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Release date for Criterion Collection DVD/Blu-ray of Fisher King?

posted 10 years ago by fast_fierce_and_funny
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I've not yet seen The Fisher King and recently learned that the Criterion Collection is doing a Blu-ray release at some point in the future. Terry Gilliam is on record as saying:

“I had to watch Fisher King two weeks ago cause the Criterion Collection are doing a Blu-ray version of it and I had to look at it for technical reasons.”

Does anyone happen to know the release date for this?

(And does Criterion's "dual format" mean that they have a separate disc each for DVD and Blu-ray formats in the same keepcase? I'm afraid I'm only familiar with the Criterion Collection's DVD offerings, which is why I ask.)

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[–] rebound4july 10 years ago

It's definitely coming in 2015. Criterion released their annual New Years teaser picture for expected 2015 releases, and one of the drawings was of a king in a boat fishing.

I personally can't wait for this. This movie is so underrated, and hopefully will get the deluxe treatment with lots of extras. It's just a shame Robin Williams won't be around to provide any commentaries for it.

As for as the format goes. it's anybody's guess. I only own two criterion blu-rays. One of them had the dvds included in the same package, the other one was just the blu-ray with the dvds sold separately.

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