Freedom Writers, Hustle & Flow, The Untouchables and The Warriors Coming to Blu-ray

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Paramount has just revealed four new titles that are coming to Blu-ray this summer.

The first title on the way is Freedom Writers, which will be released on May 22, 2007. In it Hilary Swank plays Erin Gruwell, the real-life teacher at Long Beach’s Wilson High who inspired her students to overcome the gangs that divided them and the education system that forgot them. Based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary and supported by a cast of first-time actors who drew from their actual experiences on the street, Gruwell teaches us all an important lesson about tolerance and trust.

The second title coming up is Hustle & Flow, which will be available on June 26, 2007. It tells the story of DJay, a Memphis hustler who's not very good at pimping, but he can hustle almost anything or anyone and makes enough to keep himself and three girls satisfied and housed in his shotgun home. DJay however is in the midst of a midlife crisis, he quietly harbors dreams of becoming a respected rapper. When he learns from a local club owner that rap mogul Skinny Black (played by Ludacris), is rolling through town, DJay decides to record his flow with the hopes of slipping his demo to Skinny.

These will be followed up by The Untouchables: Special Collector's Edition on July 3, 2007. The movie is a glorious, fierce, larger-than-life depiction of the mob warlord who ruled Prohibition-era Chicago... and the law enforcer who vowed to bring him down. This classic confrontation between good and evil stars Kevin Costner as federal agent Eliot Ness, Robert De Niro as gangland kingpin Al Capone and Sean Connery as Malone, the cop who teaches Ness how to beat the mob: shoot fast and shoot first.

Also coming on July 3, 2007 is The Warriors: Ultimate Director's Cut from 1979. This contemporary action-adventure story takes place in New York City at night, underground, in the sub-culture of gang warfare that rages from Coney Island to Manhattan to the Bronx. In the movie a street gang called the Warriors are mistakenly blamed for a rival gang leader's death and soon have every gang in the city after them to get revenge. Members of the Warriors fight for their lives, seek to survive in the urban jungle and learn the meaning of loyalty.

We've added the titles to our list of upcoming Blu-ray movies and will update the entries with more details as they become available.

Source: https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=128