DVDActive:
PRESS RELEASE: LOS ANGELES, CA (March 12, 2007) – Journey into a world of extravagant imagination as a dark fable comes to life in the fantasy thriller Pan’s Labyrinth. Winner of three Academy Awards®, Pan’s Labyrinth will be available in a two-disc edition DVD on May 15, 2007, from New Line Home Entertainment. Directed by award-winning writer and filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Blade II), the film traces the fate of an innocent child as she seeks refuge from fear, loneliness and the violence of war – in both her real and imagined existence – through an elaborate and magical fantasy world. Unlock the enchanting secrets of the labyrinth with DVD bonus features including audio and video commentary from Guillermo del Toro, never-before-seen featurettes and filmmaker interviews.
The fully loaded, two-disc DVD will be available at a $34.99 SRP. Additionally, a single-disc DVD will also be available at a $28.98 SRP. Both editions have an April 10, 2007, order due date.
Winner of three Academy Awards® for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best Makeup, Pan’s Labyrinth was nominated for a total of six awards including Best Foreign Language Film, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Original Score. To date, the film has also been nominated for Best Foreign Language Film by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association/The Golden Globes, and won Picture of the Year from the National Society of Film Critics and Best Foreign Language Film at The Washington DC Film Critics Association, The San Francisco Film Critics Circle and the New York Film Critics Online. The film has been named one of the top ten films of 2006 by more then 130 critics at outlets including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune and Entertainment Weekly.
When young Ofelia and her mother go to live with her new stepfather on a rural military outpost, she finds herself caught in a world of unimaginable cruelty. Armed with only her imagination, Ofelia discovers a mysterious labyrinth and meets a faun who sets her on a path to saving herself and her ailing mother. But soon, the lines between fantasy and reality begin to blur, and before Ofelia can turn back, she finds herself at the center of ferocious battle between good and evil.
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES*
Two-Disc Edition Content• Video prologue from director Guillermo del Toro
• Feature audio commentary from director Guillermo del Toro
• “The Power of Myth” featurette on mythology and the origin of the characters
• “DVD Comics: Giant Toad, The Pale Man, The Fairies and Pan” comic book artists’ interpretations of characters from the film
• “The Faun and the Fairies” featurette on visual effects
• “The Color and the Shape” featurette on the colors and textures in del Toro’s films
• “The Lullaby” 2 featurettes on the film’s musical theme
• The Charlie Rose Show interview featuring filmmakers del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men) and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Babel)
• Interactive Director’s notes and sketches, including a video prologue by del Toro
• Storyboard/Thumbnail Comparisons
• Galleries
o DDT creature design/Production design/Production scrapbook
• VFX plate comparison: GDT and the Green Fairy
• Animated menus
• Theatrical teaser (US)
• Theatrical trailer (US)
• TV spots (US)
• DVD-ROM content with Spanish & English screenplays, synchronized storyboards and photo galleries
• Sneak peeks
• 16x9 widescreen (1.85:1) version of the film
• Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1-EX and Spanish Stereo Surround 2.0
• Spanish 6.1 DTS-ES
• English & Spanish subtitles
• Closed captions
Single-Disc Edition Content• Video prologue from director Guillermo del Toro
• Feature audio commentary from director Guillermo del Toro
• Animated menus
• Theatrical and teaser trailers
• DVD-ROM content with Spanish & English Screenplays, synchronized storyboards and photo galleries
• Sneak Peeks
• 16x9 widescreen (1.85:1) version of the film
• Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1-EX and Spanish Stereo Surround 2.0
• Spanish 6.1 DTS-ES
• English & Spanish subtitles
• Closed captions
The Hi-res artwork is also up already.. And it's not that bad (the 2-Disc)..
