Watchmen (R1/US BD) in July - Updated

Warner Home Video have announced the US DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Watchmen on 28th July 2009. Zack Synder directs this live-action adaptation of the Watchmen graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

There will be both single-disc and two-disc editions on DVD and a single Blu-ray Disc release available…

1-Disc DVD - No extras, theatrical cut of the film in separate widescreen and full screen editions.

2-Disc DVD - Features the Director's Cut version of the film with an additional 25 minutes of footage. Features include:

• 2.40:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
• English and French DD5.1 Surround
• English, French and Spanish subtitles
• The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics [Learn how the subversive, thematically complex, award winning comic that changed literature, inspired analytical debate, and won countless fans, was created]
• Watchmen: Webisodes
• My Chemical Romance Desolation Row Music Video
• Digital Copy (Theatrical Version)

Blu-ray - Features the Director's Cut version of the film with an additional 25 minutes of footage. Features include:

• 1080P 2.40:1 Widescreen
• English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
• French DD5.1 Surround
• Subtitles (Film): English SDH, French, Spanish
• Subtitles (Select Extras): English SDH, French
• Warner Bros. Maximum Movie Mode [With Watchmen Director Zack Snyder as our host, we’ll dive deep into the intricacies of the Watchmen.]
  • Director walk-ons with scene analysis
  • Picture-in-picture video from the cast and crew
  • Side-by-side comparisons of the graphic novel and the film
  • Timeline comparisons of our world events to those from Watchmen
  • Photo galleries of production stills and storyboards
• The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics [Learn how the subversive, thematically complex, award winning comic that changed literature, inspired analytical debate, and won countless fans, was created]
• Real Superheroes, Real Vigilantes [Explores the fascination and psychology behind real-world vigilantes and where that behavior crosses over into actually donning the hood and behaving as superheroes.]
• Mechanics: Technologies of a Fantastic World [The creators of Watchmen had a great understanding of engineering and science, allowing for plausible mechanics in their characters tools and the world itself. This featurette will guide the viewer through the filmmakers process of turning these technologies into cinematic reality]
• All 11 Watchmen Video Journals
• My Chemical Romance Desolation Row Music Video
• BD-Live with even more content - Exclusive features can be shared on Facebook
• Digital Copy (Theatrical Version)

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