't feel like they're really trying.
post #12 of 35

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I have to say, these are probably the 2 lamest releases Warner has released on Hi Def so far. ....I'll pass.
post #13 of 35

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Originally Posted by Mick Hyperion
Given the shoddy way Warner handled the last Purple Rain dvd release (poor menu graphics, no apparent Prince involvement for special features), I wouldn't expect any better this time. Prince and Warner Bros. hate each other so WB won't be doing anything special for his movies ever, other than just making them available to continue their cash grab.

Given that I was forced to sit through Purple Rain when it was first released, I'd say this title deserves no better. Actually it deserved no better than VHS but thats just my opinion!
post #14 of 35

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Originally Posted by BrettB
So Purple Rain has the same audio as the dvd I finally got last Christmas?

No thanks.
Purple Rain will have DD+ and TrueHD tracks. It is hard to tell from the report if it is on HD only of both formats.

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Using a single-layer Blu-ray Disc (BD25) and dual-layer HD DVD (HD30) the film is presented in 1080P 1.85:1 Widescreen with English 5.1 (Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital/Dolby Digital Plus options) and optional English, French and Spanish subtitles. Purple Rain Specs

Extras Include:
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Audio Commentary with Director Albert Magnoli, Producer Robert Cavallo and Cinematographer Donald E. Thorin
First Avenue: The Road to Pop Royalty - Documentary on the Minneapolis music scene, the importance of the First Avenue club and Prince’s career prior to Purple Rain
Purple Rain: Backstage Pass - Documentary on the making of the movie and the Academy Award winning music
Riffs, Ruffles and a Revolution: The Impact and Influence of Purple Rain - Documentary on the impact of the movie and music on Pop Culture, the response from Prince’s fans and the enduring legacy of Purple Rain
Music Videos:
  • Let's go Crazy - Prince
  • Take Me with U - Prince
  • When Doves Cry - Prince
  • I Would Die 4 U/Baby I'm a Star - Prince
  • Purple Rain - Prince
  • Jungle Love - The Time
  • The Bird - The Time
  • Sex Shooter - Apollonia 6
TV Special : The 1984 MTV Premiere Party
Prince Movie Trailers Gallery
post #15 of 35

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Well, kudos to Warner Bros. for including lossless audio on a title I would dare say its main draw would be in the aural department. Now, what do they intend to do to make Out for Justice more appealing to the HD consumer? Include free Jagermeister shots?
post #16 of 35

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Originally Posted by Paul Arnette
Well, kudos to Warner Bros. for including lossless audio on a title I would dare say its main draw would be in the aural department. Now, what do they intend to do to make Out for Justice more appealing to the HD consumer? Include free Jagermeister shots?
Editing out all scenes with Steven Segal.
post #17 of 35

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Well, now we just have to see what the transfer PQ looks like for 'Purple Rain'. With the new info about the audio (thanks, WB), for me this title has gone from a definite 'no' to a strong 'maybe'.
post #18 of 35

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I am not sure I could take Prince on my 106" screen.
post #19 of 35

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He would still only be 4 foot tall.
post #20 of 35

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Originally Posted by BrettB
He would still only be 4 foot tall.
Now that is funny .
post #21 of 35

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The Blu-Ray cover is out and it has both TrueHD and DD+

post #22 of 35

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Originally Posted by Dave_P.
The Blu-Ray cover is out and it has both TrueHD and DD+

That is good to hear . The original link I posted did not make it clear if it would be lossless on both HD and BD.
post #23 of 35

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Yeah, I just found that cover posted at AVS right now. Everywhere I read before had it only with Dolby Digital.
post #24 of 35

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Purple Rain in True HD, Apollonia in High Def. All the purple people say "oh yeah"

Oh yeah.

Get me a skinny tie, baggy pants and some oh so cool buttons and I'll be 15 all over again...

Dave
post #25 of 35

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"That ain't Lake..."

(somebody finish it for me...)

post #26 of 35

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Minnetonka.
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post #28 of 35

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Originally Posted by ppltd
Editing out all scenes with Steven Segal.

Did you catch the story in the editing documentary on Bullitt about them letting Steven Segal in to the editing room on Under Siege 2? Priceless!

Doug
post #29 of 35

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Originally Posted by ppltd
Extras Include:
Audio Commentary with Director Albert Magnoli, Producer Robert Cavallo and Cinematographer Donald E. Thorin
First Avenue: The Road to Pop Royalty - Documentary on the Minneapolis music scene, the importance of the First Avenue club and Prince’s career prior to Purple Rain
Purple Rain: Backstage Pass - Documentary on the making of the movie and the Academy Award winning music
Riffs, Ruffles and a Revolution: The Impact and Influence of Purple Rain - Documentary on the impact of the movie and music on Pop Culture, the response from Prince’s fans and the enduring legacy of Purple Rain
Music Videos:
Let's go Crazy - Prince
Take Me with U - Prince
When Doves Cry - Prince
I Would Die 4 U/Baby I'm a Star - Prince
Purple Rain - Prince
Jungle Love - The Time
The Bird - The Time
Sex Shooter - Apollonia 6
TV Special : The 1984 MTV Premiere Party
Prince Movie Trailers Gallery
Looking back, these are the same extras from the last 20th Anniversary DVD release. Perhaps I was a little hard on WB's handling of this last release, but on the other hand this is now just rehash from last time and nothing new for the new formats. Still no Prince involvement. I hope the menus are better.
post #30 of 35

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I believe Prince completey despises WB. remember the "Slave" thing on the side of his face...?
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