HD DVD Movie Releases for September 18, 2007
by Pravin on September 16th, 2007 in movies.
The trade shows from August and September are over, and it’s starting to get back to the usual routine where the weekly news comes from movie releases and occasional announcements. The releases for this week include a few discs from Universal, and Warner helps push the total to over a dozen.
A few of the movies are pretty old, and some might question whether they make for good HD purchases. Of course they do! Film has a lot of resolution and detail that would not come through on VHS and DVD. The HD DVD releases of these movies are remastered from the original films specifically for HD. You’ll see every frame of the film in detail never seen in any previous DVD version.
Another interesting point about this week’s movies is that, including the already released 300, the modern-day HD Gladiator movie trifecta is now complete with Troy and Alexander.
The releases from Universal:
 Elizabeth (1998)Cate Blanchet, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough, John Gielgud, Fanny Ardant, Daniel Craig Directed by Shekhar Kapur Rated R |
 For Love of the Game (1999)Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilley, Jena Malone Directed by Sam Raimi Rated PG-13 |
 The Last Starfighter (1984)Kay E. Kuter, Dan Mason, Lance Guest, Dan O’Herlihy Directed by Nick Castle Rated PG |
Warner Home Video presents:
 Smallville – The Complete Sixth Season (2006)22 episodes on a five-disc set. |
 Troy – Director’s Cut (2004)Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Julian Glover, Brian Cox, Nathan Jones Directed by Wolfgang Petersen Rated R |
 Alexander Revisited – The Final Cut (2004)Colin Farrell, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer Directed by Oliver Stone. Rated R, (Director’s cut is unrated) |
 Deliverance (1972)John Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty Directed by John Boorman Rated R |
 We Are Marshall (2006) (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD)Matthey McConaughey, Matthew Fox Directed by McG Rated PG |
 Viva Las Vegas (1964)Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret Directed by George Sidney Rated G |
 Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler |
Warner also brings out the “Best of HD DVD” collection just in time for the first inklings of holiday shopping:
 The Best of HD DVD, Volume 1
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 The Best of HD DVD, Volume 2
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 The Best of HD DVD, Volume 3
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All of the links above go to Amazon’s pages for these titles, and you can take a look at all of the releases for September and beyond in our “Shop for HD DVD Movies” link.
September 16th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Apologies for the way this list came out on Firefox…I’ll try to reformat it soon.Fixed for Firefox!September 16th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Isn’t Troy already out on HD? We can make another comparison for HD vs. BD with some of the movies coming out this week. I know I’m picking up Troy soon.
September 16th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
High-Def Digest does a good job of comparing versions side by side. Now and then, there’s some notable difference between the Blu-ray and HD DVD versions, but usually not. They have a standardized way of reviewing and it makes for good comparisons.
The Troy coming out this week is the director’s cut.
September 17th, 2007 at 4:49 am
I can’t wait for Smallville tomorrow.
Troy is also coming home and will be added to my collection.
September 18th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
best of HD DVD vol. 3 looks EXTREMELY tempting.