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Criterion release 6/24/14

posted 11 years ago by hobnob53
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Criterion is releasing A Hard Day's Night on June 24, 2014.

The film will be available in a dual-format Blu-ray/DVD edition for $39.95 or on straight DVD (with fewer extras) for $19.95.

Features:

DIRECTOR-APPROVED EDITION:

* New 4K digital film restoration, approved by director Richard Lester, with two audio options—a monaural soundtrack and a new 5.1 surround soundtrack made by Apple Records—presented in uncompressed monaural and DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray (dual
* Audio commentary featuring various members of the film’s cast and crew (dual-format only)
* In Their Own Voices, a new piece combining interviews with the Beatles from 1964 with behind-the-scenes footage and photos
* You Can’t Do That: The Making of “A Hard Day’s Night,” a 1994 documentary program by producer Walter Shenson
* Things They Said Today, a 2002 documentary about the film featuring Lester, music producer George Martin, writer Alun Owen, cinematographer Gilbert Taylor, and others (dual-format only)
* New piece about Lester’s early work, featuring a new audio interview with the director (dual-format only)
* The Running Jumping and Standing Still Film(1959), Lester’s Oscar-nominated short featuring Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan (dual-format only)
* Anatomy of a Style, a new piece on Lester’s approach to editing (dual-format only)
* New interview with Mark Lewisohn, author of Tune In: The Beatles: All These Years—Volume One (dual-format only)
* Deleted scene (dual-format only)
* Trailers
* PLUS: An essay by critic Howard Hampton
* More!

New cover by Rodrigo Corral

http://www.criterion.com/films/28547-a-hard-day-s-night

[–] harryfyhr 11 years ago

Can't wait!

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[–] JohnVFerrigno 11 years ago

Just pre-ordered mine on Amazon! Hopefullu, Criterion will give a similar treatment to Help!

[–] ridge-m-1 11 years ago

Sorry, no Criterion release of "Help", ever. The Beatles were always stoned during the filming of "Help" and even though the music is of course great, the picture doesn't hold a candle to "AHDN"!

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[–] alanr4447a 11 years ago

Does "dual format only" in effect mean that that item will only be on the Blu-Ray disc (so that you must have Blu-Ray to get the item)?

[–] hobnob53 11 years ago

No. The dual-format release contains both a Blu-ray and a DVD on separate discs. You won't need a Blu-ray player to play the DVD.

That edition isn't "dual-format only". It's the straight DVD release that's "DVD only".

[–] xdayton 11 years ago

But if you buy only the DVD, you won't see the extras?

[–] hobnob53 11 years ago

No, there are some extras on the DVD. But many will only be available in the dual-format edition. If you look at the details in my OP you'll see a number of extras listed as "dual-format only". The rest are on both the dual-format as well as the DVD-only releases.

What's unclear is whether in the dual-format edition the extras will be available on both the Blu-ray and DVD discs in that set. Even the Criterion product page isn't clear about this. But the straight DVD release definitely has only a limited number of extras.

Again, use the link in my OP to go directly to the Criterion product page. You may see something I missed.

[–] alanr4447a 11 years ago

What's unclear is whether in the dual-format edition the extras will be available on both the Blu-ray and DVD discs in that set.

That WAS actually my original question.

[–] hobnob53 11 years ago

Very sorry, it wasn't clear to me what you meant. I still don't know the answer for certain, but from what I have seen it would appear that all the extras should be available on both the Blu-ray and DVD discs in the dual-format edition. This is what Criterion's page implies, and it makes no sense for it to be otherwise, but Criterion should be a little clearer themselves.

[–] alanr4447a 11 years ago

My own SUSPICION is that the DVD discs, whether bought alone or in the "dual format package", will be identical, and that extra-items listed as "dual format only" will only appear on the Blu-Ray disc in the set.

I guess I should ask whether you have any knowledge of anyone having the experience of ANY case of seeing both a 'stand-alone' DVD and a DVD from a 'combo-pack' that was issued at the same time where the combo-pack DVD contained more than the stand-alone one. (Which, if you DO, leads me to ask the industry, "What the F are you doing to us??")

Anyway, it's a popular practice at IMDb to bicker speculative points back and forth endlessly and acrimoniously. Shall we begin?

Nah, let's not!

[–] hobnob53 11 years ago

Actually I don't think so. If you look at the extras on those films Criterion has so far issued only in a dual-format edition (such as Foreign Correspondent or It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World), none of the extras is listed as "Blu-ray only". This means all extras are on both formats. (The only differences mentioned are the sound and picture, where those higher-quality elements are listed as "Blu-ray only".)

You only see the notation "dual-format edition only" for films where there is a separate DVD apart from the dual-format edition. It doesn't say "Blu-ray only" but "dual-format only". So again, that indicates that all extras are on the dual-format DVD and Blu, but that the separate DVDs have only some extras.

But I guess the proof is in the viewing. So if I may suggest, when the film is released in a couple of weeks we can post a new thread asking someone who bought the dual pack about the extras.

And, yes please, I agree -- no acrimony!

[–] alanr4447a 11 years ago

And, yes please, I agree -- no acrimony!

Oh, you're no fun anymore!

[–] hobnob53 11 years ago

Why you #&!@%?#!!!!

[–] alanr4447a 11 years ago

That's more like it!

[–] hobnob53 11 years ago

My pleasure! Let's see what we can find out post-June 24.