Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by mikenyc on August 01, 2002 at 12:14:49

In Reply to: "Attack of the Clones" DVD Release Date Rumors posted by mikenyc on June 26, 2002 at 14:37:07:

Courtesy of DVD talk.com....

"Lucas Film has officially announced the DVD Release for Star Wars Episode II: Attack of The Clones. Set for release on November 12th Star Wars Episode II will be presented in Anamorphic Widecreen (2.35:1) with Dolby Digital EX and feature: Audio commentary by George Lucas; Rick McCallum; Editor and Sound Designer Ben Burtt; Visual Effects Supervisors Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow; and Animation Supervisor Rob Coleman, 8 Deleted Scenes with intros by George Lucas, Rick McCallum and Ben Burtt, new documentaries "From Puppets to Pixels," "State of the Art: The Previsualization of Episode II,", "Films Are Not Released; They Escape" , 3 behind-the-scenes featurettes, All 12 parts of "Making Episode II," the web documentaries and more! Pre-Orders will be up starting August 14. Here are the complete DVD Details.
Here's what the two-disc DVD set - available in both Anamorphic Widescreen (Aspect Ratio 2.35:1) and Fullscreen editions - will feature:

• Attack of the Clones, mastered directly from the digital source by THX for superior sound and picture quality, presented in Dolby 5.1 Surround EX (English) and Dolby 2.0 Surround (English, Spanish and French)

• Audio commentary by Writer-Director George Lucas; Producer Rick McCallum; Editor and Sound Designer Ben Burtt; Visual Effects Supervisors Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow; and Animation Supervisor Rob Coleman, offering personal insights into the making of the film.

• Eight deleted scenes created for the DVD release, with introductions by George Lucas, Rick McCallum and Ben Burtt

• "From Puppets to Pixels," an all-new, full-length documentary that tracks the revolution in digital character animation, featuring the creation of the digital Yoda, Dexter Jettster and more

•"State of the Art: The Previsualization of Episode II," an all-new documentary featuring never-before-seen Animatics of Episode II

• Ben Burtt and his team explain the process of creating the sound for Episode II in the all-new documentary "Films Are Not Released; They Escape"

• Three behind-the-scenes featurettes exploring Episode II's storyline, action scenes and love story

• All 12 parts of "Making Episode II," the web documentaries that first appeared here at starwars.com

• The "Across the Stars" music video featuring John Williams

• Downloaded by millions from starwars.com, the original theatrical teaser and launch trailers, plus 12 TV spots

• Galleries of theatrical posters, print campaign from around the world, and never-before-seen production photos

• An Episode II visual effects breakdown montage from Industrial Light & Magic

• "R2-D2: Beneath the Dome" mockumentary trailer

• HoloNet News website

• DVD-ROM weblink to exclusive Star Wars content"