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8/17/2005
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8/12/2005
King Kong : The
History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson (Paperback)
Ray Morton is an author from LA (by way
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AMAZON.COM. He will also be contributing to our little site here as
well and we look forward to him being with us for as long as he can take it!!!!!
8/8/2005
OK..The first Order Of
Business For August Is This. It's Finally Real And
The
Digital Bits Can Prove It. Just Read And Salivate!!!
(LATE UPDATE - 8/8/05 - 12:30 PM PDT)
Okay... we have FINAL
King Kong
details for you. Warner has sent over their official press release with
all the specs on the release, so here they are:
The
King Kong: Two-Disc Special Edition
(SRP $26.99) will include the 104-minute restored and remastered B&W film
on video in its original full frame, with Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio and
English, French and Spanish subtitles. Extras will include audio
commentary (by Ray Harryhausen and Ken Ralston, with Merian C. Cooper,
Ernest B. Schoedsack, Ruth Rose, Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong), the 2005
I'm Kong: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper
documentary, a gallery of trailers for other films by director Merian C.
Cooper, the new
RKO Production 601: The Making of Kong, Eighth
Wonder of the World
documentary by Peter Jackson (featuring the following featurettes:
The Origins of King Kong,
Willis O'Brien and Creation,
Cameras Roll on Kong, The Eighth Wonder,
A Milestone in Visual Effects,
Passion, Sound and Fury,
The Mystery of the Lost Spider Pit Sequence
and
King Kong's Legacy)
and
Creation
test footage (with commentary by Ray Harryhausen).
The
King Kong: Two-Disc Collector's Edition
(SRP $39.98) will include all of the above in limited tin packaging that
also features a 20-page reproduction of the original 1933 souvenir
program,
King Kong
original one-sheet reproduction postcards and a mail-in offer for a
reproduction of a vintage theatrical poster.
The
King Kong Four-Disc Collector's Set
(SRP $39.92) will include the
King Kong: Two-Disc Special Edition
along with
The Son of Kong
and
Mighty Joe Young.
It will NOT include the extras in the
Collector's Edition
tin.
Fortunately,
The Son of Kong
and
Mighty Joe Young
will also be available separately (as will
The Last Days of Pompeii,
also by
Kong
directors Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack) for an SRP of $19.97
each.
The Son of Kong
will include the 70-minute restored B&W film on video in the original full
frame, with Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio and English, French and Spanish
subtitles. Extras will include the theatrical trailer.
Mighty Joe Young
will include the 94-minute restored B&W film on video in its original full
frame, with Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio and English, French and Spanish
subtitles. Extras will include audio commentary (by Ray Harryhausen, Ken
Ralston and Terry Moore), 2 new featurettes (Ray
Harryhausen and The Chioda Brothers
and
Ray Harryhausen and Mighty Joe Young)
and the film's theatrical trailer.
Finally,
The Last Days of Pompeii
will include the 96-minute, B&W film on video in the original full frame,
with Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio and English, French and Spanish
subtitles. There are no extras.
We're waiting on high-quality cover art for any and all of the above.
We'll post it as soon as it comes in.
In other news this morning, we've got word that Sony's new
Ghostbusters
2-pack says on the back of the packaging that one of the films is full
frame, while the other one is widescreen. Rest assured, this is just an
error. BOTH films are anamorphic widescreen. Just FYI.
Also, Capital Entertainment has announced that they're going to be
releasing
Count Duckula: The Complete First Season
on 10/4 (SRP $39.98). The 3-disc set will include all 26 episodes of the
80s British animated series' first year uncut and restored, along with an
interview with the show's creators (including Brian Cosgrove), as well as
a photo gallery, a featurette on how to draw the Count Duckula character
and original artwork from the series’ development stages.
Stay tuned...
Bill Hunt, Editor
The Digital
Bits
billhunt@thedigitalbits.com
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