Are you, like the rest of us, pissed at how Grindhouse was treated on DVD when it was released here in the states? Refuse to buy it until Dimension caves and puts both films and the faux trailers in one set?
Well, your wait for a U.S. release may be eternal, but if you’re not above importing from Japan (and we sure as hell ain’t in the Butane household; you should see our edition of Silent Hill...) you’re going to be smiling ear-to-ear come March 21st.
Horror Movies.ca just got the word on a 6-disc Grindhouse set being released in the land of kaiju and ninjas, along with the specs on each disc. I only have two words for it; Holy. Shit. Check it;
Disc 1: Death Proof (Extended Film).
Disc 2: Planet Terror (Extended Film)
Disc 3: Death Proof bonus materials
Disc 4: Planet Terror bonus materials
Disc 5: Grindhouse (191 minute theatrical cut)
Disc 6: Japanese only Grindhouse bonus disc (106 minutes)
So yeah, like I said; Holy shit. That’s a lot of stuff for one set, but I’m sure’ll be more than worth it for fans, especially when you consider we’ll likely never see anything like it in the States! The set is already up for pre-order on Amazon Japan, feel free to click here and try and decipher all the kanji if you want to pre-order it!
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Submitted by Johnny Butane on Thu, 12/27/2007 - 2:12pm.
Is this really some crazy amazing set? I mean, we've already had the 2-disc DP and PT releases. If they release a 2-disc of the theatrical version of the movie, then that's equal to what this Japanese set has.
Also, the trailers are included in the 191 min cut, because I'm fairly certain the theatrical running time was 191 min.
Submitted by G.D. on Fri, 12/28/2007 - 3:47pm.
I am getting this. There's not even a question.
God bless you, Japan, and all the hard work that you do, except for all the blurring.
Submitted by Chainsaw on Fri, 12/28/2007 - 8:16am.
Part of me actually wants to see "Death Proof" out of morbid curiosity, even if I've read the script. If I hadn't touched the Dread Central boards at all I'd probably have seen it when it still was in theatres, though.
Submitted by Tsotha-lanti on Fri, 12/28/2007 - 4:05am.
Yeah, I'm torn also. I love Planet Terror and HATE Death Proof... so I don't know if I'm going to spend the cash just to get the faux trailers.
Submitted by thedudeabides on Thu, 12/27/2007 - 6:08pm.
Yay, good thing I've waited for this. Hope another R2 version than the Japanese one will be made.
Submitted by Tsotha-lanti on Thu, 12/27/2007 - 5:33pm.
So we don't get the flaux trailers seperate?
Are they included in the 191 min cut?
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Submitted by -Future_Master_... on Thu, 12/27/2007 - 4:40pm.
I'll wait for the US DVD. I don't want to spend a shitload on the import and then suddenly find the US version of the SE being released a week later. I'll think about it.
Submitted by Terminal on Thu, 12/27/2007 - 4:29pm.
So they're releasing Machete seperately then? Damn. I thought they might slip that in somewhere with the collectors edition.
Submitted by Minion on Thu, 12/27/2007 - 3:33pm.