Lion (Australian Extended Edition) - 03/05/17

[Anamnesis]

A 2 discs extended edition of Lion will be released on 03/05/17 by Transmission Films.



JBHIFI

[SubElement]

Originally Posted by Anamnesis

A 2 discs extended edition of Lion will be released on 03/05/17 by Transmission Films.



JBHIFI

Know specs by any chance? Being burned too much lately with 108050i releases or lossy audio.

[weir]

Yeah, I'd like to know too.

[fpas]

Me too!

[Cevolution]

Disc one theatrical version

Resolution: 1080p/24
Codec: AVC
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Running time: 1:58:35
Subtitles: English SDH
Audio: DTS-HD MA 5.1
DTS-HD MA 2.0 commentary with Saroo Brierley and Sue Brierley
DTS-HD MA 2.0 commentary with director Garth Davis
DTS-HD MA 2.0 audio description
BD25
Region B locked

Disc 2 extended cut version

Resolution: 1080p/24
Codec: AVC
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Running time: 2:10:37
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS-HD MA 2.0 audio description
Subtitles: English SDH
BD50
Region B locked

Special features:

A Lion's Journey: from screen to film - 1080p/24, AVC, 8:36, English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Finding Home: Garth Davis & the direction of Lion - 1080p/24, AVC, 7:45, English DTS-HD MA 2.0

A Pride of Lions: casting the film - 1080p/24, AVC, 6:38, English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Dev Patel is Saroo Brierley - 1080p/24, AVC, 3:24, English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Saroo's Story - 1080p/24, AVC, 7:49, English DTS-HD MA 2.0

[weir]

Originally Posted by Anamnesis

A 2 discs extended edition of Lion will be released on 03/05/17 by Transmission Films.



JBHIFI

I may have to pick this up now. How is JBHIFI for shipping discs to the US? Is there another Aussie retailer you'd recommend?

[imsounoriginal]

If it were Region-Free I'd be interested, mainly for the commentaries.

[oliviergregoire]

Any reviews of this one?

[weir]

Originally Posted by oliviergregoire

Any reviews of this one?

Yeah, I'm looking for a review too. Has anyone picked this up lately?

[CelestialAgent]

can anyone in the UK hook me up with this? missed the last cheap listing on eBay and the only other listing is $45 in shipping

[LordCrumb]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

can anyone in the UK hook me up with this? missed the last cheap listing on eBay and the only other listing is $45 in shipping

JB NZ:
https://www.jbhifi.co.nz/drama/lion/331109/

JB AU:
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/lion-2016-blu-ray-1

You might have to wait until Covid settles though.. international shipping might have disappeared temporarily.

[CelestialAgent]

The Saroo/Sue Brierley commentary does provide some good insight into Saroo’s own feelings and the divergences from the real story, however it does require a good amount of fast forwarding. It’s more of a select scenes commentary despite not being labelled as such, as they don’t have so much to say about every single scene. Brierley is more of a support for her son without having much to contribute, maybe the odd funny anecdote from his childhood. How often do commentaries get the real people that inspired the biopic talking?

I would say the Extended Australian Edition is definitely worth it for a few nice additions, especially dealing with flashbacks and trauma (plus, who can say no to Rooney Mara kissing in a club?), but if you’ve only seen the international version it isn’t the largest difference. Honestly Mara feels a little frozen in time the number of times she gets to play students (she was also a student in 2010 in The Social Network.

https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=810224

I think the main thing missing from the Australian release is the Never Give Up Sia music video. Sia’s been involved in so many film soundtracks now though!