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12-06-2009 17:00 | 14592 views | Dave Foster | My Other Content

Paramount Home Entertainment have announced the UK DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Watchmen on 27th July 2009. Zack Synder directs this live-action adaptation of the Watchmen graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

Single-Disc DVD - 16mins of extras, £19.99 RRP. Features include:

2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
English DD5.1 Surround
English Audio Description
English, English HOH, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish subtitles (Film & Extras)
Mechanics: Technologies of Fantastic World (16:10mins)

Two-Disc DVD - 110mins of extras, £24.99 RRP. As above, plus a second disc with the following content:

Subtitles: English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Turkish, Spanish
The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics (27:38mins)
Real Superheroes, Real Vigilantes (25:15mins)
Video Journals (Webisodes):
- Minutemen (3:27mins)
- Sets & Sensibility (3:48mins)
- Dressing for Success (2:59mins)
- The Ship Has Eyes (4:12mins)
- Dave Gibbons (3:16mins)
- Burn Baby Burn (2:10mins)
- Shoot To Thrill (3:09mins)
- Blue Monday (2:55mins)
- Attention To Detail (2:49mins)
- Girls Kick Ass (2:59mins)
- Rorschach’s Mask (3:39mins)
Viral Video: 10 Years Of Dr. Manhattan (1970: NBS Special News Report) (3:05mins)
Music Video – My Chemical Romance, Desolation Row (3:09mins)

Blu-ray Disc - 3-Disc set with all of the extras from the 2-Disc DVD plus a digital copy of the film. Audio is 5.1 Dolby TrueHD. £29.99 RRP. Also includes 3 additional viral videos:

The Keene Act & You (1977: US Public Service Announcement)
Who Watches The Watchmen? (1983: Celebrity News Feature)
World In Focus (1985: British Late Night Discussion Programme)

All three releases feature the the 163-minute theatrical cut only (155mins on DVD after PAL speed-up). There is no director's cut UK release at this time.

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#1 Posted: 02-06-2009 17:46
badblokebob The Duck Posts: 738	So, the UK DVD has some extras that the US one doesn't (Real Superheroes, Mechanics, Viral Videos), and so does the BD (Viral Videos), but the BD is apparently missing some of the US extras (Maximum Movie Mode) and may or may not contain only the theatrical cut. Yup, nice job Paramount.

#2 Posted: 02-06-2009 19:24
Robert Sharp Member Posts: 162	And it's particularly pointless as we all know there's a more stacked release coming for Christmas. ------ http://filmjournal.net/robertsharp/

#3 Posted: 03-06-2009 08:58
wamphyri71 Vampiric Member Posts: 176	So, nice to see everyone getting the same version!! Looks like a cancel of the pre-order standard Blu and a wait for the ultimate edition that will no doubt arrive in time for Xmas. Maybe by then they will have got the things sorted out!! Although Paramount/Warner dont normally region code their Blu discs so the import is always an option...

#4 Posted: 03-06-2009 10:08
DaveF Administrator Posts: 2318	Just heard back and it's theatrical cut only. Warner are handling the US release but like Paramount they're always region free so it's safe to import if you want the DC.

#5 Posted: 03-06-2009 10:25
badblokebob The Duck Posts: 738	Dave, are "no director's cut UK release at this time" their words? If so, sounds rather like they'll be milking this by giving the Director's Cut a separate release before the final edition. (Of course, even if those aren't their words, this is what we can all suspect anyway.)

#6 Posted: 03-06-2009 11:00
DaveF Administrator Posts: 2318	No those are my words. But yeah, I think you're probably right.

#7 Posted: 03-06-2009 16:57

rjw
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Just heard back and it's theatrical cut only.

That's my order cancelled then...

#8 Posted: 04-06-2009 16:42
bburdett Member Posts: 82	Theatrical cut only!? Order cancelled.

#9 Posted: 12-06-2009 16:05
DJ Mike Member Posts: 72	Thank god! This film was already too long! The thought of being forced to watch ANOTHER 20 minutes was insufferable, so I'm quite glad at being offered the Theatrical Cut. If you're that desparate to have the Director's Cut, just import!

#10 Posted: 12-06-2009 17:53
badblokebob The Duck Posts: 738	So though you clearly disliked it, you feel compelled to buy it & watch it again anyway, and so are glad you'll only have to suffer 163 minutes again while those of us who liked it miss out on the extended cut? That doesn't make much sense.

#11 Posted: 13-06-2009 03:09
hatetank Doc Franken Posts: 24	DJ Mike is clearly a masochist, albeit a rather pussy one, cause he likes suffering only if it does not take too long...

#12 Posted: 14-06-2009 23:10
DJ Mike Member Posts: 72	How exactly does my saying it's way too long automatically mean my complete and utter hatred for it? I enjoyed it a fair bit, but for what it was it was far too long in getting to its conclusion, and I really don't see how adding another 20 minutes is somehow going to make that any better. I side with Alan Moore on this one - it's just not a story that translates well to film. But kudos to Zack Snyder and co for at least paying attention to the details, now if only the pacing could have been better.

#13 Posted: 02-07-2009 11:23
DaveF Administrator Posts: 2318	Updated the DVD specs as I've had a look at the discs. Everything is the same as previously reported, except for the Viral Videos of which there is only 1 on the 2-Disc set (previously reported to have 4). I assume all 4 will be on the Blu-ray. AV specs for the DVD are now also final.

#14 Posted: 30-07-2009 22:55
ShawnDuHast Grave Wisdom Posts: 384	And I thought all this being shagged by the US version over here in England was all going end with HD how much of an optimist am I... At least the American Directors Cut as it's been releaed by Warner will be region free which will be of help. I though decided after being shafted for so long with DVD regions that I would not buy a Blu-Ray player untill I could buy one that was Blu-Ray & DVD region free which I now have :-) ------ Metal Damage, Brain Damage...Are you listening Bronze? I am the Nightrider. I'm a Fuel Injected Suicide Machine......

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