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Tartan Video
Posted: September 14th, 2007.
As the home entertainment industry prepares to enter a new world of technology, Tartan Video announces therelease of its first High Definition titles. Tartan has chosen three of its most enduring and popular titlesto demonstrate the full power of the Blu-ray Disc (BD) format: Paul Verhoevens stunning war epic, Black Book;the cult Asia Extreme revenge thriller, Oldboy; and a special 50th Anniversary edition of Ingmar Bergmansall-time classic, The Seventh Seal.
All three releases are worldwide Blu-ray premieres, the format with broader industry support, a picture quality six times that of current DVDs, and fully uncompressed audio all set to increase consumers viewing pleasure beyond their wildest expectations.
Tartan Videos owner and self-professed early adopter, Hamish McAlpine, says, To go with Blu-ray was a no-brainer for Tartan. Not only is the format superior to HD-DVD, but also the fact that 7 out of 8 studios have chosen to release their films on Blu-ray means that this so-called format war is over before it has really begun.
In an exciting move, Tartan Videos Blu-ray releases will be uniquely packaged with the DVD edition of each film to allow consumers who have yet to invest in Blu-ray technology the opportunity to enjoy the films on existing players at no additional cost as they invest for the future.
Black Book
Paul Verhoevens epic World War Two drama about a young Jewish woman who joins the Dutch Resistance and getsentangled in a deadly web of double-dealing, betrayal and romance with a Nazi general. This is a stunning, sexythriller from the internationally acclaimed director of Basic Instinct, Starship Troopers, and Total Recall,featuring Sebastian Koch (The Lives Of Others) and a star-making debut from Carice Van Houten.
The Seventh Seal – 50th anniversary remastered edition
One the most influential movies of all time by one of the greatest directors of world cinema, Ingmar BergmansThe Seventh Seal is a timeless classic and this newly remastered version is an ideal way of celebrating thefilms 50th anniversary. A battle-weary knight (played by Max Von Sydow) returns from the Crusades to find aland ravaged by plague. When Death appears and challenges him to a game of chess, it becomes a fight for survivaland a search for the meaning of life.
Oldboy
Park Chan-Wooks classic genre-defining revenge tale of a man whos wrongly been imprisoned for 15 years andis then suddenly released. Given money and a mobile phone, hes challenged to discover who incarcerated him inthe first place, but he only has five days to uncover the truth. Even with a mysterious young girl to help him,his tortures have just begun. Cannes-winner championed by Tarantino, Oldboy has become a cult favourite,regularly appearing in top ten best movie polls. Brutal but imaginative story-telling.
Both Oldboy and The Seventh Seal contain original English-dubbed soundtracks.
Black Book (BD/DVD) is released on September 24th, Oldboy (BD/DVD) is out on October 2nd (with a US releasedate of November 6th) , while The Seventh Seal: 50th Anniversary Edition (BD/DVD) is released on November 12th.All three titles are £29.99 each.
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News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2007.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.