Warner Home Video Celebrates Tim Burton’s Best Works on September 11 with “The Tim Burton Blu-ray Collection”
(August 9, 2012 – Burbank, CA) – About the Films:
“Pee-wee's Big Adventure”
Two of the most original talents in recent decades – Pee-wee Herman and director Tim Burton – teamed on what was to be their major breakthrough in this riotously funny movie about Pee-wee’s cross-country search for his stolen bike. As Pee-wee encounters bikers, cowboys, crooks and a phantom trucker and passes through the Alamo and Warner Bros. Studios, any resistance is futile: unstoppable laughter always follows. Celebrate the one-of-a-kind magic that this mirthful, colorful, bountiful movie still packs.
Special Features:
• Commentary by Paul Reubens and Director Tim Burton
• Additional Scenes
• Production Sketches and Storyboards “Beetlejuice”
What are a couple of stay-at-home ghosts to do when their beloved home is taken over by trendy yuppies? They call on Beetlejuice to scare off the family – and everyone gets more than she, he or it bargains for from the afterlife’s freelance bio-exorcist! Tim Burton guides this PG-rated comedy ‘monsterpiece’ whose stars include Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice, the ghost with the most who just can’t leave the ladies (living or dead) alone while flinging one-liners and spinning into grotesque forms. Special Features:
Tim Burton’s direction and Michael Keaton’s performance combine perfectly in this first film to capture the sinister atmosphere of “Gotham City” and the brooding nature of Batman. Jack Nicholson almost steals the movie as the maniacal Joker and Kim Basinger is Vicki Vale, the beautiful and resourceful photojournalist desired by both men. Featuring songs by Prince and a score by Danny Elfman, “Batman” won the 1990 Oscar for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (Art Direction: Anton Furst; Set Decoration: Peter Young)*. Special Features:
• Commentary by Director Tim Burton
• On the Set with Bob Kane
• Legends of the Dark Knight: The History of Batman – The Comic Book Saga as Reinvented and Reinterpreted over Seven Decades
• Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight Parts 1-3
• “Batman”: The Complete Robin Storyboard Sequence
• Theatrical Trailer
“Batman Returns”
Gotham City faces two monstrous criminal menaces: the bizarre, sinister Penguin (Danny DeVito) and the slinky, mysterious Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer). Can Batman (Michael Keaton) battle two formidable foes at once? Especially when one wants to be mayor and the other is romantically attracted to Bruce Wayne. Like the groundbreaking 1989 original, “Batman Returns” is directed by the wizardly Tim Burton. And like the first blockbuster, it’s a dazzling adventure that leaves you breathless. Special Features:
AWAKE, EARTHLINGS! It’s later than you think. Don’t miss the hilarious frenzy as Tim Burton directs – and “Mars Attacks!” Starring Jack Nicholson (in a dual role), Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito and more, including mean, green invaders endowed with slimy, humongous brains. Armed with insta-fry ray guns, and enlivened with state-of-the-art special effects, watch as Earth fights back with an unexpected weapon. Take that, Martians! “Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride”
Set in a 19th century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor (voiced by Johnny Depp), a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride, while his real bride, Victoria, waits bereft in the land of the living. Though life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colorful than his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in this world, or the next, that can keep him away from his one true love. Special Features:
What wonders await you in Willy Wonka’s factory? Sail along the Chocolate River in a pink sugar boat. Experiment with Everlasting Gobstoppers in the Inventing Room. Observe talented squirrels in the Nut Room and travel to the Television Room via glass elevator. You’ll find a lot that’s funny, a little that’s mysterious…and an adventure as sweet and satisfying as a Wonka Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight bar. This dazzling film of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp and Freddie Highmore, is your Golden Ticket to a world so inventive and amazing you won’t want to miss a delicious moment! Special Features:
With operations in 90 international territories, Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, a division of the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, 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.###
Two of the most original talents in recent decades – Pee-wee Herman and director Tim Burton – teamed on what was to be their major breakthrough in this riotously funny movie about Pee-wee’s cross-country search for his stolen bike. As Pee-wee encounters bikers, cowboys, crooks and a phantom trucker and passes through the Alamo and Warner Bros. Studios, any resistance is futile: unstoppable laughter always follows. Celebrate the one-of-a-kind magic that this mirthful, colorful, bountiful movie still packs.
Special Features:
• Commentary by Paul Reubens and Director Tim Burton
• Additional Scenes
• Production Sketches and Storyboards “Beetlejuice”
What are a couple of stay-at-home ghosts to do when their beloved home is taken over by trendy yuppies? They call on Beetlejuice to scare off the family – and everyone gets more than she, he or it bargains for from the afterlife’s freelance bio-exorcist! Tim Burton guides this PG-rated comedy ‘monsterpiece’ whose stars include Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice, the ghost with the most who just can’t leave the ladies (living or dead) alone while flinging one-liners and spinning into grotesque forms. Special Features:
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• “Beetlejuice” Cartoon Episodes!
