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The DREAMGIRLS Blu-ray Combo gift set is presented in striking new collectible book-style packaging with images of the musical moments and corresponding lyrics and includes the Director's Extended Edition and theatrical versions of the film, as well as never-before-released footage of Jennifer Hudson's auditions and screen test. The Digital HD release available on iTunes will also include nearly an hour of additional new featurettes and over four hours of previously released bonus content. The Blu-ray and Digital HD have been specially remixed with DTS:X immersive audio to enhance viewers' enjoyment of the film's music and sound.
Changing the lyrics and meaning of the song "Listen"....A very big change that diminishes this great show.
I'm particularly troubled by the "iTunes will also include nearly an hour of additional new featurettes" that sound like they won't bbe on the disc. Paramount clearly hasn't learned anything from the Star Trek Into Darkness/Beyond retailer-exclusive extras fiasco. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
Also, can we talk about the timing of this release? I know it's been rumored for years, but did Condon actually cut this version in 2006-7 and Paramount was sitting on it for 10 years? Or did he come back to it and recut it now? I'm happy to get it but the timing is very odd.
My impression is that this is actually the second release for Dreamgirls, if you want to count actual newly-authored discs and content.
The presence of Audra MacDonald always elevates the material to another level.There was a Dreamgirls in Concert 2-CD set some years ago with Lillias White, Heather Headley, and Audra MacDonald that blew my socks off, and that's saying something since I did see the original Broadway run (but not while Jennifer Holiday was there), and I don't remember it being as well sung as that concert version was in all roles. At any rate, the score is so fantastic that one of these nearly complete versions is absolutely essential to get the full Dreamgirls experience. The movie was wonderfully entertaining, but the necessities of a movie meant the entire score wasn't going to be heard, and I didn't think any of the new song material to the film was top notch.
Isn't that just the same extended cut that's on the old disc?
I totally understand how you got to 2. I guess I counted the single disc release and the 2 disc'er and the two movie set with Sparkle.
Needless to say, I have the 2 disc'er...time to get something new on the market no one has. At least IMHO.