About A Boy - Blu-ray Forum

KingSimba · 01-19-2011, 02:44 AM

Pre-order now available at Play. Release date: 11th/April/2011.

http://www.play.com/DVD/Blu-ray/4-/1...y/Product.html

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nightcrawler · 01-19-2011, 11:38 PM

Will probably pick this one up - depending on the PQ reviews. Definitely one of Hugh Grant's better films and the supporting cast (Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz and Nicholas Hoult) are also very good. Not your usual romcom because of some of the darker themes covered (depression, suicide).

tomjim · 01-20-2011, 05:51 AM

Excellent movie. Will have to get this...

IndyMLVC · 01-20-2011, 11:24 AM

AWESOME! Looking forward to this!

Brian017 · 01-20-2011, 03:44 PM

Whenever I see this film I wannna get a clippers at Max's hair, especially in the final scene.

Adrock · 01-20-2011, 06:21 PM

I love the soundtrack to this movie. I was surprised to see this, this was one I wasn't sure would get a BD release or not. Glad to see it is!

crimsonfox82 · 02-01-2011, 02:25 AM

Can anyone confirm which studio will be releasing this title? I'm hoping it'll be region free since there's no news of a U.S. release.

Thanks!

KingSimba · 02-01-2011, 03:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crimsonfox82

Can anyone confirm which studio will be releasing this title? I'm hoping it'll be region free since there's no news of a U.S. release.

Thanks!

It is being released by Universal, so you can pretty much guarantee it will be region free.

Adam_ME · 02-01-2011, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KingSimba

It is being released by Universal, so you can pretty much guarantee it will be region free.

Hopefully all the extras are ported over. Their UK releases have been pretty bad about that lately.

IndyMLVC · 02-01-2011, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Adam_ME

Hopefully all the extras are ported over. Their UK releases have been pretty bad about that lately.

Such as?

ChrisDilke · 02-01-2011, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

Such as?

Daylight and Liar Liar are two recently released examples. And yet they were released on the same day along with Shakespeare In Love and Notting Hill, which both got extras. Universal are quite inconsistent and hit-and-miss with their catalogs.

Adam_ME · 02-01-2011, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ChrisDilke

Daylight and Liar Liar are two recently released examples. And yet they were released on the same day along with Shakespeare In Love and Notting Hill, which both got extras. Universal are quite inconsistent and hit-and-miss with their catalogs.

But even Notting Hill left off the audio commentary and trailer. Also recent releases like Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison were bare bones. I don't understand why they do this. It's not like Universal is unable to secure the rights to their own supplements.

Veronica Mars · 02-04-2011, 05:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KingSimba

It is being released by Universal, so you can pretty much guarantee it will be region free.

Are you sure Universal is releasing this title in the UK?

Amazon lists this as the studio releasing it: Cinram Logistics (Swindon)

I know they get a lot of bad/incorrect info, but I also know some titles do end up getting released by the smaller companies and that those titles are usually less likely to be region free and NOT have PAL special features.

Thanks.

pro-bassoonist · 02-04-2011, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Veronica Mars

Amazon lists this as the studio releasing it: Cinram Logistics (Swindon)

The info is indeed incorrect. Universal are releasing it.

Pro-B

IndyMLVC · 02-09-2011, 10:31 PM

Ugh. This says no extras:
http://www.cinefacts.de/blu-ray-film...oten-ente.html

IndyMLVC · 02-25-2011, 10:44 AM

it's been pushed back to April 11th.

James Luckard · 04-05-2011, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

Ugh. This says no extras:
http://www.cinefacts.de/blu-ray-film...oten-ente.html

Oh well, no sale then.

I love this film, but it was a kind of ugly-looking film anyway. It's one of the few movies where I clearly remember noticing how dreadful the lighting was in many scenes. I think they must have had to compensate for bad weather/overcast skies in the UK by changing the contrast, brightness, etc, throughout.

