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27-06-2009 12:06 | 5395 views | Dave Foster | My Other Content

Optimum Home Entertainment have announced the UK DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of This is Spinal Tap: Up To 11 Edition on 7th September 2009. Rob Reiner’s directorial debut is this spoof music documentary starring Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer as the three members of the fictional heavy-metal/hard rock band Spinal Tap. Satirizing the wild personal behavior and musical pretensions of hard-rock and heavy-metal bands, This is Spinal Tap presents a second-rate band made up of aging band members who are desperately trying to cling onto what little fame they used to have.

There are three versions being released, a 3 DVD box-set (£19.99 RRP), a Blu-ray (£24.99 RRP) and a limited edition Marshall Amp edition (£69.99 RRP).

The Marshall amp edition includes:

Limited Edition customised fully working Marshall amp (going up to 11)
Numbered speciall amp packaging
7 original art cards
5 Disc Stonehenge digi pack – including:
- Discs 1-3 - DVD content as per the 3-Disc DVD box-set (detailed below)
- Disc 4: The Blu-ray of ‘This Is Spinal Tap’
- Disc 5: The Original Soundtrack CD

Extras on the Blu-ray Disc (all on a single-disc with the film) and the 3 DVD box-set include:

Disc 1:

Fully re-mastered feature
This is Spinal Tap: Up to 11 - Brand new 25th Anniversary Documentary feat. Ricky Gervais, Eddie Izzard, Martin Freeman, Anvil, Serge Pizzorno and more (43 mins)
Audio Commentary by the band
Menu commentary by the band
Go To 11 - Menu animation feature

Disc 2:

The Return of Spinal Tap Royal Albert Hall concert (57 mins)
2007 Live Earth footage & Live Earth reunion short film (4 mins 20)
National Geographic Stonehenge interviews with Nigel (9 mins 1)
Sprinkle some ****in Fairy Dust On It - interview with Reg Presley of The Troggs (6 mins 54)

Disc 3:

Outtakes** (1 hr 7 mins)
Original Trailers (7 mins)
4 x Music Videos (12 mins 27)
TV Spots (1 min 37)
Cutting Room Floor Deleted Scenes incl Heavy Metal Memories, Flower People, Cheese Roll trailer
EPK featurettes (20 mins 50)
Creative Meeting & Bitch School Videos (4 mins 33)

DVD Tech Specs:

1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
English DD5.1 Surround
English and French DD2.0 Stereo
Subtitles (Main Feature): Danish, French, German, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish
Subtitles (Extras & Commentary): French, German

Blu-ray Tech Specs:

1080P 1.85:1 Widescreen
English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
English and French Stereo LPCM
Subtitles (Main Feature): Danish, French, German, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish
Subtitles (Extras & Commentary): French, German

** outtakes include Romance, Mystery & Sheer Sex / Opening Night Party / Promo Spots / Derek’s Out of Circulation / Tommy’s Corruption / Backstage / Trouble in Memphis / Respects to the King / On the Air with Spinal Tap / Son of St Hubbins / Roma ’79 / Recording Studio Meltdown / Nigel’s Replacement / Tap at The Zoo

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#1 Posted: 25-06-2009 14:39
The Voivod Former Mad Fool Posts: 123	Outtakes? What are the s indicating? A shame there can't be both commentaries included, of course.

#2 Posted: 25-06-2009 14:45
DaveF Administrator Posts: 2318	Dunno at the moment. The ** were there but no indication as to what they mean.

#3 Posted: 25-06-2009 14:48
JimdiGriz Member Posts: 370	Surely the blu-ray edition will be two discs maximum? Blu-ray version is a definite buy for me! Those who love Spinal Tap....make sure you check out 'The Comic Strip Boxset' with Bad News Tour and More Bad News on - for me, they are a little bit funnier than Spinal Tap! (and the CD's are unbelievably funny...)

#4 Posted: 25-06-2009 16:37
badblokebob The Duck Posts: 738	Three discs looks a tad pointless even on DVD, though the answer may well be that disc 3 is literally just the old release's second disc.

#5 Posted: 26-06-2009 18:10
DaveF Administrator Posts: 2318	Updated with news on a LE.

#6 Posted: 27-06-2009 21:55
paulb_99 Member Posts: 50	Shouldn't have done ;-) it but i ordered the LE. Great set, just never mention the price again.

#7 Posted: 28-06-2009 03:12
DCSholtis Member Posts: 7	Yeah I bit on the LE too. I'm not even going to convert it to US funds yet I'll wait awhile to be depressed. :D

#8 Posted: 09-07-2009 19:52
DaveF Administrator Posts: 2318	Added what the ** mean for the outtakes.

#9 Posted: 18-08-2009 14:06
DaveF Administrator Posts: 2318	Updated with final specs on this. The Blu-ray has all of the 3-Disc DVD content on 1 disc.

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