``Ghost Ship'': Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis' Sinister Supernatural Story on DVD and VHS March 28 from Warner Home Video.Entertainment Editors BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 30, 2002 Includes Featurettes Exploring the Ghosts' Stories and How the Thriller Was Made "Ghost Ship In modern English, the term ghost ship has come to denote at least one of three separate (though occasionally overlapping) definitions, all of which involving, in one respect or other, unexplained circumstances. " -- a chilling tale of high sea terror -- will debut on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. ($27.95) and VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. ($22.98) March 28 from Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980. (WHV WHV Wilhelmshaven (Northern Germany, Headquarters of the German Navy) WHV Warner Home Video WHV Woodchuck Hepatitis Virus WHV Working Holiday Visa WHV Westdeutscher Hockey-Verband (West German hockey association) ). "Ghost Ship" marks the second time director Steven Beck Steven Beck (born June 4, 1984 in Liverpool, England) is an English footballer who currently plays for the League of Wales team The New Saints. His position is central midfielder. and producers Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis have chilled audiences. The trio was responsible for one of last year's most popular horror films, "Thirteen Ghosts," which was produced by Silver and Zemeckis' Dark Castle Entertainment. Silver's (the "Matrix" trilogy, the "Lethal Weapon" series and the "Die Hard" trilogy) films have earned a combined gross of more than $3.8 billion worldwide. With movies such as "Forrest Gump" and the "Back to the Future" trilogy, Academy Award(R) and Golden Globe-winning director Zemeckis is one of the pre-eminent filmmakers of our time. "Ghost Ship" stars Julianna Margulies (TV's "ER"), Desmond Harrington ("We Were Soldiers," "Boiler Room boiler room n. a telephone bank operation in which fast-talking telemarketers or campaigners attempt to sell stock, services, goods, or candidates and act as if they are calling from an established company or brokerage. "), Gabriel Byrne ("Miller's Crossing," "Stigmata stigmata (stĭg`mətə, stĭgmăt`ə) [plural of stigma, from Gr.,=brand], wounds or marks on a person resembling the five wounds received by Jesus at the crucifixion. "), Ron Eldard ("Black Hawk Down") and Isaiah Washington ("Out of Sight," "Bulworth").
FEATURES
"Ghost Ship" will be available on DVD in both widescreen and
full-screen editions which include holographic (lenticular) packaging
and the following features:
-- "Secrets of the Antonia Graza" -- break the code of Katie's twist
toy game to view footage that delves into:
-- Strategy of the Villains
-- Artwork of an Innocent Child
-- Back Story of Francesca
-- Radio
-- "Max on Set: Ghost Ship - Behind the Scenes"
-- Three featurettes, which look at the making of the movie:
-- A Closer Look at the Gore
-- Designing the Ghost Ship
-- Visual effects featurette
-- Music video for Mudvayne's "Not Falling"
Other DVD features include the theatrical trailer, filmography,
English and French (dubbed in Quebecois) languages and subtitles in
English, French and Spanish.
SYNOPSIS When a salvage team investigates a vessel adrift off the coast of Alaska, they discover the remains of the fabled "Antonia Graza," thought lost at sea for more than 40 years. As soon as they set foot on the abandoned ship, however, they discover that the decaying vessel is not deserted, and they must face the most horrifying thing ever encountered on the open sea. |
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