{"id":14769,"date":"2012-03-26T11:46:27","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T10:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=14769"},"modified":"2012-03-26T11:54:14","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T10:54:14","slug":"uk-dvd-blu-ray-releases-monday-26th-march-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2012\/03\/26\/uk-dvd-blu-ray-releases-monday-26th-march-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"UK DVD & Blu-ray Releases: Monday 26th March 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DVD & BLU-RAY PICKS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rabbit Proof Fence<\/a><\/strong> (Optimum Home Enterainment): Phillip Noyce<\/a>‘s\u00a02002 drama is\u00a0the true story of Aboriginal<\/a>\u00a0girls in 1931 who used the Australian\u00a0rabbit-proof fence<\/a>\u00a0to return to their community at\u00a0Jigalong<\/a>, a journey of 1,500 miles. Starring\u00a0Everlyn Sampi<\/a>,\u00a0Kenneth Branagh<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0David Gulpilil<\/a>\u00a0it is a deeply moving story and along with The Quiet American (2002), marked a remarkable return to form for Noyce. [Buy the Blu-ray<\/a> or DVD<\/a> from Amazon UK]<\/p>\n

Monty Python and the Holy Grail<\/a><\/strong> (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment): The first feature film from the\u00a0Monty Python<\/a>\u00a0team\u00a0is this 1975 comedy\u00a0written and performed by Graham Chapman<\/a>,\u00a0John Cleese<\/a>,\u00a0Terry Gilliam<\/a>,\u00a0Eric Idle<\/a>,\u00a0Terry Jones<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Michael Palin<\/a>), and directed by Gilliam and Jones.\u00a0A\u00a0riotous retelling of the story of\u00a0the legend of\u00a0King Arthur<\/a>, it features a treasure trove of\u00a0extra features, some of which are exclusive to the Blu-ray. Terry Gilliam\u2019s once-lost animations, outtakes, deleted scenes and audio commentaries are just some of the delights. [Buy the Blu-ray<\/a> or DVD<\/a> from Amazon UK]<\/p>\n

The Gospel According to Matthew<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Eureka\/Masters of Cinema): Vintage 1964 drama based on the the life of Jesus Christ<\/a>, from the\u00a0Nativity<\/a>\u00a0through to the\u00a0Resurrection<\/a>. Directed by\u00a0Pier Paolo Pasolini<\/a>, the\u00a0dialogue is taken mostly from the\u00a0Gospel of Matthew<\/a>, this Blu-ray comes with a brand new transfer and extras\u00a0including Pasolini\u2019s 53 minute film on the scouting of locations, 1963 newsreel extract and a 36-page booklet. [Buy the Blu-ray\/DVD<\/a>\u00a0from Amazon UK]<\/p>\n

Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Anchor Bay Entertainment UK): A documentary about the famed B-movie producer, who has exerted a major influence on modern Hollywood over the last 40 years. A\u00a0civil engineer’s son who became Hollywood’s most prolific writer-director-producer, he not only set the template for independent filmmaking but also gave career breaks to the likes of Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese and James Cameron.\u00a0[Buy the Blu-ray<\/a> or DVD<\/a>]<\/p>\n

ALSO OUT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arrietty<\/strong> (StudioCanal) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nFinal Destination<\/strong> (Warner Home Video) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nHappy Feet 2<\/strong> (Warner Home Video) [Blu-ray \/ 3D Edition + 2D Edition + DVD + UltraViolet Digital Copy]
\nJustice<\/strong> (Momentum Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nLeon the Pig Farmer<\/strong> (Network Releasing) [Blu-ray \/ with DVD – Double Play]
\nMalena<\/strong> (Miramax) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nPuss in Boots<\/strong> (DreamWorks Animation) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nThe Awakening<\/strong> (StudioCanal) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nThe Big Year<\/strong> (20th Century Fox Home Ent.) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nThe Chemical Brothers: Don’t Think<\/strong> (EMI UK) [Blu-ray \/ with Audio CD]
\nThe Thing (2011)<\/strong> (Universal Pictures) [Blu-ray \/ with Digital Copy – Double Play]
\nThe Yellow Sea<\/strong> (Bounty Films) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]
\nWuthering Heights<\/strong> (Artificial Eye) [Blu-ray \/ Normal]<\/p>\n

>\u00a0Recent DVD & Blu-ray picks<\/a>
\n>\u00a0The Best DVD and Blu-ray releases of 2011<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Including Rabbit Proof Fence, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Gospel According to Matthew and Corman’s World<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2501,1579,2499,2500],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14769"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}