Author Topic: "300" - July 31, 2007 (Read 11987 times)

RNIverson · « **on:** Mar 21, 2007 at 06:12 PM »

Current box office behemoth 300 will be coming to DVD and hi-def with some cool extras, that according to Zack Snyder. Among the bonus materials planned are deleted scenes, including one sequence that proved too extreme for the final cut.

"It's these giants with these midget archers on their backs," Snyder said. "The [giants] have no arms. Their arms have been hacked off. They have these little elf-looking guys in these kind of wicker baskets on their backs. They're firing arrows and then the Spartan comes and hacks the leg off it. It falls and they leap off and stab the little elf. [It] just got so outrageous that when I looked at it I thought, "This is from another movie. It was crazy." The footage may be slightly incomplete, but fans will get the idea of how far Snyder would have gone had he put the scene in the film. "It's like 90% [complete], but it's pretty cool."

These are few other deleted scenes because Snyder included almost everything from Miller's graphic novel. "There are a few Ephialtes scenes we took out when we first see him, and he's looking down on the Persians," Snyder said. "It's just straight out of the graphic novel. You can look at the graphic novel and those are the two scenes that aren't in it. But we shot them."

To emphasize the influence of Frank Miller, Snyder hopes to include an interactive feature that includes art from the graphic novel as the movie plays. "You would actually see the Frank frame [within the movie screen]," he said. "Whenever it's the same as the movie, you would see that frame in the corner, and you could click on that."

http://www.davisdvd.com/news/rumor.html

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Quote from: boredfilmmaker on May 16, 2007 at 02:19 AM

from DVDTimes:

Warner Home Video have announced the Region 1 DVD release of 300 on 31st July 2007. The epic graphic novel by Frank Miller (Sin City) assaults the screen with the blood, thunder and awe of its ferocious visual style faithfully recreated in an intense blend of live-action and CGI animation. Retelling the ancient Battle of Thermopylae, it depicts the titanic clash in which King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his massive Persian army.

Available in separate Widescreen and Full Screen single-disc ($28.98 SRP) and Widescreen two-disc ($34.99 SRP) editions features are detailed below…

Disc 1: Main Feature

English, French and Spanish DD5.1 Surround
English, French and Spanish subtitles
Audio Commentary with director Zack Snyder, writer Kurt Johnstad and director of photography Larry Fong

Disc 2: Extra Features (Special Edition only)

Deleted Scenes with Introduction by Zack Snyder
300 Spartans - Fact or Fiction? (24:31mins) - Historians, authors and filmmakers reveal how much of the film was based on fact.
Who Were The Spartans: The Warriors of 300 (4:24mins) - Touches on the customs and ways of life of the Spartan that weren’t explicitly shown in 300 but were used by the actors and filmmakers to help build their characters.
Frank Miller Tapes (13:00mins) - We'll show how the outspoken Miller continued to push his limits to realize his epic graphic novel in the world of film
Webisodes: Behind the scenes peeks on the set of 300 (20:00mins)
Photo gallery (3:39mins) - Rapid fire stills from the first day of production to the last.

also at DVDActive with back cover art..

av_phile1 · « **Reply #1 on:** Mar 21, 2007 at 06:24 PM »

Quote from: RNIverson on Mar 21, 2007 at 06:12 PM

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To emphasize the influence of Frank Miller, Snyder hopes to include an interactive feature that includes art from the graphic novel as the movie plays. "You would actually see the Frank frame [within the movie screen]," he said. "Whenever it's the same as the movie, you would see that frame in the corner, and you could click on that."[/size]

http://www.davisdvd.com/news/rumor.html

That would be nice. But nicer still if they included the original graphic novel with the DVD.

Like what some DVD releases of comicbook hereo movies do.

RNIverson · « **Reply #2 on:** Mar 22, 2007 at 09:04 AM »

another amazon.uk exclusive perhaps

just like what they did to sin city

Dowals · « **Reply #3 on:** Mar 22, 2007 at 09:17 AM »

steelbook perhaps?

RadicalDude · « **Reply #4 on:** Mar 22, 2007 at 09:38 AM »

But why deleted scenes have to be just in the bonus materials and not integrated with the movie? I was hoping for an extended cut...

