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Warner to release Wizard of Oz on Blu-ray By Marcy Magiera - 06/09/2009 JUNE 9 | PHYSICAL: Warner Home Video will release Wizard of Oz as a features-packed and pricey Blu-ray 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition on Sept. 29. The high-def debut of one of the most popular films of all time will carry an $84.99 price. The studio also will bring the title out on DVD, in UCE ($69.92) and two-disc ($24.98) versions. Prebook is Aug. 25.
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DVDIALOG Laurence Lerman, Product Digest Editor, Video Business June 8, 2009 The Education of Jesse Eisenberg, Pt. I
Jesse Eisenberg has been coming of age in films for nearly a decade now. He first mad... More
DISC DISH Samantha Clark, Managing editor and online editor, Video Business June 8, 2009 Obsessed DVD, Blu-ray
Sony has set the $66 million-grossing thriller Obsessed for release on DVD ($28.96) a... More
BLU STATE Susanne Ault, Senior Reporter, Video Business June 5, 2009 And the Winner Is...Howards End
It looks like Criterion Collection has tallied up the votes for its next Blu-ray rele... More
Pink Panther at Race for the Cure To celebrate MGM/Fox’s June 23 release of The Pink Panther 2, the character was at the 20th annual Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure, which raises money for breast cancer research, in Washington D.C., on June 6.
Reitman calls Ghostbusters Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman visited the Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills, Calif., for Sony’s Blu-ray Disc premiere and a sneak peek of Atari’s Ghostbusters videogame. Both will be available June 16.
Woodstock rocks again Warner threw a release party for Woodstock: Director’s Cut at the Hard Rock Café in New York on June 4. Guests dressed in ’60s hippie style to celebrate the festival’s 40th anniversary. Woodstock streets June 9 on DVD and Blu-ray.
