Slow West (John Maclean) - Blu-ray Forum

McCrutchy · 11-01-2015, 04:02 AM

Lionsgate UK will release John Maclean's Slow West (2015) on 2 November 2015.

According to what has been classified by the BBFC, it looks like this release should have some more substantial extra content than what was on the Lionsgate US BD:

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/slow-...low-west-video

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/slow-...-maclean-video

That's about 77 minutes of video extras altogether, over an hour more than the US edition (which has only the making of featurette and two deleted scenes), including a short film, cast interviews, and a Q&A with Maclean.

Anyone got this ordered, or planning to pick it up on Monday?

Harwin123 · 11-01-2015, 09:30 AM

Pre-ordered this and hopefully should arrive tomorrow. Didn't catch it in cinemas but it just looked so weird and unlike any conventional western that i thought i better check it out.

samdaman94 · 11-01-2015, 09:32 AM

Thought it was brilliant. Best Western in years! Nice length too.

rapta · 11-01-2015, 06:37 PM

Yeah judging by other Lionsgate titles of late, I reckon this will drop to about £7 in a few months (same with Sicario, and The Gift which I might blind-buy). Slow West is an excellent film, and one of my favourites of the year so far (helps that I'm quite a big fan of The Beta Band and had already seen a couple of Maclean's shorts), but studio titles don't usually hold their price for very long (the general giveaway is the inclusion of a UV code).

Harwin123 · 11-02-2015, 09:02 AM

I held off on the pre-order, I figured that i might as well wait for a 2 for £25 deal in HMV with another film that i'm yet to see (maybe Southpaw?) or wait until it drops to around £7.99 online closer to christmas.

CelestialAgent · 11-02-2015, 08:54 PM

Excited to see this film purely because of Magneto and Nightcrawler.

HMV has it for £12.99 but considering I was able to hold off on the pre-order of Turbo Kid, to it dropping to £9.99 in HMV, and £6 in CEX just a week or two after, I think I can hold off on this. I do want to watch it but it isn't on the major list of priorities of films I feel like dropping everything else in my life to watch ASAP.

The other release I was interested in this week, Dear White People, appears to be sans extras on the DVD, so I'll hold off on that one until I can get a multi-region player for the US release.

Pizzamorg · 11-03-2015, 03:40 AM

Not sure how I feel about this one. It's certainly a film meant for BD or the big screen as the photography of New Zealand standing in for Colorado is stunning as hell. But I dunno, I went in and expected Fassbender chewing whiskey and shooting dudes in the face, I didn't really expect a sort of wry black-comedy art installation.

11-01-2015, 04:02 AM	#1
McCrutchy Contributor Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:East Coast, USA Home Theater Gallery:2 4K collection:1264 Blu-ray collection:6774 DVD collection:253 Blu-ray reviews: 5 Trading Score:17	Slow West (John Maclean) Lionsgate UK will release John Maclean's *Slow West* (2015) on 2 November 2015. According to what has been classified by the BBFC, it looks like this release should have some more substantial extra content than what was on the Lionsgate US BD: http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/slow-...low-west-video http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/slow-...-maclean-video That's about 77 minutes of video extras altogether, over an hour more than the US edition (which has only the making of featurette and two deleted scenes), including a short film, cast interviews, and a Q&A with Maclean. Anyone got this ordered, or planning to pick it up on Monday?

11-01-2015, 09:30 AM	#2
Harwin123 Senior Member Member since:Jan 2015 Location:London 4K collection:5 Blu-ray collection:1974 DVD collection:1664 Digital collection:165 iTunes collection:207 Blu-ray reviews:1	Pre-ordered this and hopefully should arrive tomorrow. Didn't catch it in cinemas but it just looked so weird and unlike any conventional western that i thought i better check it out.

11-01-2015, 09:32 AM	#3
samdaman94 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jul 2009 Location:UK Trading Score:7	Thought it was brilliant. Best Western in years! Nice length too.

11-01-2015, 06:37 PM	#4
rapta Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Mar 2013 Location:Hants, UK 4K collection:70 Blu-ray collection:5441 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:7	Yeah judging by other Lionsgate titles of late, I reckon this will drop to about £7 in a few months (same with Sicario, and The Gift which I might blind-buy). Slow West is an excellent film, and one of my favourites of the year so far (helps that I'm quite a big fan of The Beta Band and had already seen a couple of Maclean's shorts), but studio titles don't usually hold their price for very long (the general giveaway is the inclusion of a UV code).

11-02-2015, 09:02 AM	#5
Harwin123 Senior Member Member since:Jan 2015 Location:London 4K collection:5 Blu-ray collection:1974 DVD collection:1664 Digital collection:165 iTunes collection:207 Blu-ray reviews:1	I held off on the pre-order, I figured that i might as well wait for a 2 for £25 deal in HMV with another film that i'm yet to see (maybe Southpaw?) or wait until it drops to around £7.99 online closer to christmas.

11-02-2015, 08:54 PM	#6
CelestialAgent Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Aug 2015 Location:Norwich 4K collection:133 Blu-ray collection:2172 DVD collection:659 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:1	Excited to see this film purely because of Magneto and Nightcrawler. HMV has it for £12.99 but considering I was able to hold off on the pre-order of Turbo Kid, to it dropping to £9.99 in HMV, and £6 in CEX just a week or two after, I think I can hold off on this. I do want to watch it but it isn't on the major list of priorities of films I feel like dropping everything else in my life to watch ASAP. The other release I was interested in this week, Dear White People, appears to be sans extras on the DVD, so I'll hold off on that one until I can get a multi-region player for the US release.

11-03-2015, 03:40 AM	#7
Pizzamorg Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jul 2014 Blu-ray collection:102	Not sure how I feel about this one. It's certainly a film meant for BD or the big screen as the photography of New Zealand standing in for Colorado is stunning as hell. But I dunno, I went in and expected Fassbender chewing whiskey and shooting dudes in the face, I didn't really expect a sort of wry black-comedy art installation.

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