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Star director Ridley Scott’s monumental epic “Kingdom of Heaven”, starring Orlando Bloom, is being released in a one-off, limited Blu-ray collector’s edition, the FOX Limited Cinedition. It contains a 16-page mediabook with production notes and an elaborately restored, limited individual frame from a 35-mm cinema film reel.
Plot:
A story of courage, passion and adventure: Balian (Orlando Bloom), a simple French blacksmith, loses his wife and his home. He travels to the Holy Land, where he wants not only to find his own peace, but also to continue his father’s (Liam Neesen) life’s work of understanding between religions during the Crusades.
As a stranger in a strange land, alongside Tiberias (Jeremy Irons), a knight loyal to the king, he stands up for justice, finds a new great love in Princess Sybilla (Eva Green) and finally fights a decisive battle for Jerusalem as a knight himself. To save his people and uphold the idea of peaceful coexistence between religions, Balian decides on a daring step…
Additional material:
• Development: Good Intentions
- “Tripoli” overview, first screenplay draft by W. Monahan, story notes
- Location scout gallery
• Pre-production: Faith and Courage
- Actors’ rehearsals
- The Colours of the Crusade (costumes)
- Production design draft
- Galleries: Ridleygrams, production designs
- Costume gallery
• Production: The Pilgrimage Begins
- Creative Accuracy: The Scholar Speaks
- Storyboard galleries
- Camera-unit gallery
• Production: Into the Promised Land
- No Holy War: The Siege
- Comparisons with the storyboard
- Camera-unit gallery
• Post-production: The Burning Bush
- 15 deleted and extended scenes
- Sound design
- Visual effects
• Release Dates: Sin and Forgiveness
- Press tour
- World premieres: London, New York, Tokyo
- The making of the Director’s Cut
- Extra image gallery
- Making of the film poster
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Elaborately restored picture and sound material – “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” in High Definition for the first time! Like “Kingdom of Heaven”, the cult film is available in the special FOX Limited Cinedition. This includes a 16-page media booklet with cult Pop Art photos by Mick Rock and an elaborately restored, limited individual frame from a 35-mm cinema film reel.
It was great when it all began… Experience the most outrageous film spectacle ever seen on a screen. “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is a bizarre comedy nightmare that makes everything previously seen pale by comparison. Richard O’Brien’s eccentric pop parody pushes you into the completely twisted world of horror, sci-fi and B-movies. With Tim Curry (in perhaps his hottest role, as stocking-clad Dr Frank N. Furter), Barry Bostwick and Oscar winner Susan Sarandon. Dare to do the Time Warp and sing Meat Loaf’s “Hot Patootie” again… and again… and again…Anyone who has seen this film once will never escape it!
Endless cult: the edition contains more than three hours of bonus material, including interactive extras such as Rocky-oke karaoke mode with 18 irresistible songs to sing along to!
Additional material:
• US and UK versions of the film
• Alternative film opening in black and white (UK version only)
• Interactive midnight screening
• Rocky-oke: Sing Along! (18 different songs)
• Audio commentary by Richard O´Brien and Patricia Quinn
• Don’t Dream It, Be It: 35 Years of Showcast – live act in front of the screen, part 1
• An-tic-i-pation: 35 Years of Showcast – live act in front of the screen, part 2
• Rocky Horror photographer: Mick Rock
• Mick Rock’s picture gallery
• Behind the scenes
• Unshown song scenes
• Outtakes
• Alternative end credits
• Incorrectly copied film ending
• VH 1 Pop-Up music video “Hot Patootie” (1999)
• “Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show” (1995)
• Beacon Theater, New York (10th anniversary)
• Time Warp music video (15th anniversary of the VHS release)
• Original cinema trailer 1
• Original cinema trailer 2
• Press gallery
• Poster gallery
• Live extras
“Limited Cinedition” – Homage in High Definition
FOX celebrates 75 years of Fox Studios with a high-quality collector’s edition in extravagant packaging – available for only a short time.
75 years of Twentieth Century Fox means 75 years of great cinema for every taste. For the major Hollywood studio’s anniversary, FOX is releasing a new Blu-ray collector’s edition on November 5 with 14 selected blockbuster and cult films. The varied selection in this “Limited Cinedition” ranges from the completely remastered Blu-ray premiere of cinema cult classic “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” to the current summer action hit “Predators” as a first release.
For the ultimate film experience, fans receive a mediabook with collectables such as an individual celluloid frame in a collector’s card, a 16-page booklet, a stylish 3D cover image without an FSK logo and great bonus material. And as the anniversary edition’s name says, the “Limited Cinedition” is available only briefly as a one-off edition.
“Limited Cinedition” – The titles at a glance
Predators – (2-disc version: Blu-ray and DVD fan disc)
Predator – Uncut Version – (1-disc version)
Alien vs. Predator – Extended Version – (2-disc version: Blu-ray and bonus DVD)
Alien vs. Predator 2 – (2-disc version: Blu-ray and bonus DVD)
Braveheart – (3-disc version)
Independence Day – (2-disc version)
Kingdom of Heaven – (3-disc version)
Rocky Horror Picture Show – (1-disc version incl. 70 minutes of special features)
Die Hard 4.0 – (3-disc version)
Walk the Line – (2-disc version)
Windtalkers – (3-disc version)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine – (2-disc version)
Further titles on request.
Further links:
- Go to the DP reader survey here
FOX Limited Cinedition