I thought of picking this up, but if there are no extras, as with THE INTERPRETER as well, I'll pass.

nitin · 04-05-2011, 02:38 AM

can confirm no extras, I picked up the Australian disc which is the same disc.

Video quality is a modest upgrade over dvd, sound is a reasonable upgrade too.

IndyMLVC · 04-05-2011, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by nitin

can confirm no extras, I picked up the Australian disc which is the same disc.

Video quality is a modest upgrade over dvd, sound is a reasonable upgrade too.

Ugh. I'm assuming a BD-25. That sucks. No reason NOT to include the extras.

KingSimba · 04-05-2011, 10:08 AM

Luckerly I have no interest or time for extra's so I'll be picking this up at some point soon.
The price will most likely drop very quickly after it's released like with most of the Universal catalogue titles.

01-19-2011, 02:44 AM	#1
KingSimba Contributor Top contributor Member since:Aug 2009 Location:United Kingdom 4K collection:29 Blu-ray collection:478 iTunes collection:1	About A Boy Pre-order now available at Play. Release date: 11th/April/2011. http://www.play.com/DVD/Blu-ray/4-/1...y/Product.html PRE ORDER Last edited by KingSimba; 02-27-2011 at 03:44 PM.

01-19-2011, 11:38 PM	#2
nightcrawler Special Member Member since:Oct 2009 Location:London, UK	Will probably pick this one up - depending on the PQ reviews. Definitely one of Hugh Grant's better films and the supporting cast (Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz and Nicholas Hoult) are also very good. Not your usual romcom because of some of the darker themes covered (depression, suicide).

01-20-2011, 05:51 AM	#3
tomjim Junior Member Member since:Aug 2010 Location:Dubai, UAE Home Theater Gallery:36 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:551 DVD collection:16 Blu-ray reviews:3	Excellent movie. Will have to get this...

01-20-2011, 11:24 AM	#4
IndyMLVC Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:New York City, NY 4K collection:296 Blu-ray collection:738 DVD collection:58 Digital collection:754 iTunes collection:2 Trading Score:62	AWESOME! Looking forward to this!

01-20-2011, 03:44 PM	#5
Brian017 Member Member since:Jan 2011 Blu-ray collection:1 MA collection:343 Trading Score:53	Whenever I see this film I wannna get a clippers at Max's hair, especially in the final scene.

01-20-2011, 06:21 PM	#6
Adrock Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jan 2010 Location:The Outer Limits Blu-ray collection:412 DVD collection:38 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:205	I love the soundtrack to this movie. I was surprised to see this, this was one I wasn't sure would get a BD release or not. Glad to see it is!

02-01-2011, 02:25 AM	#7
crimsonfox82 Active Member Member since:Sep 2010 Location:Alabama Trading Score:1	Can anyone confirm which studio will be releasing this title? I'm hoping it'll be region free since there's no news of a U.S. release. Thanks!

02-09-2011, 10:31 PM	#15
IndyMLVC Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:New York City, NY 4K collection:296 Blu-ray collection:738 DVD collection:58 Digital collection:754 iTunes collection:2 Trading Score:62	Ugh. This says no extras: http://www.cinefacts.de/blu-ray-film...oten-ente.html

02-25-2011, 10:44 AM	#16
IndyMLVC Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:New York City, NY 4K collection:296 Blu-ray collection:738 DVD collection:58 Digital collection:754 iTunes collection:2 Trading Score:62	it's been pushed back to April 11th.

04-05-2011, 02:38 AM	#18
nitin Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Feb 2010 Trading Score:9	can confirm no extras, I picked up the Australian disc which is the same disc. Video quality is a modest upgrade over dvd, sound is a reasonable upgrade too.

04-05-2011, 10:08 AM	#20
KingSimba Contributor Top contributor Member since:Aug 2009 Location:United Kingdom 4K collection:29 Blu-ray collection:478 iTunes collection:1	Luckerly I have no interest or time for extra's so I'll be picking this up at some point soon. The price will most likely drop very quickly after it's released like with most of the Universal catalogue titles.

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