The Right Stuff and Giant Special Editions: Due 6/10/03

[Patrick Mirza]

Both are due on 6/10/03

SRP $26.99

Right Stuff: 16x9 (1.85:1), DD 5.0, DD 2.0, subtitles
Supplements: Scene-specific audio commentary with Director Philip Kaufman, Producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, Cinematographer Caleb Deschanel; Scene-specific audio commentary with cast members Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, and Barbara Hershey; Never-before-seen additional scenes (Trudy's Dream, Chimp and Center Fuse, Milkshake Connecting, Second Convolution, Specimen Request, Glen Gets Out of Center fuse, Astronauts Walk Down Hall, Gus and Trudy at Motel, Dayroom Liaison Man Speech, Blood/Mission Control, New Congress Lift, NASA Man "Socks," Trudy Wakes); Behind-the-Scenes Documentaries and Interviews with the creative talent and filmmakers including Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Barbara Hershey, and Dennis Quaid; Interviews with three of the Mercury Seven astronauts: Commander Scott Carpenter, Colonel Gordon Cooper, and Captain Walter Schirra; Intro narration by author Thomas Wolfe; Interview with General Chuck Yeager.

 

[Robert Spalding]

I so have that Right Stuff SE ordered!

 

[Bill J]

I would have liked the commentaries to be feature length on The Right Stuff SE, but I am definitely purchasing it anyway.

Easily one of the best films of the 1980s in my opinion.

 

[Rain]

But where are the specs for Giant?

 

[Randall Dorr]

Is it correct to assume Giant's specs are identical to the previously released Canadian version?

 

[Rain]

I'm sure it will be a new transfer at least. The old one is quite bad.

The Canadian DVD is framed at 1.78:1, but according to IMDB the OAR is 1.66:1 (which I'm not entirely convinced is correct in the first place), which is what makes me the most curious.

Will this one be 1.78:1 anamorphic or 1.66:1 non-anamorphic?

 

[Brandon Conway]

Finally - a release date for Giant!

*anxiously awaits specs*

 

[Kevin M]

Goodbye to The Right Stuff flipper snapper, I am so glad that WB are going back to their early DVD releases and older catalog titles & updating them.

 

[Mark_TS]

When will (fill in blank) be released, and what'll it look like?
Patrick seems to be THE MAN to ask...!
great news.

 

[Brook K]

I thought Giant was a scope film? Trying to picture the ratio from the times I've seen it.

This Ali G show really sucks. Why don't they show something with boobies like Cinemax does?

 

[Robert Crawford]

Giant is not a scope film.

 

[Danny_N]

Is the coverart for Giant still accurate? On R2 Giant is apparently going to be a 3-disc set (at least play247 advertises it as such) which wouldn't suprise me seeing the length of the movie.

 

[David Lambert]

Warner's press information database shows exactly the cover art which Patrick has posted. Great find, Patrick.

Giant's artwork is shown there as is, and the unedited pic is a shot with 2 DVD's pictured coming out of the right side (a generic shot of silver DVD discs, no artwork is on the discs). That art is shown both angled (as above) and flat.

The latter is the same artwork I saw and posted last year, when it was going to be included in the "True Romance" wave of WB 2-Disc SE's, but got pulled later. Yesterday is the first time that artwork has been returned to Warner's system since being yanked last year.

Could it be a situation where the art is supposed to be different? Maybe...but Patrick can only post what he is given.

He does a great job finding these and filling us in with them. Jeremy Conrad, too. I try to help, naturally. I think we all enjoy it!

As for Specs for Giant, there are none listed yet to pass on. All the have is the video and audio stuff so far...the standard stuff. They have obviously not finished inputing data into this entry.

I looked around for other 2-Disc SE's that we are hoping to see this coming year (Goodfellas, etc.). I did see that Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Once Upon a Time in America are coming...both for the same date of June 10th!

So that's the new wave of WB 2-disc SE's: Right Stuff, Giant, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Once Upon a Time in America. A good year's crop!

 

[oscar_merkx]

great news that Giant is finally being released.

cheers

 

[Craig S]

So that's the new wave of WB 2-disc SE's: Right Stuff, Giant, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Once Upon a Time in America. A good year's crop!

Outstanding! That's a quad-snag for me!!

 

[Jeff Kleist]

Isn't Right Stuff 2.35:1????

Possibly they mixed up the 2 ARs

 

[Dave Miller]

I wanted Robin Hood POT and The Right Stuff since I got my dvd player back in '97, but both were flippers and less than stellar transfers. Can't wait.

Wow, this will be an expensive summer!

Warner, if your reading this please do the same thing w/ Chariots of Fire SOON!

Peace,

DM

 

[Scott David]

Isn't Right Stuff 2.35:1????

It's 1.85:1.

 

[Patrick McCart]

Giant shouldn't be a 3 disc set.... it's only 201 minutes long. I'd expect a DVD-14 for the movie (like Doctor Zhivago) and a DVD-5 or DVD-9 for the supplements.

 

[Brandon Conway]

Wow! This day gets better and better! I'll definitely be picking up Robin Hood.