Paramount Home Media Targets Jan. 14 For 35th Anniversary Celebration Of Beverly Hills Cop

News arrived this past week that Paramount Home Media will be celebrating the 35^th Anniversary of director Martin Brest’s Beverly Hills Cop in the New Year with a newly-prepared 4K restoration of not only the original Eddie Murphy film, but the two sequels as well.   The street date for this three-disc Blu-ray Beverly Hills Cop three-movie collection will be Jan. 14.

Additionally, there will be new bonus goodies included with the newly-remastered Beverly Hills Cop blu-ray presentation … these include two never-before-seen deleted scenes and four new behind-the-scenes featurettes.   There will also be an isolated audio track of the Grammy-winning original score by Harold Faltermeyer.

And, yes, all of the previously released special features, including commentary by director Martin Brest, will be included with this upgraded Blu-ray presentation.

In other release news this week from Paramount Home Media, last Christmas seasons one-night theatrical event, director Tim Janis’ musical treat, Buttons: A Christmas Tale.

The street date for the long-anticipated DVD debut will be Dec. 3, which yields a long-in-the-tooth ARR of 361 days.   Ticket sales generated from the one-night Fathom Events screening were $151,983.

Set in the time of the American industrial revolution, two orphan girls come under the watchful eye of guardian angels played by none other than Dick Van Dyke and Angela Lansbury.    Buttons: A Christmas Tale features narration by Robert Redford and Kate Winslet and stars newcomer Alivia Clark as Buttons and Noelle Parker as Emily, plus performances by Abigail Spencer, Jane Seymour, Roma Downey, Ioan Gruffudd, Katie McGrath, Robert Picardo, Charles Shaughnessy, Paul Greene and John de Lancie.

Bonus goodies include additional songs, an extensive photo gallery and a surprise music video.