Fox bringing Sideways, Donnie Darko to Blu-ray in February

Man, February's gearing up to put a hurtin' on your wallet. Alongside long-awaited titles like Passion of the Christ and Napoleon Dynamite, Fox Home Entertainment is scheduled to drop another duo that should move quite a few units. The cult classic Donnie Darko will finally get the Blu-ray treatment it deserves on 2/10, while the niche comedy Sideways arrives on Blu a week earlier. Details are all but non-existent outside of that, but you can expect MSRPs of $34.95 and $29.99, respectively.

Read - Donnie Darko
Read - Sideways

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2008 12:45AM]

$35 for an older title?! You gotta be kidding me! I bought the Sideways DVD at Circuit City for literally $5.99 and Donnie Darko for $9.99 (pre liquidation prices-i bought these 2 years ago). New Releases need to go down to $15 and lower and older titles need to be $10 and lower in order for me to actually start purchasing Blu-Rays......until then I'll just rent em from Netflix......

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2008 10:00AM]

Yeah, I wouldn't say these releases are newsworthy. These are the kinds of titles you see at the Used DVDs section at Blockbuster or Hollywood Video sitting in the 3 for $15 section unbought for years.

[VICinCLT Posted Nov 6th 2008 11:23AM]

While the MSRP is high, it is not what you will actually pay for retail.

Also, new release 2-disc special edition DVDs aren't even priced at $15 or below, usually around $22-23, so why do new release BDs need to be lower than that?

[THizzle7XU Posted Nov 6th 2008 11:24AM]

It's MSRP genius. They are not going sell for this much in real stores. If you pay MSRP somewhere for a movie, then let's just say you deserved to pay that much for not shopping around in the least bit.

[daaper Posted Nov 6th 2008 11:33AM]

Take it easy, man. He's right, some of the 2-disc special edition DVDs are priced at $20-25 ($40 MSRP). In fact, Iron Man is still priced that way...even on Amazon. The Blu-ray and DVD editions are almost the same price.

[daaper Posted Nov 6th 2008 11:40AM]

Nevermind, sorry Thizzle7XU, I just realized you weren't talking to Vic. It gets tough to tell in these long strings of replies.

[cremnopedia Posted Nov 6th 2008 1:19AM]

Loved both of those. Never have bought many movies, even DVDs. Usually just rent them and watch once. There are so many to choose from, finding time to watch is a challenge.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2008 1:37AM]

If the DD BD includes both the theatrical and director's cuts, I'm in. But if not...well, $35 is sort of steep (even if nobody ends up actually paying that much, thanks to Amazon & Co.).

[Andy Anonymous Posted Nov 6th 2008 1:53AM]

Read the link.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2008 10:02AM]

that donnie darko cover is sick with the bluray cases

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2008 3:23PM]

I also tire of the whiny MSRP complaints when anyone who has not recently had a brain biopsy knows that it won't actually sell for that when it comes out except for in a few brick and Mortar stores.

Ebay and online buying is ubiquitous enough that anyone wanting a lower price can easily find it and as stated in some replies 2 Disc "special" edition DVDs are priced within just a few dollars of the same Blu-ray versions when they first release.

Hit Amazon and price check, most used Blu-rays, which have a hard coating that makes a used one even less likely to be scratched to a level that affects playing the disc, are 11 to 16 dollars WITH shipping included. I have a friend that does the buy 3 at Hollywood video and he's got at least a dozen movies he's not that interested in that he bought to get the third movie in the 3 for 25 deal. The Amazon pricing is not a buy X to get this price, just buy 1 used Blu-ray you actually want and pay maybe only 9 dollars for it.( I found the Night at the museum Blu-ray for that on Amazon, including shipping cost.)

And, yes it is a special edition Blu-ray that contains BOTH cuts of the film. For any DD lover that has a Blu-ray player this is THE version to own.


Here's info fox has released:

Audio: English: 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio
Language: Dubbed: English / Subtitled: English & Spanish
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen: 2.35:1

Episodes-Bonus Features:
**Theatrical Version
**Directors Cut Version

**Special Features:
*Theatrical: Commentary with Writer/Director Richard Kelly and Jake Gyllenhaal
*Theatrical:Commentary with Cast and Crew
*Directors Cut: Commentary with Writer Director Richard Kelly and Director Kevin Smith

**Donnie Darko Production Diary (with optional commentary by Director of Photography Steven Poster)
**"They Made Me Do It Too" - The Cult of Donnie Darko
**Storyboard-to-Screen Featurette
**#1 Fan: A Darkomentary
**Director’s Cut Theatrical Trailer

If this is an example of what they'll be doing with movies I can see a bit more of Double Dipping by movie lovers as time goes on.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2008 4:33PM]

i can't wait for these two big budget, high octane, action films to be with perfect sound and picture quality that the masses are asking for... wait, these two movies are not all that... you mean Star Wars, X-Men, and other Fox movies are still not in Blu and these two will be. And people wonder why Blu-Ray could fail.

[Garst Posted Nov 6th 2008 10:55PM]

HELL NO! You couldn't pay me to take Donnie Darko off your hands! I HATED that fucking movie!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 7th 2008 5:07AM]

And it hated you.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 7th 2008 5:08AM]

These are two of my favorite movies... this news couldn't have been better to hear.

Next Fox release I need is Fight Club and my list of top movies will be complete. (Top two favorite are Donnie Darko and Fight Club, Sideways would be in the top 5 to top 10. I'm just assuming my other top 5's are already out and owned, but can't think right now.)