Oldboy (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Plain Archive Exclusive No. 30) [Korea]

[teddyjun]

Release date: November 7, 2016
Purchase links: Type A - Type B - Quarter Slip - Dual Pack - Triple Pack - (Pre-order on September 29, 2016)
Price: Type A: $46.89 - Type B: $46.89 - 1/4 Slip: $45.69

Type A: 2,000 copies - Type B: 2,500 copies - 1/4 Slip: 1,000 copies

Spoiler

- The steelbook illustration is by Krzysztof Domaradzki.
- The artwork for the slipbox was used previously for the Oldboy vinyl LP. It was co-ordinated by Nicolas Winding Refn, the director of Drive, and illustrated by Laurent Durieux. The director of Oldboy Park Chan-wook wanted one of our editions to feature this artwork so we reached out to Milan Records and illustrator Laurent Durieux. You'll be able to see more of the artwork since parts of the top and bottom were cropped out for the vinyl LP.



Old mock up

 

[StifflersDad]

Maybe if you only enjoy movies for their twists. I've seen it many times and love it for the directing, score, cinematography, acting, story, etc.

Once the suspense is gone 75% of the thrill of watching this is gone (for me) Same thing with I Saw the Devil.

 

[Blu-devil]

By the time this is released the boy won't be old, he'll either be geriatric or dead and decomposing.

 

[StifflersDad]

By the time this is released the boy won't be old, he'll either be geriatric or dead and decomposing.

Never mind the boy, we will be decrepit and decomposing

 

[eLviS1987]

Spoiler

 

[Fisheds]

Once the suspense is gone 75% of the thrill of watching this is gone (for me) Same thing with I Saw the Devil.

Did ISTD have a big twist? It's been a couple of years.

 

[lolwut]

Did ISTD have a big twist? It's been a couple of years.

Not at all.

 

[Paperinukke]

Maybe if you only enjoy movies for their twists. I've seen it many times and love it for the directing, score, cinematography, acting, story, etc.

This right here. Of course some movies don't have anything else than their twists, but Old Boy is absolutely nothing like that.

 

[InAFalsetto]

Had this debate before and wound a few people up I think. So I won't start again lol.

But I've come to the realisation a great film for me personally is one that only gets better with repeated viewings. To pull that off the viewer must feel a connection with the characters.

 

[dufresne]

Oldboy + Old Days 2-Disc Keepcase Edition - Information + Specifications

1. Director Approved, Digitally Remastered Edition of Oldboy.

2. Korea's most expensive-to-make Blu-ray for a single film release.

3. A Brand New Documentary Old Days(2016, 110 mins, directed by Han Sun-hee, shown at the Jeonju International Film Festival) + English subtitles

4. 6 Audio Commentary Tracks

5. 577 minutes of Bonus Features

6. Limited Edition:
• High Quality Slipbox(Imported Paper with multi-level sculptured press embossing.)
• Purple Scanavo Keepcase
• 60p Booklet(Director's statement, 3 Essays, never-before-seen on set photographs, etc.)
• Character postcards(Never-before-seen material)
• A3 Folded Poster
• Oh Dae-su prison letter
• 2 Movie Cards
• High Quality Envelope(with handmade wax seal)

7. Disc 1 Specification:
1) Oldboy: 120m
2) Video - 2.35:1 1080p(MPEG4-AVC)
3) Audio - DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1ch / DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0ch
4) Subtitles - Korean / English(New+Improved)
5) Audio Commentary: 6 Tracks
• Park Chan-wook
• Park Chan-wook, Choi Min-sik, Yu Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jung
• Park Chan-wook, Jung Jung-hoon(DP)
• Shin Hyung-chul(Critic, Blu-ray exclusive)
• Kim Young-jin(Critic)
• Harry Knowles (AICN Founder)
6) Bonus Features: (HD, 48m)
• Director Park Chan-wook's Introduction (Auto-play before the film begins)
• On the digital remaster: (DP Jung Jung-hoon & Park Jin-ho DIgital Remastering Supervisor)
• Critics on Oldboy(Oh Dong-jin, Lee Dong-jin, Darcy Paquet, Chris Fujiwara)
• Filmmakers on Oldboy(Kim Jee-woon, Ryu Seung-wan)