RNIverson · « **Reply #5 on:** Mar 22, 2007 at 09:53 AM »

the usual trend i guess, SE/LE first then EE. i hope it will be given a giftset treatment like LOTR, KK, Narnia... but i cant think of who/what will be the collectible figure? (pls don't say the oracle

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RNIverson · « **Reply #6 on:** Mar 22, 2007 at 09:56 AM »

Quote from: Dowals on Mar 22, 2007 at 09:17 AM

steelbook perhaps?

i'd rather see it in a wooden case like Troy LE. steelbook IMO is too modern for this film

RadicalDude · « **Reply #7 on:** Mar 22, 2007 at 10:25 AM »

Steelbook might be too modern... but if the design has that shields those Spartans had used, why not?

av_phile1 · « **Reply #8 on:** Mar 22, 2007 at 10:28 AM »

Quote from: RNIverson on Mar 22, 2007 at 09:53 AM

the usual trend i guess, SE/LE first then EE. i hope it will be given a giftset treatment like LOTR, KK, Narnia... but i cant think of who/what will be the collectible figure? (pls don't say the oracle )

It will be packaged in a wicker basket with a plastic figure of a severed Spartan head.

And the DVD case will be covered in synthetic coagulated blood with some rubber entrails on it.

Para talagang gory ang dating.

Just speculating.

jas · « **Reply #9 on:** Mar 22, 2007 at 10:29 AM »

Posted this already in the Film & TV Talk thread, but thought to add it here too:

According to davisdvd.com, the current street date of the 300 DVD is in August (although this may still change).

Dowals · « **Reply #10 on:** Mar 22, 2007 at 10:35 AM »

Quote from: RadicalDude on Mar 22, 2007 at 10:25 AM

Steelbook might be too modern... but if the design has that shields those Spartans had used, why not?

I was thinking about that, steelbook with the shield design

RadicalDude · « **Reply #11 on:** Mar 22, 2007 at 11:04 AM »

Quote from: av_phile1 on Mar 22, 2007 at 10:28 AM

It will be packaged in a wicker basket with a plastic figure of a severed Spartan head. And the DVD case will be covered in synthetic coagulated blood with some rubber entrails on it. Para talagang gory ang dating. Just speculating.

Eewww!

RNIverson · « **Reply #12 on:** Mar 22, 2007 at 11:19 AM »

Quote from: Dowals on Mar 22, 2007 at 10:35 AM

I was thinking about that, steelbook with the shield design

and make it an embossed shield design

King Leonidas' helmet would be a good giftset

allanmandy · « **Reply #13 on:** Mar 22, 2007 at 11:26 AM »

Naku ha! Ang tataas ng expectations nyo sa packaging nito, mamaya ma-dissapoint kayo big time pag Amaray casing lang ito. Hehehe! Pero ako din, I'm hoping for a unique and cool packaging for this.

av_phile1 · « **Reply #14 on:** Mar 22, 2007 at 11:42 AM »

Oo nga naman, baka C-Interactive pa ang mag-release dito.

God help us.

Marsman · « **Reply #15 on:** Mar 22, 2007 at 11:53 AM »

Quote from: av_phile1 on Mar 22, 2007 at 11:42 AM

Oo nga naman, baka C-Interactive pa ang mag-release dito. God help us.

patay tayo dyan hehehehe

geckoph · « **Reply #16 on:** Mar 23, 2007 at 01:26 PM »

di naman cguro...warner release naman ito eh...hehehe...

seph1018 · « **Reply #17 on:** Mar 23, 2007 at 10:24 PM »

Quote from: RNIverson on Mar 22, 2007 at 11:19 AM

and make it an embossed shield design

King Leonidas' helmet would be a good giftset

what about the shield as the case already?

would be hard to put graphic novel inside though...

mccoy · « **Reply #18 on:** Mar 23, 2007 at 11:28 PM »

Quote from: av_phile1 on Mar 22, 2007 at 11:42 AM

Oo nga naman, baka C-Interactive pa ang mag-release dito. God help us.

nyahaha..

tagal naman nito august pa!! sana extended edition nga di lang deleted scenes..

