September 10, 2005
Sin City DVD details - Updated
Wow! I've just checked out the specifications of the Region 1 release of Sin City slated for December, have a look, it's pretty awesome all in all. DVD Times also carry the artwork.
1) Recut and Extended Theatrical Release - Separated into four stories (Approx. 147 minutes)2) Original Theatrical Release (Approx. 124 minutes)
All-New Feature Commentary with Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller
All-New Feature Commentary with Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino
All-New Feature Commentary of Austin Premiere Audience Reaction
1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen, DD5.1 & DTS 5.1 Surround3) Exclusive Never-Before-Seen Extras
15-Minute Film School with Robert Rodriguez
The Movie in High-Speed Green Screen
The Long Take: 17 Uninterrupted Minutes of Tarantino's Segment
Sin City Night At Antones - Filmmakers, Cast and Crew Party
10-Minute Cooking School with Robert Rodriguez
Bloopers
Teaser & Theatrical Trailers
A Hard Top With A Decent Engine: The Cars of Sin City
Making The Monsters: Special Effects Make-Up
Trench Coats & Fishnets: The Costumes of Sin City
Booze, Broads & Guns: The Props of Sin City
How It Went Down: Convincing Frank Miller to make the film
Giving the Characters Life: Casting the film
Special Guest Director: Quentin Tarantino
Sin-Chroni-City Interactive Game4) Complete Sin City Graphic Novel - The Hard Goodbye
What do you think? Worth a purchase?
16/09 - Updated Specifications check the main story...
Wow, here are the latest specifications from DVD Times...
Disc One: Original Feature Film Presentation Feature Commentary with Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller Feature Commentary with Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino Feature Commentary of Austin Premiere Audience Reaction Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes A Hard Top With A Decent Engine: The Cars of Sin City Making the Monsters: Special Effects & Make-Up Trench Coats and Fishnets: The Costumes of Sin City Booze, Broads & Guns: The Props of Sin City How It Went Down: Convincing Frank Miller to Make The Film Giving The Characters Life: Casting the Film Special Guest Director, Quentin Tarantino Sin-Chroni-City Interactive: As the viewer watches Sin City, it becomes apparent that the characters and their stories are not isolated, but intertwined. It is also revealed that the timelines for these stories are not in synch—and yet not entirely independent. This interactive feature allows the user to get a timeline view of the happenings of Sin City. The user can see the overview schematic of the scenes in chronological order and then zoom in for more detail on any of the events. Teaser and Theatrical TrailersDisc Two:
Sin City Recut Extended Unrated Feature Film Presentation (with 23 added minutes)
Full-length expanded cuts of each individual episode (“Customer Is Always Right,†“The Hard Goodbye,†“Big Fat Kill†and “That Yellow Bastardâ€) split out into short films – each with their own title cards and in their own complete form; viewers can watch separately and in any order desired.15 Minute Flick School – Showing how everything was done, including the development of the look of the movie before there was financing, plus early screen tests, rehearsal tapes, final effects. Narrated and cut by Robert Rodriguez.
All Green Version – A high speed look at the entire movie with only its green screen elements.
The Long Take – A full uninterrupted 17 minute take during the filming of Quentin's segment.
Audience gets to see what it's like to sit in the middle of a whirlwind of creativity while the camera is rolling. They never call cut, so everyone is concentrating, working, experimenting and being creative for 17 minutes straight. Very interesting to watch, and hear everyone brainstorming and improvising. Clive, Nicotero, Rodriguez, Tarantino, and Del Toro, Stevie J, all doing their thing at one point or another.Sin City: Live in Concert – Sin City filmmakers, cast and crew head over to Antone’s restaurant one night after shooting “That Yellow Bastard†so Bruce Willis' and Robert's band Chingon could play a benefit show. Shows the full version of Bruce and his band playing the song "Devil Woman" and Rodriguez and his band playing the “Theme from Sin City.â€
10 Minute Cooking School: Sin City Breakfast Tacos – Rodriguez’s meal of choice during the lnog night hours of making Sin City. Shows how to make Rodriguez’s grandma’s secret homemade flour tortilla recipe as well.
Amazing update, and this does look really interesting now. Any more thoughts on these added extras?
Posted by at September 10, 2005 06:34 AM
Comments
Posted by: Tom Whitaker at September 10, 2005 07:39 AM
What do I think? I think this is the DVD that should have been released in the first place. The one they've already released was a joke and a slap in the face to all the fans who made the film sucessful.
Posted by: John Campea at September 10, 2005 08:00 AM
I'm going to have to agree with John on this one. I bought the first DVD release because I had read that the original theatrical version wouldn't be available on the Special Edition. An idea that pissed me off, but made the purchase have some value. Now I have a DVD that is so unbelievably pointless it's almost funny.
That being said, I will absolutely be buying the December release.
Posted by: Mojo at September 10, 2005 09:21 AM
the josh hartnett book ends could still be included in the first and last stories. that, or they'd be removed all together, but i doubt it. there's no way they'd be shown "as a story".
Posted by: Mike at September 10, 2005 11:29 AM
Do bears sh** in the woods?
Posted by: darren seeley at September 10, 2005 12:21 PM
I don't really think the movie needs an extended edition. I think the original version is long enough. The extras do look AWESOME. I hope the European release will get the same package, with the graphic novel.
Anyway, they should have put this out at the same time as the vanilla edition.
Posted by: ThS at September 10, 2005 12:28 PM
I'm glad it includes the original theatrical cut. Kudos.
Posted by: Tan The Man at September 10, 2005 04:26 PM
I'm with you John. When I bought the dvd and checked out the extras or lack of I was mildly upset but I figured what they were up to. Just because of it I might not buy the extended, by that time I most likely wont care anymore
Posted by: crackerjack at September 11, 2005 04:25 AM
As a die hard Sin City fan, both of the comics and the movie, soon to be "movies", I love it and can't freakin' wait. Deff some of the best sounding and most extras on a DVD ever. I havn't bought the first edition DVD cuz I knew this one was coming out. Pays to keep up on these things. ;D
I feel sorry for those who did already get the first edition and now feel they should of waited. :( But more and more movie studios seem to be doing this kind of thing. The studio released the first DVD too early to try & beat all the bootleggers and downloaders some (all there fault why it came out so early & unfinished), even though they knew Rodriguez wasn't done with all the extras yet. But sounds like this new set will be well worth the wait...
Posted by: Kaneda at September 11, 2005 10:21 AM
This is exactly the kind of crap they pulled with the Lord of the Rings. I'm getting to the end of my tether with the SUPER ULTIMATE DIRECTORS CUT LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL DVD. How many ARMY OF DARKNESS DVD's are there now? At last count there were four. Hollywood. Anything for a buck.
That said, I'll get the DVD in December since I haven't bought the one out now.
Posted by: Donnie Boy at September 11, 2005 11:29 AM
"This is exactly the kind of crap they pulled with the Lord of the Rings." Wrong! PJ and New Line were upfront about the Extended Editions. They announced them before releasing the theatrical versions.
As for Sin City - I like the movie, the visuals were unique but the one note theme of revenge does not make for repeat viewings.
Posted by: Lou Sytsma at September 11, 2005 09:39 PM
***Spoilers ahead***
Seperated into four stories? Is it just me, or will the Josh Hartnett one not really be worth watching on its own? It basically introduced the look (and the title logo!) and then served as a pay-off to one of the other stories, with its ending more implicit that actually shown. I can't see how it'll be better on its own.