``The Right Stuff'' Launches as Two-Disc Special Edition DVD from Warner Home Video June 10.Entertainment Editors BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2003 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. : -- Newly Remastered Edition Includes Three Thrilling New 20th Anniversary Documentaries, Additional Scenes, Director's Commentary and More -- "A terrific tale of heroes and America. `The Right Stuff' will thrill you." -- Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Daily newspaper published in Chicago. The Tribune is one of the leading U.S. newspapers and long has been the dominant voice of the Midwest. Founded in 1847, it was bought in 1855 by six partners, including Joseph Medill (1823–99), who made the paper Philip Kaufman's "The Right Stuff" -- the inspiring, electrifying e·lec·tri·fy tr.v. e·lec·tri·fied, e·lec·tri·fy·ing, e·lec·tri·fies 1. To produce electric charge on or in (a conductor). 2. a. epic about the birth of the U.S. space program that won four Academy Awards(R) and was nominated for Best Picture by both the Academy and Hollywood Foreign Press Association -- will be released June 10 by Warner Home Video (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) ) as a deluxe, feature-packed Two-Disc 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. Special Edition ($26.99 SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. ). Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward and Jeff Goldblum head the ensemble cast of "The Right Stuff," which is based on Tom Wolfe's best-selling book chronicling the exciting early years of the United States' race to conquer the final frontier, and the daredevil test pilots who became the first Americans in space. "The Right Stuff" has been remastered with an all-new widescreen digital transfer and enhanced with three new 20th anniversary documentaries featuring the movie's stars, creators and the real-life heroes, including three of the original Mercury Seven astronauts: Commander Scott Carpenter, USN (Ret.), Colonel L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., (Ret.), and Captain Walter M. Schirra, Jr., USN (Ret.); author Thomas Wolfe; and the film's consulting representative and first man to break the sound barrier, General Chuck Yeager (Ret.). The DVD also features a PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, feature length documentary -- "John Glenn: American Hero"; selected scene commentaries with separate cast and filmmaker tracks; fifteen minutes of never-before-seen footage; and an interactive space exploration timeline complete with archival NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. footage and events highlighting mankind's leap to the stars. "The Right Stuff" will be part of a "buy three, get one FREE" campaign. Consumers can purchase three of the six recent WHV Two-Disc DVDs and get one FREE, with WHV fulfilling by mail (consumers pay $3.25 for shipping/handling fees). In addition, a special "The Right Stuff" sweepstakes will offer a chance to win a trip for two to California's famed "Combat Air USA" to be trained in and pilot an actual fighter-jet flight! This is not a simulator and no license is required for this adventure. EDITOR'S NOTE: Photo material downloadable at www.whvdirect.com. |
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