The Oscar season is upon us and films like Vice,
Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman and The Favourite are among
the Best Picture nominees. Certainly
you can make a case for each of them … they have their fans. But notably missing from the eight finalists in
contention is director Clint Eastwood’s The Mule … audiences
loved it, critics were so-so and the members of the Academy of Motion Pictures
Arts and Sciences completely ignored it.
Not a single nomination in any category. But then this is the same group that will
have their annual telecast without a host and at the last minute decided to
drop the award presentations in four categories — they will do those during the
commercials. That set off a firestorm. So being slighted by members of a group that
is the equivalent of a circus clown car act is no big deal.
In any case, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will
be having the last laugh — financially-speaking — come Apr. 2 when Eastwood’s The
Mule hits the home entertainment marketplace as three-SKU product
offering.
The ARR is 109 days and ticket sales from the
film’s Christmas season theatrical launch currently stand at $102.6 million.
Planned for distribution to the home entertainment
packaged media arena are a stand-alone DVD edition and Combo Pack SKUs for both
Blu-ray (with DVD) and 4K Ultra HD (with Blu-ray).
Based on the true story of Leo Sharp, a 77-year old
World War II vet who became an unlikely drug courier for the Sinaloa Cartel …
and was successful at it for ten years (making him 87-years old when finally
nabbed).
The perfect role for Eastwood, who is 88 and still
capable of bringing a film in on time and on budget … and does a damn good job
of acting as well (not afraid to show his age).
As to bonus nuggets, common to all release
configurations is the featurette titled “Nobody Runs Forever: The Making of The
Mule.” The Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD
Combo Packs include the Toby Keith music video, “Don’t Let the Old Man In.”
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