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WHV Announcement: Robin Hood Prince of Thieves and True Romance (Blu-ray)

post #1 of 25
2/10/09 at 2:39pm
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Extended Version) [Blu-ray]
True Romance [Blu-ray]
post #2 of 25
2/10/09 at 3:35pm

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I'll be grabbing True Romance.
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post #3 of 25
2/10/09 at 4:20pm

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Robin Hood for me.
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post #4 of 25
2/10/09 at 4:41pm

Clarence and Alabama (True Romance) 5/26

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True Romance, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Blu-ray Bound
February 10, 2009

Joining Falling Down on Blu-ray May 26 and timed with Father's Day will be two more Warner catalog male favorite films: the extended cut of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and the director's cut of True Romance.

Each film will be presented in widescreen 1080p video and likely, though not confirmed, 5.1 Dolby TrueHD audio.

Given both of these films have already received lavish DVD treatments in recent years it comes as no surprise that the Blu-ray versions are packed with bonus features. The complete breakdown for each title is as follows.

True Romance (Director's Cut)


Commentary by Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette
Commentary by Tony Scott
Commentary by Quentin Tarantino
Selective Commentary: Val Kilmer, Dennis Hopper, Brad Pitt, Michael Rapaport
Original 1993 EPK Featurette - During the this featurette a heart icon will appear on the screen which allows viewers to click enter taking them into another small featurette once the pod is over the original featurette will continue where it was left off
Deleted and Extended Scenes with Optional commentary by the Director
At The Movies (3:28)
Heroes For Sale (2:05)
He Really Loved Her (1:20)
Coming Clean (5:08)
"We Know What Were Doing" (2:17)
Playing "What If?" (RT 1:59)
Elliots Motivation (RT 1:12
Alternate Ending with optional commentary by the Director and Writer (6:21)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Extended Edition)


Commentary with Kevin Costner and Director Kevin Reynolds
Commentary with Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater and producers Pen Densham and John Watson
Robin Hood: The Man, The Myth, The Legend (31:44)
One on One with the Cast
Kevin Costner (3:54)
Morgan Freeman (4:22)
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (3:42)
Christian Slater (3:41)
Alan Rickman (3:12)
Bryan Adams "(Everything I do I do it) For You" -Live At Slane Castle (4:14)
Trailers
Theatrical Trailer (2:30)
A Legend (0:30)
A Legend (0:10)
A Love Story (0:30)
A love Story (0:10)
Fight for Justice (0:30)
Fight For Justice (0:10)
Music Soundtrack Cues in 5.1 (Play all option)
Overture and a Prisoner of the Crusades
Sir Guy of Gisborne and the Escape to Sherwood
Little John and the Band in the forest
The Sheriff and His Witch
Maid Marian
Training-Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
Marian at the Waterfall
The Abduction and the final Battle at the Gallows
Warner has priced each title at $28.99 in line with their other catalog films on Blu-ray. Amazon pre-order information will be published as soon as the listing goes up.

http://www.thehdroom.com/news/True_R...ray_Bound/4251
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post #5 of 25
2/10/09 at 4:49pm

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catalog titles (decent ones at that) are now rolling out at a nice pace

too nice for my wallet at current prices though
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post #6 of 25
2/10/09 at 4:50pm

Re: Clarence and Alabama (True Romance) 5/26

Ron or mod please delete
didn't see it was already covered/posted
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...e-blu-ray.html
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post #7 of 25
2/10/09 at 5:53pm

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Robin Hood all the way!!!!!! Now bring on Dances With Wolves, Field of Dreams, and Bull Durham and my Classic Costner collection will be complete!
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post #8 of 25
2/10/09 at 6:12pm

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One thing that Blu-ray doesn't seem to be improving on.......ugly, unimaginative cover art.
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post #9 of 25
2/10/09 at 6:29pm

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Where is the theatrical of Robin Hood? The extended edition sucks. The filmakers made an inexcusable editing mistake in putting back in all this deleted footage. Two of the major scenes they put back into Robin Hood had to do with the Sheriff of Nottingham cutting out his scribe's tongue, the first when he gets a knife to do it, and the second is a long scene in which the scribe has to write down every question now because he can't speak (because his tongue has been cut out!). Fine, but then near the end of the movie, when Robin and Azeem are sword fighting their way into the castle, Robin grabs the scribe and puts his sword to his neck and asks him where the maid Marion is. The scribe then VERBALLY responds "Up the stairs, that way!" This final scene was in the original cut and stayed in the extended DVD version, but it makes no sense given the inclusion of the extended scenes in which the scribe's tongue was cut out! This is an inexcuseably horrible editing mistake. I listened to both the commentaries on the DVD to see if anybody noticed this problem or addressed it, and their is no comment about this. Now come on guys, next time when you want to add more footage in, make sure it logically flows into the rest of the original movie! The theatrical edition is my wifes favorite movie but we wont be buying this unless also contains the theatrical release. We are really bummed.
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post #10 of 25
2/10/09 at 6:59pm

