White House Down - January 20th, 2014

[FilmFanSam]

Sony Pictures will be bringing Roland Emmerich's 'White House Down' to Blu-ray on January 20th, 2014.



The movie stars Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx.

''While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders''.

The release will include an UltraViolet digital copy.

Pre-order now:

STANDARD EDITION:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/White-House-...A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

STEELBOOK EDITION:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/White-House-...A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

[levcore]

I wonder how this measures up to Olympus Has Fallen

[FilmFanSam]

Originally Posted by levcore

I wonder how this measures up to Olympus Has Fallen

Its rated 12, so ..........

[Sky_Captain]

The most interesting thing about this film, is that one of the composers is called Thomas W**ker.

[levcore]

Originally Posted by Sam McCormack

Its rated 12, so ..........

Ha, good point

[HornyRhino"]

why are some versions running 137mins and others 131mins? even in uk version theres 2 running times?

[Buzz201]

Originally Posted by HornyRhino"

why are some versions running 137mins and others 131mins? even in uk version theres 2 running times?

Due to differences in frame rate between the US NTSC spec and UK PAL spec, SD versions of American (NSTC) content run 4% quicker in the UK. HD TVs and Blu-ray players have removed the need for the 4% speed up, so the blu-rays are generally at the same speed for both the UK and US.

This is why most American players cannot handle 1080/50i content, as it is in a PAL compatible frame rate, rather than an NTSC compatible frame rate. However, most European players are compatible with both frame rates.

The 137 minutes is the correct American/Blu-ray running time, 131 minutes is the running time for sped up version. The BBFC generally classify DVDs so they're likely to have the PAL running length listed.

(Sorry, I don't think I've explained that very well.)

[Sky_Captain]

The shorter version you can get, the better...

[HornyRhino"]

Originally Posted by Buzz201

Due to differences in frame rate between the US NTSC spec and UK PAL spec, SD versions of American (NSTC) content run 4% quicker in the UK. HD TVs and Blu-ray players have removed the need for the 4% speed up, so the blu-rays are generally at the same speed for both the UK and US.

This is why most American players cannot handle 1080/50i content, as it is in a PAL compatible frame rate, rather than an NTSC compatible frame rate. However, most European players are compatible with both frame rates.

The 137 minutes is the correct American/Blu-ray running time, 131 minutes is the running time for sped up version. The BBFC generally classify DVDs so they're likely to have the PAL running length listed.

(Sorry, I don't think I've explained that very well.)

thankyou but i understand all that what im trying to understand is why there are 2 running times for the same region usa has 2= 132/137mins ...uk has 2= 131/137mins

...theres no word of extended edition so i think its blu-ray.com thats made the mistake...

anyway was just wondering

im still amazed this film got made considering its almost a clone story wise to olympus down

[Buzz201]

Originally Posted by HornyRhino"

im still amazed this film got made considering its almost a clone story wise to olympus down

Both spec scripts were acquired the same month, so they were both produced on a similar timescale. By the time somebody realised it was probably too late to pull the plug.

And to be fair, from what I can see Olympus got the better response in the US whereas WHD got the better response internationally...