Guillermo del Toro boxset in September!

[rezpekt]

On 25th October Optimum will release a boxset with the three following films from Guillermo del Toro: Cronos, The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth.

HMV has already set up a pre-order.

Amazon.UK pre-order

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[Pyoko]

Insanely expensive. Considering Pan's can be found for about £8 that effectively means £25 each for Cronos and Devil's Backbone.

[rezpekt]

It indeed is expensive and I probably will not buy it... unless they upgrade Pan's Labyrinth to lossless audio, give great transfers and loads of additional features to other two films and it will be on a sale for 40 pounds or less.

[Chuck HD]

Just watched Pan's the other night - top transfer, rich in detail and strong on colour.

[manicsounds]

I guess this will be the first for Devil's Backbone, I wonder when Sony will ever put it out in the US. Cronos, I will wait for the Criterion....

[wesslan]

Nice since there are no good version of Pan that has HD audio and DNR free picture yet, maybe this is it? Or maybe they´ll be lazy and use the old UK blu-ray with only DD5.1

[Pyoko]

Can't imagine it being anything but the same disc. How many Blu-ray collections with different discs from the previous releases are there? Not many, that's for sure.

[repopo]

What's Optimum policy regarding subtitles on non-english titles? Do they burn them on image? Are selectable? Can the main feature be seen without them?

[AP2009]

Originally Posted by repopo

What's Optimum policy regarding subtitles on non-english titles? Do they burn them on image? Are selectable? Can the main feature be seen without them?

I have "La Haine", "Pan's Labyrinth" and "The Orphanage", they are all presented in their original language and feature only English subs.

They appear by default when you watch the film but you can turn them off which is great!! I wish they would include the subtitles of the feature language too though

I hope this helps

[RipleyLV426]

Any word if they will be released separately? I only want Devil's Backbone...I already have Pan. And may wait for Cronos criterion. Assuming of course it's Region A playback.

[nametag]

Originally Posted by wesslan

Nice since there are no good version of Pan that has HD audio and DNR free picture yet, maybe this is it? Or maybe they´ll be lazy and use the old UK blu-ray with only DD5.1

I'm pretty sure the UK version of Pan is pretty good picture wise - certainly supposed to be less DNR than the US one and a better video transfer overall.

[rezpekt]

Optimum Home Entertainment have announced the UK Blu-ray Disc release of The Guillermo Del Toro Collection on 25th October 2010. Mexican director Guillermo Del Toro weaves together black fairy tales with bleak reality in the three films included in this collection. The Devil’s Backbone, Pan’s Labyrinth and his debut feature Cronos are featured here with new picture masters supervised and approved by Guillermo himself.

Cronos
The earliest of the movies in the box set is the acclaimed Cronos. Released in 1993, it's an inventive and compassionate reworking of vampire mythology, a story of family loyalties as well as alchemy and vampirism.

Extras:

* New extra Geometria short film
* New extra: Guillermo Del Toro interview
* New extra: Director’s notes
* Gallery
* Guillermo Navaro interview
* Guillermo Del Toro audio commentary
* Original Del Toro interview


The Devil’s Backbone
2001's The Devil's Backbone is a deliciously dark horror that tells the tale of a remote Spanish orphanage during the final days of The Spanish Civil War.

Extras:

* New extra: Video Prologue by Guillermo Del Toro
* Of Ghosts And Fauns: Del Toro’s Spanish Civil War
* Behind the scenes featurette
* Special effects
* Trailer
* Storyboards
* Biogs
* Guillermo Del Toro audio commentary


Pan’s Labyrinth
An imaginative gothic fairytale for adults set in Spain during World War II, Pan’s Labyrinth is a beautiful, charming, graphic and deadly story of a young girl’s journey to her own fantasy world, created in order to escape a cruel and harsh reality.

Extras:

* New extra: Motion comics
* Video Prologue by Guillermo Del Toro
* The Guardian Interview at the NFT with Guillermo Del Toro
* The Power of Myth
* DVD Comic Sketches: The Pale, the Fairies, the giant Toad and Pan
* El Fauno y Las Hadas
* The Colour and the Shape
* Storyboard/thumbnails
* VFX Plate Compare: Guillermo Del Toro and the Green Fairy
* Director’s Notebook
* The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale
* Mercedes’ Lullaby
* Poster Gallery
* Trailer

[Tech-UK]

Rezpekt, thanks for information I haven't seen any of these films, although I really enjoy watching Hellboy 2, Great PQ/AQ and a very fun film .

[ImportFanatic]

A poster on AVS Forum have confirmed the inclusion of lossless audio on this new release of Pan's Lasbyrinth!!!

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...85&postcount=8

[wesslan]

Now just lets hope it´s the same criterion disc on Cronos and all would be great

[jstn]

Larger image of packaging:

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[Tech-UK]

Looks fantastic . Thanks for the high res pic jstn.

[Eidolon]

now that's how to do packaging.

i'll wait fr reviews first though, make sure Optimum haven't messed up, and a degree of price drop.

[felixthecat]

I have Pana Lab USA version and is very good as its 7.1 DTS is the UK version gone be 5.1 DTS i hope the pic and sound will not be any diffrent from the USA disc im guessing its gone be the same transfer etc ? i prey they wont mess this up as best film ever hands down USA just cant make a film like that no offence to the YANKS across the pond