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good news
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post #11 of 25
2/10/09 at 7:17pm

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what? no theactrical cut for robin hood? sorry warner... i skip this one unless you release the t.c. too.
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post #12 of 25
2/10/09 at 8:19pm

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Morgan Creek probably has say over which cut(s) of Robin Hood make it to Home Video rather than Warner proper.
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post #13 of 25
2/10/09 at 8:46pm

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I agree, my preference is for the theatrical version. The extended edition tarnished my enjoyment of the film so much that I was almost considering buying the original prince of thieves dvd that was a flipper with an even worse transfer. At least it was the theatrical version!!
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post #14 of 25
2/10/09 at 8:50pm

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Definitely buying True Romance.
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post #15 of 25
2/10/09 at 9:58pm

Re: Clarence and Alabama (True Romance) 5/26

Thank good ness TR is not Paramount. Otherwise we'd have the original theatrical version of TR first....


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post #16 of 25
2/11/09 at 1:48am

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Looking forward to True Romance (one of my favourite films).I did notice that it says under the cover that the art is subject to change.I wish they could use the original poster art,I don't think any release has used it.

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post #17 of 25
2/11/09 at 1:49am

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Looking forward to True Romance (one of my favourite films).I did notice that it says under the cover that the art is subject to change.I wish they could use the original poster art,I don't think any release has used it.

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post #18 of 25
2/11/09 at 3:45am

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Excellent. True Romance for sure.

I've cooled down on Robin Hood POT over the years. I liked it much more then than I do now.
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post #19 of 25
2/11/09 at 5:51am

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True Romance!?!? Wooooooooooooooooow, I am so happy right now. This is one of my top 5 favs.

Warner better not screw up the video though. hehehe
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post #20 of 25
2/11/09 at 6:33am

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both robin hood and dances with wolves will be on HDnetmovies.com
march 7th, 2009
a kevin costner double feature.

Jacob

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Closed Captions - New for March!
Rating: PG-13
Year: 1991
Cast:Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Synopsis: Robin Hood returns from the Crusades to find his father murdered and his city under the rule of a maniacal sheriff. With the help of his merry men, Robin becomes an outlaw in order to set things right.
Run Time: 2:23
Air Dates:Sat, Mar 7th - 9:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT
Sun, Mar 8th - 4:30 AM ET / 12:30 AM PT

Dances With Wolves - Closed Captions
Rating: PG-13
Year: 1990
Cast:Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene
Director: Kevin Costner
Synopsis: Academy Award winning film about a young Civil War soldier assigned to an isolated army post out west where he becomes intimately involved with a Lakota Sioux tribe, eventually becoming a member.
Run Time: 3:54
Air Dates:Sat, Mar 7th - 5:00 PM ET / 2:00 PM PT
Sat, Mar 7th - 11:30 PM ET / 8:30 PM PT
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post #21 of 25
2/11/09 at 8:17am

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True Romance will go on my shelf. Robin Hood will most definitely NOT. I look forward to Dances With Wolves (though I really hope they include the theatrical cut as a branching option) but Robin Hood had way too many things that jarred me out of the movie for me to rewatch it (and I've never seen the extended version--that tongue thing would just add to my displeasure).
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post #22 of 25
2/11/09 at 9:36am

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I used to really like "True Romance" in the laserdisc days,but its not one I will purchase on Blu-Ray.The only scene that sticks with me is the classic one with Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walkin.
With the mention of "Dances with Wolves",I have the German edition which is the director's cut and it looks superb,although its region locked to B.The crazy thing is that I need to keep my original region 1 DVD for the original cut,the recent R1 DVD for the extra's and the German disc for visual and audio presentation.

"Robin hood" should have both versions(like Dances,JFK should as well)as the shorter cut is my preferred choice. I can remember seeing "Robin hood" being shot at Shepperton Studio's late 1989/90,and the vast sets involved,seems a long time ago.
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post #23 of 25
2/11/09 at 11:15am
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The only scene that sticks with me is the classic one with Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walkin.

By far, one of the most quintessential scenes in American film history.
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post #24 of 25
2/11/09 at 12:24pm

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By far, one of the most quintessential scenes in American film history.


That scene alone is worth purchasing the Blu-Ray for, but I love the rest of the flick as well. Brad Pitt on the couch is priceless.
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post #25 of 25
2/11/09 at 12:38pm

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Originally Posted by Samcor
I agree, my preference is for the theatrical version. The extended edition tarnished my enjoyment of the film so much that I was almost considering buying the original prince of thieves dvd that was a flipper with an even worse transfer. At least it was the theatrical version!!
i bought a region free copy that had the whole movie without flipping sides. It wasnt anamorphic though.
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