Mar 05, 2007 12:00

Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment Springs into Action with Four More Blu-ray Discs in April 2007

Titles Include King Arthur, G.I. Jane, Deja vu and Academy Award(R) Winner The Queen

The action-packed King Arthur (Clive Owen, Keira Knightley) on Blu-ray Disc will feature original DVD bonus materials including audio commentary by director Antoine Fuqua, the featurette "Blood on the Land: Forging King Arthur," a cast & filmmaker roundtable, alternate ending, and Blu-ray exclusive Movie Showcase. G.I. Jane (Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen) on Blu-ray Disc includes the exclusive Movie Showcase.

Tony Scott's action-thriller Deja vu (Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer) on Blu-ray Disc will include DVD bonus features including the "Surveillance Window" featurette which gives an in-depth look at how and where the film was made, numerous deleted and extended scenes, and the Blu-ray exclusive Movie Showcase. Deja vu was written by Bill Marsilii and Terry Rossio, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.

The Academy Award(R) winner The Queen (Helen Mirren -- Best Actress, 2006) on Blu-ray Disc will include DVD bonus features including a making-of featurette, feature commentary with director Stephen Frears and writer Peter Morgan, feature commentary with British Historian and Royal expert Robert Lacey, and the Blu-ray exclusive Movie Showcase.

BVWHE's Blu-ray titles feature advanced new menus offering seamless navigation and on-the-fly preference selection; dynamic and unparalleled high-definition picture quality; new layer-coating technology that provides a scratch-resistant surface; Movie Showcase which highlights the most impressive high-definition picture and sound moments on the disc; and new sleek packaging. Other Disney Blu-ray feature technologies being developed include unmatched interactive features and compelling online content utilizing web connectivity, which will allow users to connect to live events hosted by the studio.

Blu-ray Disc is the next-generation optical disc format for high-definition video and high-capacity software applications. A single-layer Blu-ray Disc will hold up to 25GB of data, and a double-layer Blu-ray Disc will hold up to 50GB of data. Blu-ray Disc is supported by the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer and gaming companies, and, with seven of eight Hollywood studios releasing their high-definition content on Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray will deliver the widest variety of high-definition, home entertainment content.

About Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment

Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment, a recognized leader in the home entertainment industry, is the marketing, sales and distribution company for Walt Disney, Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax and Buena Vista DVD, Blu-ray Disc and electronic distribution product. Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment is a division of Disney Enterprises, Inc.