Academy Award Nominated ``The Last Samurai'' Debuts on a Two-Disc DVD & VHS May 4.Entertainment Editors BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2004 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. : -- $360 Million Worldwide Box Office Epic Stars 2003 Golden Globe Nominee Tom Cruise, 2003 Oscar(R)-Nominee Ken Watanabe
Ken Watanabe (渡辺 謙 ; From Acclaimed Director Edward Zwick -- 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. Loaded with Special Features Including Director's Video Journal, Recount of a Warrior's Journey by Tom Cruise, Deleted Scenes, Director Commentary and More! The critically acclaimed epic, "The Last Samurai," debuts May 4 on a double-disc DVD and on 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. from Warner Home Video. Nominated for four Academy Awards(R) (including Best Supporting Actor supporting actor n → attore m non protagonista , Ken Watanabe) and three Golden Globe Awards (including Best Actor, Tom Cruise), "The Last Samurai" is a "masterpiece" ("Access Hollywood") from acclaimed director Edward Zwick ("Glory," "Legends of the Fall") and also stars Timothy Spall ("Nicolas Nickelby"), Billy Connolly ("White Oleander oleander: see dogbane. oleander Any of the ornamental evergreen shrubs of the genus Nerium (dogbane family), which have poisonous milky juice. Numerous varieties of flower colour in the common oleander, or rosebay (N. ") and Tony Goldwyn ("An American Rhapsody"). The two-disc DVD makes history with spectacular bonus features such as a director's video journal, a History Channel documentary, a making-of-an-epic featurette with Edward Zwick and Tom Cruise, a tour of the sets and inside look at production design, costuming and weapons, additional scenes and more. "The Last Samurai" will be available at $29.95 SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. on a two-disc DVD in both widescreen and full frame formats. VHS will be priced for rental. The DVD is loaded with breathtaking bonus features: Disc One -- Theatrical Film. -- Commentary by Edward Zwick. Disc Two -- Tom Cruise: A Warrior's Journey. -- Edward Zwick: Director's Video Journal. -- Making an Epic: A Conversation with Edward Zwick and Tom Cruise. -- History vs. Hollywood: "The Last Samurai" (History Channel Documentary). -- A World of Detail: Production Design with Lilly Kilvert. -- Silk and Armor: Costume Design with Ngila Dickson. -- Imperial Army Basic Training. -- From Soldier to Samurai: The Weapons. -- Deleted Scenes. -- Japan Premieres (Tokyo & Kyoto red carpet). -- Theatrical Trailer. Set in Japan during the 1870s, "The Last Samurai" tells the story of Captain Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a respected American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern warfare. As the Emperor attempts to eradicate the ancient Imperial Samurai warriors in preparation for more Westernized west·ern·ize tr.v. west·ern·ized, west·ern·iz·ing, west·ern·iz·es To convert to the customs of Western civilization. west and trade-friendly government policies, Algren finds himself unexpectedly impressed and influenced by his encounters with the Samurai, which places him at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds, with only his own sense of honor to guide him. Photo material can be downloaded at www.whvdirect.com |
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