atrreal · « **Reply #19 on:** Mar 26, 2007 at 10:49 AM »

Looking forward to an Extended Edition by Aug. Much better if they would include either bust or figure of King Leonidas.

toyfanatic · « **Reply #20 on:** Mar 26, 2007 at 11:43 AM »

this is a must have dvd for me.....sna it includes dts track and a graphic novel

d4nu65+3R · « **Reply #21 on:** Mar 27, 2007 at 10:33 PM »

hey wouldnt it be much better if the collectible figure they included was that of the bedscene between leonidas and the queen? much hotter...

av_phile1 · « **Reply #22 on:** Apr 11, 2007 at 06:29 PM »

I heard the DVD of this film would be available this fall. But it's amazing a pirated true DVD copy complete with behind the scenes features is available this early. I know it's taboo around here to talk about pirated stuff. Just FYI only.

Someone must have leaked the DVD materials for this film. Rather than preempt my future purchase of the legit DVD, getting this one actually has whetted my appetite to get the fully featured one. Hopefully it gets a steelbook packaging at least.

allanmandy · « **Reply #23 on:** Apr 11, 2007 at 07:48 PM »

Maybe the features of that pirated DVD came from the Bestbuy Exclusive "300" Preview DVD that I saw in one post in another thread.

link

av_phile1 · « **Reply #24 on:** Apr 12, 2007 at 10:41 AM »

Thanks for that link Allanmandy. Yes I can confrim that the added features on that unauthorized DVD are exactly this:

Even the art work is the same.

boredfilmmaker · « **Reply #25 on:** May 14, 2007 at 02:34 AM »

DavisDVD has a release date: July 31st

jerix · « **Reply #26 on:** May 15, 2007 at 11:09 AM »

Quote from: av_phile1 on Apr 11, 2007 at 06:29 PM

I heard the DVD of this film would be available this fall. But it's amazing a pirated true DVD copy complete with behind the scenes features is available this early. I know it's taboo around here to talk about pirated stuff. Just FYI only. Someone must have leaked the DVD materials for this film. Rather than preempt my future purchase of the legit DVD, getting this one actually has whetted my appetite to get the fully featured one. Hopefully it gets a steelbook packaging at least.

Available where sir?

av_phile1 · « **Reply #27 on:** May 15, 2007 at 11:43 AM »

Jerix, they're everywhere in you-know-where.

boredfilmmaker · « **Reply #28 on:** May 16, 2007 at 02:19 AM »

Finally!!!

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from DVDTimes:

Warner Home Video have announced the Region 1 DVD release of 300 on 31st July 2007. The epic graphic novel by Frank Miller (Sin City) assaults the screen with the blood, thunder and awe of its ferocious visual style faithfully recreated in an intense blend of live-action and CGI animation. Retelling the ancient Battle of Thermopylae, it depicts the titanic clash in which King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his massive Persian army.

Available in separate Widescreen and Full Screen single-disc ($28.98 SRP) and Widescreen two-disc ($34.99 SRP) editions features are detailed below…

Disc 1: Main Feature

English, French and Spanish DD5.1 Surround
English, French and Spanish subtitles
Audio Commentary with director Zack Snyder, writer Kurt Johnstad and director of photography Larry Fong

Disc 2: Extra Features (Special Edition only)

Deleted Scenes with Introduction by Zack Snyder
300 Spartans - Fact or Fiction? (24:31mins) - Historians, authors and filmmakers reveal how much of the film was based on fact.
Who Were The Spartans: The Warriors of 300 (4:24mins) - Touches on the customs and ways of life of the Spartan that weren’t explicitly shown in 300 but were used by the actors and filmmakers to help build their characters.
Frank Miller Tapes (13:00mins) - We'll show how the outspoken Miller continued to push his limits to realize his epic graphic novel in the world of film
Webisodes: Behind the scenes peeks on the set of 300 (20:00mins)
Photo gallery (3:39mins) - Rapid fire stills from the first day of production to the last.

also at DVDActive with back cover art..

frootloops · « **Reply #29 on:** May 16, 2007 at 02:50 AM »

Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock.........2 months to go!

Hmmmm....not DTS? $:-\$

Thanks boredfilmaker c",)