Release Date: 05/22/2007
Label/Distributor: Warner
Rating: R (Restricted)
Retail Price: $119.99
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Laurence Fishburn
Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
DVD Video Options: Color, Widescreen
DVD Audio Options: English, Original Language
DVD Extras: In-Movie Experience Written introduction by The Wachowski brothers Commentaries by philosophers, critics, cast and crew, composer with music-only track Behind The Matrix featurettes Music videos The Matrix Revisited documentary and featurettes Enter the Matrix: The Game (contains 23 scenes from the video game) The Animatrix & The Roots of the Matrix Burly Man Chronicles and The Zion Archive
UPC Code: 085391167877
The definitive ten-disc DVD set, The Ultimate Matrix Collection features all three films in the trilogy together for the first time ever with a newly remastered picture and sound for The Matrix. Also included is the companion piece The Matrix Revisited and the best-selling The Animatrix, plus five entirely new DVDs packed solid with brand-new supplemental materials that encompass every aspect of the Matrix universe, including two new audio commentaries on each film, Enter the Matrix video game footage, 106 deep-delving featurettes/ documentaries and much more!
The Ultimate Matrix Collection HD DVD
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By Cyril Pearl -- Video Business, 5/21/2007
WARNER
Street: May 22
Prebook: now
> The ground-breaking sci-fi trilogy delivers state-of-the-art sights and sounds in its HD DVD incarnation.
We’re thrilled to report that the hotly anticipated HD DVD version of The Wachowski Brothers’ landmark sci-fi/action extravaganza looks and sounds absolutely stunning, with the films’ breakthrough visual effects coming across with clarity and color. We got our biggest rushes from Neo (Keanu Reeves) dodging bullets on a rooftop in the first film’s best-remembered effects scene, Reloaded’s over-the-top highway car chase and Revolutions’ climactic stormy, mid-air fight between Neo and Agent Smith. Exclusive to the HD DVD Ultimate Collection are three In-Movie Experience functions that allow viewers to watch picture-in-picture featurettes and talking-head interviews as the movie plays, which are a helpful, enjoyable and appropriately futuristic experience.
Shelf Talk: The original Matrix was the first DVD to sell 1 million copies during the launch of the DVD format, and to date, the franchise has grossed more than $1 billion. Say what you will about the second and third entries in the series (which, along with the first, are in the Top 10 best-selling sci-fi films of all time and have won four Oscars), overall, they’re still part of the coolest-looking trilogy made since the original Star Wars. Be prepared for high-def consumers to invest in their systems with this release. Also available is The Complete Matrix Trilogy, a three-disc set that retails for $99.99 and features only the movies with considerably fewer supplements than Ultimate.
Sci-fi thriller, color, R (mature themes, violence, sexual situations, language), 136 min./138 min./129 min., HD DVD $119.99, reviewed on a 26-inch LG HDTV with HDMI connectionExtras: 35 hours of bonuses including commentaries, featurettes, Animatrix short films, music videos, more
Directors: The Wachowski Brothers
First Run: W, 1999-2003, $600 mil. total