8. Disc 2 Specification:
1) Old Days, Documentary. 110m.
2) Video - 1.78:1 1080p(MPEG4-AVC)
3) Audio - DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1ch
4) Subtitles - Korean / English
5) Bonus Features:
• Photographer of Time: Han Se-jun Photographer Interview (HD, 8m)
• Autobiography of Oldboy, SD, 3h 29m)
• Making of Documentary Part 1(SD, 39m)
- Audition
- Characterizing
- Hunting
- Reading
- Crank in
• Making of Documentary Part 2(SD, 34m)
- FLASHBACK
- PRODUCTION
• All That Background(SD, 37m)
- PRODUCTION DESIGN
- COMPUTER GRAPHICS
- ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK
• I WANT TO TELL YOU MY STORY(SD, 38m)
- CREW
- CAST (Choi Min-sik, Yu Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jung, Yoon Jin-seo, Ji Dae-han, Oh Dal-su, Oh Kwang-rok, Lee Seung-shin)
• Oldboy goes to Cannes(SD, 9m)
• Deleted Scenes(SD, 11m)
• Park Chan-wook Short Film: Simpan(1999, SD, 28m) w/ hardcoded English subtitles
• Promotion(SD, 6m)
- Music Video, TV SPOT, Teaser, Main Trailer

**Please note that Bonus Features will NOT support English subtitles unless stated otherwise.

 

[Flloydo]

I hope all of that comes with the steel too, like the prison letter etc

 

[AnubisNefer]

I hope all of that comes with the steel too, like the prison letter etc

Of course it will.

Read nr. 2 : The most expensive.....

So that means, print run high, multiple releases scheduled over time, possibly a re-release over time and a killer of an ultimate edition.

All because the movie is awesome and this will be THE release for Plain Archive to make history.

Plus, let's be honest, they are also a business in the core, so investments made have to pay out well. ;-)

 

[JCC]

From Facebook:
Plain Archive Pre-order for a Steelbook edition will be up in September.

 

[Flloydo]

Of course it will.

Read nr. 2 : The most expensive.....

So that means, print run high, multiple releases scheduled over time, possibly a re-release over time and a killer of an ultimate edition.

All because the movie is awesome and this will be THE release for Plain Archive to make history.

Plus, let's be honest, they are also a business in the core, so investments made have to pay out well. ;-)

I just meant I hope all the goodies also come with that and not just the keep case. I know the special features will because of the time and effort being put into this and I know plain do cool goodies anyway but with steels they seem to do what blufans do and have different goodies with different steels. I hope it's not the case, won't be able to afford a one click and the other goodies sound cool.

One of the things that annoyed me about tinker tailor was the 1/4 slip has better art cards

 

[BumBum]

Any information on the price tag and how the sleeve will look like?

So if I want the SB I'll have to wait till September, right?
Am also hoping for a lovely looking box set

 

[Danzigg1979]

Oldboy Digitally Remastered Limited Keepcase Edition. Approved by director Park Chan-wook.

• High-quality Slipbox
• Purple Scanavo Keepcase
• 60-page Booklet
• 3 Character Postcards
• A3 Folded Poster
• Oh Dae-su Prison Letter
• 2 Movie Cards
• High-quality Envelope with handmade wax seal

 

[Alistair G]

It's still Nice but not what i expected.

 

[Flloydo]

Looks cool, love the colours

 

[bobberino]

Oldboy Digitally Remastered Limited Keepcase Edition. Approved by director Park Chan-wook.

• High-quality Slipbox
• Purple Scanavo Keepcase
• 60-page Booklet
• 3 Character Postcards
• A3 Folded Poster
• Oh Dae-su Prison Letter
• 2 Movie Cards
• High-quality Envelope with handmade wax seal

Thanks, Is this like ISTD (I love that movie)? Just wondering as I know Choi Min-sik is in it. I will wait for the steelbook variant, can't justify spending money on plastic and cardboard.

 

[cooey]

Such a shame that a lot of the extras aren't going to be English friendly, which looking at the list is pretty much all of them.

I'll pick up the steelbook release, but I hope someone like Shout Factory get to license this off them and produce a collectors edition too.

 

[Flloydo]

Such a shame that a lot of the extras aren't going to be English friendly, which looking at the list is pretty much all of them.

I'll pick up the steelbook release, but I hope someone like Shout Factory get to license this off them and produce a collectors edition too.

Yeah that's the only thing letting this release down.

Would of thought they would make this one English friendly on the extras