Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Posted by Trevor
June 10, 2009

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Or shall I say, the Blu Brick road?

Yes, The Wizard of Oz is finally coming to Blu-ray for it’s 70th Anniversary on September 29th, 2009.  Plus there will be DVD and collector edition’s as well with fancy collectibles.  The re-remastered the video and audio for this release, scanning the frame negatives in 8k resolution and then a “capture” master was created in 4k.  This new remaster will have twice the resolution of the previous DVD remaster offering full 1080p for Blu-ray.  And the audio was given a similar treatment resoluting in a new Dolby Digital 5.1 track for the DVD and a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 for the Blu-ray.  For the Ultimate Collector’s Editions there will be over 16 hours of special features including over 4 hours of new and unseen content.  Some of the most important features include a copy of The Dreamer of Oz (available for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray)  plus many other film adaptations from 1910 to 1933.

UPDATE: Ultimate Collector’s Edition artwork attached (subject to change)

wizardofoz70Unfortuneatly I don’t have any cover art or photos, but here are the specs for the individual releases.

2-Disc 70th Anniversary Special Edition (DVD)

oz4-Disc 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition (DVD)

(Amazon PreOrder)

Blu-ray 70th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray)

ozblu2-Disc 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition (Blu-ray)

(Amazon PreOrder)

So all of this is scheduled to release on September 29, 2009 with the Ultimate Collector’s Edition DVD going for ~$70 USD and ~$85 USD for the Blu-ray equivalent. The regular 2-Disc DVD will go for ~$25 and there is no set price for the single disc Blu-ray (but I’m guessing around ~$35).

I will update with photos and cover art once it is released.

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