American Gangster Pre Announcement

[Michael]

American Gangster "pre-announcement".

Issuing a rare "pre-announcement," Universal says it's planning a late winter HD DVD bow for Ridley Scott's 'American Gangster.'

Although the studio stopped short of issuing an exact street date for Denzel Washington-Russell Crowe starrer (which is still in theaters), it's promising an HD DVD/DVD Combo edition sometime in March, day-and-date with a matching standard DVD.

Tech specs will include a 1080p/VC-1 transfer, along with Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround and Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 Surround tracks.

Extras are already looking quite extensive, with audio commentary by Ridley Scott himself, the "Fallen Empire: The Making of American Gangster" documentary, "Uncovering the Past" featurette, deleted scenes and a U-Control-enabled picture-in-picture commentary. The HD DVD will also include web-enabled extras, which will be announced along with final details when the full press release arrives sometime in the next few weeks.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...D_Details/1258

[Shane Martin]

Went ahead and moved this out of the announcements since it doesn't have a date yet.

[Shane Martin]

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=66770

Unrated only on the SD side
They also aren't including the extras on the 3 disc set
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=66769