Warner Home Video is off
to see the Wizard on Oct. 1 with a 75th Anniversary
celebration. On that date The
Wizard of Oz will be lighting candles on the birthday cake that
features a four-SKU product offering, including the debut of a Blu-ray 3D
edition of the film (an IMAX 3D theatrical launch is also planned for Sept.
20).
This newly remastered
version of the film has been converted to 3D for the double set of The
Wizard of Oz: 75th Anniversary Edition 3D/2D SKU — which
will also be included as part of the The Wizard of Oz 75th Anniversary
Collector’s Edition (a five disc affair featuring UltraViolet and both
3D and 2D versions of this classic, plus a boatload of collectible items).
Also counted in the SKU
mix are both stand-alone single-disc Blu-ray and DVD editions.
As to bonus goodies,
there is an all-new documentary titled The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (included
on all editions of the release), plus all of the bonus nuggets from the
previous Blu-ray rollout in 2009 will be included on the Blu-ray editions.
Also heading to Blu-ray
on Oct. 1 as a 3D and 2D presentation is the 1953 thriller starring Vincent
Price, House of Wax. Bonus
features include a newly-prepared featurette titled “House of
Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before.”
Plus, Oct. 1 will also mark the Blu-ray debut of one of the
greatest silent films of the period, director King Vidor’s 1925 World War I masterpiece,
The
Big Parade. For those
unfamiliar with the film, the last 30 minutes ranks right up there with the
most riveting film sequences ever to grace the silver screen.
Included in this DigiBook SKU is a 64-page booklet prepared
by historian Kevin Brownlow, plus there is commentary from film historian
Jeffrey Vance, a 1925 silent short film (a tour of the MGM studio) and the
documentary titled “The Men Who Made
the Movies: King Vidor”.
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