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| Warner Home Video's New Blu-ray and HD DVD Titles Warner Home Video says they are going to debut Blu-ray HD versions of Lethal Weapon, Firewall, Blazing Saddles and Full Metal Jacket. On September, the 12th 4 more HD DVD titles will be issued by Warner: Troy, Lethal Weapon 2, House of Wax and Space Cowboys. Troy will get HD DVD with In-Movie Experience (IME). IME is a new interactive feature allowing viewers to enjoy new ways of accessing interviews and other material - while the movie is running. Troy's IME has director Wolfgang Petersen and his creative team leading the viewer on an audio-visual tour of their epic recreations of Greece and Troy. Warner Home Video HD DVDs and Blu-ray Discs offer resolution 6 times higher than standard definition DVDs, as well as extraordinarily vibrant contrast and color and beautifully crisp sound. The new formats also provide a higher level of interactivity, with instant access to extra features via a seamless menu-bar where viewers can enjoy features without leaving or interrupting the film. Blu-ray Discs: - Lethal Weapon - Mel Gibson and Danny Glover star as Riggs and Murtaugh, two L.A. detectives who uncover a huge drug-smuggling operation, and as their success rate grows so does their friendship. - Firewall - Stars Harrison Ford as Jack Stanfield, whose perfect life is shattered when his wife and children are kidnapped and held for $100 million ransom, plunging him into a cyber-edged race against time. - Blazing Saddles stars Cleavon Little as an unlikely sheriff in the town of Rock Ridge, Harvey Korman as the villain, Madeline Kahn as a Marlene Dietrich-style chanteuse, Gene Wilder as the wacko Waco Kid and Brooks himself as a not-too-sharp politico. - Full Metal Jacket is Stanley Kubrick's definitive film about the Vietnam War which follows an 18-year-old marine recruit - from boot camp to heavy fighting during the 1968 Tet Offensive. HD DVDs: - Troy - Brad Pitt brings a muscular, brooding presence to the role of the Greek warrior Achilles in this spectacular retelling of Homer's classic tale, The Iliad. - Lethal Weapon 2 - Mel Gibson and Danny Glover are at it again (with more than 4 added minutes) in this blockbuster sequel. Joe Pesci makes his first appearance in the series as Leo ("OK, OK") Getz. - House of Wax (2005) - Six college-age friends' road trip to a big college football game takes a turn for the worse when sidetracked into an eerie backwater town. Once there, they're drawn to the town's main attraction - Trudy's House of Wax, filled with wax-coated corpses. The kids must find a way out before they too become permanent exhibits. - Space Cowboys - Clint Eastwood's rocket-powered action hit stars Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones. Donald Sutherland and James Garner as the bravest, boldest and fastest test pilots this country had to offer. Now, more than four decades later, a Russian satellite has suffered a systems failure and it's up to the four outdated heroes to finally go into space with the hopes of fixing a piece of equipment that's every bit as outdated as they are. All bonus materials on the Standard Definition versions of these titles will be included on the HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc versions. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |