Inglourious Basterds (R2/UK BD) in December - BD Specs added
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04-11-2009 13:16  |  7744 views   |   Dave Foster   |   My Other Content
 
Universal Pictures have scheduled the UK DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Inglourious Basterds for 7th December 2009. Quentin Tarantino’s latest is set in nazi-occupied France where a group of Jewish soldiers known as “The Basterds” are delivering brutal retribution under the command of Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt).

A full announcement has yet to be made but we’ve got confirmed specs for the single-disc DVD release which offers the following features:
  • 2.40:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
  • English and Hungarian DD5.1 Surround
  • English SDH, Arabic, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish subtitles
  • Extended and Alternate Scenes
  • Nation’s Pride – the film within the film can be seen in its entirety
  • Inglourious Basterds Trailers

And here are the Blu-ray Disc specs:
  • 1080P 2.40:1 Widescreen
  • English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
  • French and Spanish (Latin American) 5.1 DTS Surround
  • English SDH, French and Spanish (Latin American) subtitles
  • Extended and Alternate Scenes
  • Nation’s Pride – the film within the film can be seen in its entirety
  • Featurettes on Nation’s Pride
  • Roundtable discussion with Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt and film historian/critic Elvis Mitchell
  • A conversation with veteran actor Rod Taylor
  • Film Poster Gallery Tour with Elvis Mitchel
  • and more!

Considering the audio specs we’re guessing the UK release will be identical to the US release meaning the ‘and more’ extras will consist of:
  • Domestic and International Trailers
  • The Original Inglorious Bastards – a salute to the original 1978 film
  • Rod Taylor on Victoria Bitters, the Australian beer
  • Quentin Tarantino’s Camera Angel
  • Hi Sallys – Gag Reel
  • Inglourious Basterds Poster Gallery

This material has all been passed by the BBFC.

The running time of the extras on Blu-ray is 90mins.

Below is the artwork for the standard DVD release, then the HMV exclusive, the standard Blu-ray release and finally the LE Blu-ray Disc release (which is available at all retailers)...





#1 Posted: 02-11-2009 17:26
The Voivod
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There's a pretty snazzy (limited edition) blu-ray steel tin coming, if I'm not mistaken.  I can't remember if it's exclusive or not though.

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#2 Posted: 02-11-2009 17:30
DCSholtis
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Originally Posted by The Voivod:


There's a pretty snazzy (limited edition) blu-ray steel tin coming, if I'm not mistaken.  I can't remember if it's exclusive or not though.





No that doesn't seem to be exclusive as I've seen it on sale at HMV, Amazon UK and play.com.    I have my order in from Amazon UK.

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#3 Posted: 02-11-2009 21:35
bburdett
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Yep, available at all retailers for £17.99, HMV has a double pure point offer on this if you pre-order from there, if you're in to that sort of thing of course
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#4 Posted: 04-11-2009 16:28
bburdett
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What is the difference between the standard and the limited blu-ray release actually?
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#5 Posted: 04-11-2009 16:55
DaveF
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Just the packaging I think. Still no official word on it. It's possible they might have some postcards or a booklet or something, maybe even a digital copy in there, but the actual blu-ray disc content won't be any different.
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#6 Posted: 04-11-2009 23:39
bburdett
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Really? I know they are only charging a pound extra for the special edition but the RRPs are £24.99 and £29.99 which seems a little much for just a cardboard sleeve (I imagine that's what it is, all hope of a steelbook are fading for me), still worth the punt for just an extra quid from the £16.99 for the standard edition though.

I will say this though, I wish they'd stop putting "The new film by Quentin Tarantino" on the sleeves, while I always thought having "The x film by QT" like on Kill Bill 1 was a little odd/big headed, it works out better than having "The new film..." as that's what they did with Kill Bill 2, and now Basterds, so we'll have 2 films that are his new film as far as the artwork is concerned in our collections, obviously it doesn't take a genius to figure out what they've done, it just aggravates me personally.
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#7 Posted: 08-11-2009 15:04
LeBougre
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Hi,

Just to be sure, the UK blu-ray will have french on it (language + subtitles) ?

I just ask because when you first did the news, the french wasn't mentioned, but now it is ^^

So it's just to be sure it will be well included.

Thank you :)
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#8 Posted: 08-11-2009 15:58
DaveF
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Short answer is yes, French is on there.

It's a similar scenario to specs for Sony titles, only in this instance we didn't have any Blu-ray specs whatsoever when we first posted the news piece. Now we've seen the sleeve and those are the specs reported.
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#9 Posted: 08-11-2009 16:28
LeBougre
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DaveF : again, thank you very much for the confirmation ;)

Always here to reply, really, thanks ! (with a beautiful number of posts : 2222 ... ^^)
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#10 Posted: 15-11-2009 10:50
bburdett
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Just had a look on play.com at the limited edition and these extras are supposed to be exclusive to it

# 4 Stoltz Der Nation poster images (Exclusive to this version)
# 3 Bridget Von Hammersmack Film Poster images (Exclusive to this version)
# Japanese Teaser Poster replica image (Exclusive to this version)
# Exclusive James Goodridge key art print (Exclusive to this version)
# Momma Landa's Old Fashion Austrian Strudel Recipe. (Exclusive to this version)

Not really anything amazing, although the strudel recipe sounds interesting haha.
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#11 Posted: 15-11-2009 12:59
DaveF
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Those would have to be packaged extras (ie. postcards/artcards, printed material) - I can't imagine they'd master a separate disc just for that kind of extra material.

I'll stick with my £10 Tesco pre-order and hope they honour it.
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#12 Posted: 15-11-2009 23:54
bburdett
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Just looked over at amazon and their description appears to suggest it will be printed

"Limited Edition Content:
Inglourious Basterds Limited Edition Blu-ray comes in a collectable special finish slipcase and includes:
Inpack 4 Stoltz Der Nation poster images
3 Bridget Von Hammersmack Film Poster images
Replica image of the Japanese Teaser Poster
Exclusive James Goodridge key art print
Momma Landa's Old Fashion Austrian Strudel Recipe. "

Which seems like quite a nice bonus to me, Tesco's current price is over £20 so I'll be sticking with my HMV pre-order.
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#13 Posted: 24-11-2009 11:28
LeBougre
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Hi,

Do we know if the french audio will be Parisian or Canadian ?
If i remember correctly, the UK blu-ray of Public Enemies from Universal had Canadian French audio, so will it be the same ?

Thank you :)
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#14 Posted: 24-11-2009 17:46
DaveF
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The cover just says French.
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#15 Posted: 28-11-2009 12:59
LeBougre
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DaveF : ok, thank you :)

An other thing : do you know if the bonus are french subtitled ?

Thanks.
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#16 Posted: 28-11-2009 13:47
DaveF
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Not a clue. If we get a disc early I'll update. I've also got an order for this myself so will check when it arrives (assuming they don't cancel it as it was a mispice).
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#17 Posted: 28-11-2009 19:58
LeBougre
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DaveF : ok, thank you for your answer :)
Can't to receive my Limited Edition :D
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#18 Posted: 04-12-2009 10:13
badblokebob
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bburdett's right about the lack of Steelbook -- it's just a card slipcase with the normal BD + a stack of postcards.

Subtitles: haven't checked all the extras, but the two or three I tried at random were all subtitled.
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