{"id":988,"date":"2007-09-18T23:47:40","date_gmt":"2007-09-18T22:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/archives\/2007\/09\/18\/zodiac-directors-cut-dvd-announced\/"},"modified":"2007-09-19T17:03:05","modified_gmt":"2007-09-19T16:03:05","slug":"zodiac-directors-cut-dvd-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2007\/09\/18\/zodiac-directors-cut-dvd-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Zodiac Director’s Cut DVD Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Zodiac<\/a>According to DVD Times<\/a>, Paramount have announced that a director’s cut<\/a> of Zodiac<\/strong><\/a> will be available on Region 1 DVD<\/a> in January:<\/p>\n

Paramount Home Entertainment<\/strong> have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Zodiac (Director\u2019s Cut)<\/strong> on 8th January 2008.<\/p>\n

Based on the actual case files of one of the most intriguing unsolved crimes in the nation\u2019s history, \u201cZodiac\u201d is a thriller from David Fincher, director of \u201cSe7en\u201d and \u201cPanic Room.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a serial killer terrifies the San Francisco Bay Area and taunts police with his ciphers and letters, investigators in four jurisdictions search for the murderer. The case will become an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you haven’t seen it yet Fincher’s brilliant procedural police drama about the Zodiac killings<\/a> is one of the best films to come out this year.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately the recent R1<\/a> and the upcoming R2<\/a> DVDs were bereft of decent extras. According to David Prior (the producer of the upcoming director’s cut) in a post on the Home Theater Forum<\/a>, this vanilla edition was only reluctantly agreed to by Fincher<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Before you all get too bent out of shape about the staggered release dates of the vanilla and the director’s cut, you should be aware that it was only reluctantly agreed to by Fincher because I needed more time on the bonus material.<\/p>\n

The studio was locked into their release date (and bound and determined to release a single-disc, which nobody except them wanted), so Fincher allowed that to be released first.<\/p>\n

It had nothing to do with Fincher “double dipping his own movie before it even makes it to stores” and everything to do with buying more time for the special edition.<\/p>\n

Hope that clears things up. In the interests of full disclosure, you should also know that the theatrical cut will only be available on the single disc.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apparently the extras on the director’s cut will include:<\/p>\n