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o A-Ha
o Skeletons in the Closet
o Spooky Boo-tique
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o “Beetlejuice”
o “Pee-wee’s Big Adventur”e
Tim Burton’s direction and Michael Keaton’s performance combine perfectly in this first film to capture the sinister atmosphere of “Gotham City” and the brooding nature of Batman. Jack Nicholson almost steals the movie as the maniacal Joker and Kim Basinger is Vicki Vale, the beautiful and resourceful photojournalist desired by both men. Featuring songs by Prince and a score by Danny Elfman, “Batman” won the 1990 Oscar for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (Art Direction: Anton Furst; Set Decoration: Peter Young)*. Special Features:
• Commentary by Director Tim Burton
• On the Set with Bob Kane
• Legends of the Dark Knight: The History of Batman – The Comic Book Saga as Reinvented and Reinterpreted over Seven Decades
• Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight Parts 1-3
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o The Road to Gotham City
o The Gathering Storm
o The Legend Reborn
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o Visualizing Gotham: The Production Design of “Batman”
o Building the Batmobile
o Those Wonderful Toys: The Props and Gadgets of “Batman”
o Designing the Batsuit
o From Jack to the Joker
o Nocturnal Overtures: The Music of “Batman”
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o “Batdance”
o “Partyman”
o “Scandalous”
• “Batman”: The Complete Robin Storyboard Sequence
• Theatrical Trailer
“Batman Returns”
Gotham City faces two monstrous criminal menaces: the bizarre, sinister Penguin (Danny DeVito) and the slinky, mysterious Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer). Can Batman (Michael Keaton) battle two formidable foes at once? Especially when one wants to be mayor and the other is romantically attracted to Bruce Wayne. Like the groundbreaking 1989 original, “Batman Returns” is directed by the wizardly Tim Burton. And like the first blockbuster, it’s a dazzling adventure that leaves you breathless. Special Features:
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• Commentary by Director Tim Burton
• Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight Pt. 4 - Dark Side of the Knight
• The Bat, the Cat and the Penguin: Making-of Featurette
• “Beyond Batman” Documentary Gallery – Six Featurettes
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o Gotham City Revisited: The Production Design of “Batman Returns”
o Sleek, Sexy and Sinister: the Costumes of “Batman Return”s
o Making up the Penguin
o Assembling the Arctic Army
o Bats, Mattes and Dark Nights: The Visual Effects of Batman
o Inside the Elfman Studio: the Music of “Batman Returns”
• The Heroes and The Villains Profile Galleries
• Theatrical Trailer
AWAKE, EARTHLINGS! It’s later than you think. Don’t miss the hilarious frenzy as Tim Burton directs – and “Mars Attacks!” Starring Jack Nicholson (in a dual role), Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito and more, including mean, green invaders endowed with slimy, humongous brains. Armed with insta-fry ray guns, and enlivened with state-of-the-art special effects, watch as Earth fights back with an unexpected weapon. Take that, Martians! “Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride”
Set in a 19th century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor (voiced by Johnny Depp), a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride, while his real bride, Victoria, waits bereft in the land of the living. Though life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colorful than his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in this world, or the next, that can keep him away from his one true love. Special Features:
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• Eight documentaries about the craft of Stop-Motion Animation, Puppetry, Voices, Scoring and more:
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o Inside the Two Worlds
o Danny Elfman Interprets the Two Worlds
o The Animators: The Breath of Life
o Tim Burton Dark vs. Light
o Voices from the Underworld
o Making Puppets Tick
o The Voices Behind the Voice
o The Corpse Bride Pre-Production Galleries
What wonders await you in Willy Wonka’s factory? Sail along the Chocolate River in a pink sugar boat. Experiment with Everlasting Gobstoppers in the Inventing Room. Observe talented squirrels in the Nut Room and travel to the Television Room via glass elevator. You’ll find a lot that’s funny, a little that’s mysterious…and an adventure as sweet and satisfying as a Wonka Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight bar. This dazzling film of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp and Freddie Highmore, is your Golden Ticket to a world so inventive and amazing you won’t want to miss a delicious moment! Special Features:
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• In-Movie Experience! Tim Burton takes you through the mouth-watering creative process that brought this elaborate production to the screen- all as you watch the movie!
• Commentary by Tim Burton
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Chocolate Dreams
• Different Faces, Different Flavors
• Designer Chocolate
• Under the Wrapper
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds
• Becoming Oompa-Loompas
• Attack of the Squirrels: A look at the Trained Nut-Sorting Squirrels
• Fantastic Mr. Dahl: A Look into the Life of Roald Dahl
• Two Pre-visualizations
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o Augustus Gloop Dance
o Mike Teavee Dance
• Theatrical Trailer
With operations in 90 international territories, Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, a division of the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, 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.