“A Christmas Story Ultimate Collector’s Edition” On DVD & Blu-ray™ Hi- Def November 4 From Warner Home Video
(July 7, 2008 – Burbank, CA) – On November 4, Warner Home Video serves up an old-fashioned holiday treat with DVD and Blu-ray™ Hi-Def “Ultimate Collector’s Editions” of celebrated humorist Jean Shepherd’s “A Christmas Story” to commemorate the film’s 25th Anniversary. Ingredients in the Two-Disc DVD version ($39.99 SRP) include five collectible cookie cutters in iconic “Christmas Story” shapes; a 48-page cook book filled with recipes inspired by the film; photos and quotes and a custom-designed chef’s apron.
All will be festively packaged in a collectible retro holiday cookie tin. Also in a nostalgic tin, “A Christmas Story UCE Blu-ray™ Hi-Def” ($49.99 SRP) will include a Leg Lamp light strand.
The stand alone, previously released single versions of the film are also available. The previously released “Two-Disc Special Edition” ($26.99 SRP) will be available in new Amaray packing. “A Christmas Story Blu-ray™ Hi-Def” will sell for $28.99 SRP.
Orders for all are due September 30.
About “A Christmas Story”
“A Christmas Story,” a nostalgic view of Christmastime in Indiana during the 1940s, stars Peter Billingsley as Ralphie, a nine-year-old who has only one thing on his Christmas list: a Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-Shot Air Rifle. With his parents unwilling to buy him the gun because he might “shoot his eye out,” Ralphie decides to mount a full-scale, hint-dropping, Santa-begging campaign. He also endures a slew of calamities from snowsuit paralysis to the dreaded tongue-on-a-frozen-flagpole gambit. The New York Times calls “'A Christmas Story,' maybe the best Christmas movie ever.”
Special Features:
Disc 1
• Feature film (Widescreen)
Disc 2
• Commentary with Peter Billingsley and director / co-writer Bob Clark
• Original readings by Jean Shepard, author and voice narrator of “A Christmas Story”
• Documentary: “Another Christmas Story”
• Featurette: “Get a Leg Up”
• Featurette: “A History of the Daisy Red Ryder”
• “Triple Dog Dare” Interactive Trivia
• Decoder Match Challenge
• Hidden “Presents”
• Original theatrical trailer The Blu-ray™ Hi-Def edition will include the same special features all on one disc. Warner Home Video Blu-ray Discs offer resolution six times higher than standard definition DVDs, as well as extraordinarily vibrant contrast and color and beautifully crisp sound. The new formats also provide a higher level of interactivity, with instant access to extra features via a seamless menu-bar where viewers can enjoy features without leaving or interrupting the film. With operations in 90 international territories, Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video's film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment. Note: All enhanced content listed above is subject to change.# # #
• Original readings by Jean Shepard, author and voice narrator of “A Christmas Story”
• Documentary: “Another Christmas Story”
• Featurette: “Get a Leg Up”
• Featurette: “A History of the Daisy Red Ryder”
• “Triple Dog Dare” Interactive Trivia
• Decoder Match Challenge
• Hidden “Presents”
• Original theatrical trailer The Blu-ray™ Hi-Def edition will include the same special features all on one disc. Warner Home Video Blu-ray Discs offer resolution six times higher than standard definition DVDs, as well as extraordinarily vibrant contrast and color and beautifully crisp sound. The new formats also provide a higher level of interactivity, with instant access to extra features via a seamless menu-bar where viewers can enjoy features without leaving or interrupting the film. With operations in 90 international territories, Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video's film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment. Note: All enhanced content listed above is subject to change.