For the first time, Disney/Pixar’s Monsters Inc. will be available in a Blu-Ray Hi Def Two-Disc + DisneyFile Digital Copy Set!

This set is slated for distribution on November 10, 2009. Here is all the information you need to know about this upcoming Blu-Ray release. We’ll be sure to provide more information as it becomes available to us here at Blu-Ray Authoritay.

Estimated Retail Price: $45.99 USD

TECHNICAL ASPECTS:

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Video: 1080p, Widescreen
Sound: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 5.1 Dolby Digital English, French, Spanish
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish

BONUS FEATURES NEW AND EXCLUSIVE TO THIS BLU-RAY:

* Filmmakers Round Table: Filmmakers Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich, Darla Anderson, and Bob Peterson reflect on the creation of the film, and share their most memorable anecdotes.

* MONSTERS, INC. RIDE AND GO SEEK: BUILDING MONSTROPOLIS IN TOKYO

* A sneak peak of the newest Monsters attraction in Tokyo Disneyland, with exclusive interviews of the artists and engineers behind the ride.

* ROZ’S 100 DOOR CHALLENGE (INTERACTIVE GAME)

* Think you have what it takes to be a Monsters, Inc. employee? Roz will be the judge of that with her 100 Door Challenge. Deal with whatever is behind each new door. It could be a puzzle, a trivia question, a mini-game . . . it could be crazy! Do your best. Your future employment at Monsters, Inc. hangs in the balance.

* BD-LIVE FEATURES

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THERE ARE NO RULES AND NO HOLDS BARRED WHEN POPEYE DOYLE CUTS LOOSE ON BLU-RAY

THE FRENCH CONNECTION & FRENCH CONNECTION II

Two-Time Academy Award® Winner Gene Hackman* Stars As The Gritty New York City Cop On Blu-ray February 24 From Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

–Loaded With All-New High-Def Bonus Material Including Exclusive Interviews

With Hackman And William Friedkin, Deleted Scenes, Featurettes Including A Ride-Along With Friedkin Reliving The Famous Car Chase And More—

CENTURY CITY, Calif. – Doyle is bad news – but a good cop. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents one man’s tireless determination to break down a ruthless narcotics smuggling ring when The French Connection and French Connection II arrive in stunning high-definition Blu-ray on February 24. Gene Hackman (Behind Enemy Lines, The Royal Tenenbaums) stars as iconic New York City Police Detective Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle, a man who will stop at nothing to get his man. Directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist) and winner of five Academy Awards® including Best Picture, Best Actor (Hackman), Best Director (Friedkin), Best Screenplay and Best Editing, The French Connection is a dramatic action-thriller featuring one of the most renowned car chases in cinematic history. The French Connection Blu-ray disc is loaded with all-new special features including an introduction and commentary with Friedkin, deleted scenes with optional commentary, seven behind-the-scenes featurettes with both Hackman and Friedkin and much more. The French Connection II Blu-ray disc includes commentary with seven-time DGA nominee for Best Director John Frankenheimer, two all-new behind-the-scenes featurettes including interviews with Hackman and more.

*1972: Best Actor in a Leading Role; The French Connection
**1993: Best Actor in a Supporting Role; Unforgiven

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IT’S THE MAXIMUM TRIP…AT MAXIMUM SPEED Vanishing Point Speeds Onto Blu-ray Disc February 24 From Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

“A fascinating road movie with mystical overtones.” – TV Guide’s Movie Guide

“In a time when vacant retreads such as The Fast and the Furious are the problem, Vanishing Point is the answer.” – Peter Kenis, Rolling Stone

CENTURY CITY, Calif. – Watch carefully because everything happens fast. The chase. The desert. The shack. The girl. The roadblock. The end. Take a death defying road trip across the American Southwest in high definition as Vanishing Point debuts on Blu-ray Disc February 24 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Director Richard Sarafian’s car chase classic comes to Blu-ray Disc delivering the ultimate high as ex-marine, ex-race car driver Kowalski (Barry Newman; “Petrocelli”) takes to the road in his 1970 Dodge Challenger. Vanishing Point follows the ride of a lifetime as Kowalski, the last American hero, races from Denver to San Francisco with the police on his trail. Attempting to reach “the vanishing point” where man and vehicle become one, he quickly becomes a media sensation thanks to a blind disc jockey with a police radio scanner.

Boasting powerful supporting performances by an all-star cast including Emmy® winner* Cleavon Little (Blazing Saddles) and Oscar® winner** Dean Jagger (Twelve O’ Clock High), the Vanishing Point Blu-ray Disc will be available for the suggested retail price of $34.99 U.S. / $37.99 Canada. Prebook is January 14, 2009

* 1989: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (“Dear John”)
**1950: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Twelve O’ Clock High)

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GOLDEN GLOBE®-NOMINEE WILL FERRELL AND TWO TIME OSCAR-® WINNER EMMA THOMPSON STAR IN

STRANGER THAN FICTION SPECIAL EDITION Available On Blu-ray December 2, 2008

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (XXX) – Two-time Golden Globe®-nominee Will Ferrell1 shines in the hilarious comedy Stranger Than Fiction Special Edition, arriving from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on Blu-ray Disc December 2, 2008. From celebrated director Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, Monsters Ball), comes the story of IRS Auditor Harold Crick (Ferrell), who lives a life of solitude and monotony, following the exact same routine from day to day. Harold’s life changes dramatically when he begins hearing a voice that narrates his every move, and he starts a journey towards self-discovery and a greater meaning of life. The film boasts an award-winning supporting cast including two time Oscar®-winner Emma Thompson2, two-time Oscar®-winner Dustin Hoffman3, Oscar®-nominee4 Queen Latifah and two-time Golden Globe-nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal5. Stranger Than Fiction Special Edition is filled with bonus features including deleted and extended scenes, funny on-set moments and more and is available for an SRP of $28.95.

Synopsis:
Author Karen Effiel (Thompson) is writing her latest novel about an unusual character named Harold Crick (Ferrell). What she doesn’t know is that her fictionalized character is real. The real Harold Crick is an IRS agent who has lived a monotonous, dull existence until one day he begins to hear Karen’s voice narrating his every move. Harold enlists the assistance of literary professor Jules Hilbert (Hoffman), to help him figure out what’s going on. Hilbert helps Harold change some of the mundane every day rituals in his life. However, trouble ensues and Harold’s life becomes fragile when he learns that Karen plans to kill him off and the events that follow become Stranger Than Fiction Special Edition.

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