Fantastic Mr. Fox (#700) (Criterion Collection)[USA]

[Horhay]

Release Date: February 18, 2014
Pre-order: Amazon

United States
2009
87 minutes
Color
1.85:1
English

DIRECTOR APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION

Fantastic Mr. Fox is the story of a clever, quick, nimble, and exceptionally well-dressed wild animal. A compulsive chicken thief turned newspaper reporter, Mr. Fox settles down with his family at a new foxhole in a beautiful tree directly adjacent to three enormous poultry farms—owned by three ferociously vicious farmers: Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Mr. Fox simply cannot resist. This adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel from Wes Anderson is a meticulous work of stop-motion animation featuring vibrant performances by George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Willem Dafoe, Michael Gambon, and Bill Murray.

Disc Features:

1. New digital master, approved by director Wes Anderson, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
2. Audio commentary featuring Anderson
3. Storyboard animatics for the entire film
4. Footage of the actors voicing their characters, puppet construction, stop-motion setups, and the recording of the score
5. Interviews with cast and crew
6. Puppet animation tests
7. Photo gallery of puppets, props, and sets
8. Animated awards acceptance speeches
9. Audio recording of author Roald Dahl reading the book on which the film is based
10. Gallery of Dahl’s original manuscripts
11. Discussion and analysis of the film
12. Stop-motion Sony robot commercial by Anderson
13. One Blu-ray and two DVDs, with all content available in both formats
14. PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay; a 2002 article on Dahl’s Gipsy House by Anderson; White Cape, a comic book used as a prop in the film; and drawings, original paintings, and other ephemera

Three Reasons:

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[Horhay]

I must admit it, I loved this movie! I am definitely going to get it once it is out!

 

[hvowell]

Very Cool!

 

[blumaster]

awesome, but they need to release Life Aquatic.

 

[Horhay]

 

[PunkNinja]

Criterion's digipacks are awesome!

 

[Horhay]

Yeah this one is one fine looking Digipack.

 

[Naughtius Maximus]

oOo didnt even know it was a digipack! Glad i ordered this one for half price

 

[Horhay]

Added three reasons to OP

 

[amelie]

Just waiting for the next B&N sale to get this

 

[Horhay]

Great video by Kogonada: