At long last, Fox has officially unveiled the details of their epic The Sound of Music: 45th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray disc sets, due on store shelves this November! You’ll have your choice of a reasonably priced 3-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack or a gargantuan gift set, packed to the living-hills with commemorative stuff like a 100-Page “My Favorite Things” scrapbook and a copy of the films soundtrack.
From the press release:
- Meticulously Restored and Re-mastered, The Sound Of Music 45th Anniversary Edition is presented with new 7.1 audio and offers BD-LIVE: Live Lookup Powered by IMDb; Your Favorite Things: An Interactive Celebration featuring a Sing-A-Long, behind-the-scenes images, trivia and a location quiz; A City of Song with a virtual map of filming locations and interactive tour of the movie’s locale of Salzburg, Austria; vintage programs including a hilarious send-up of The Sound of Music from Carol Burnett and Julie Andrews herself; an enchanting interview with the real Maria von Trapp on The Julie Andrews Hour; and, for the very first time in home entertainment format, a spectacular full-length documentary, Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of American Music, hosted by Mary Martin; and much more.
We’re still waiting on the final package art to come in from Fox. In the meantime, here’s a look at some early UK Blu-ray packaging.
UPDATE: PACKAGE ART!!!
THE SOUND OF MUSIC: 45TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
(November 2, 2010 – Blu-ray/DVD combo pack MSRP $37.99, Limited Collector’s Set $99.99)
Video: 2:20:1 1080p
Audio: English 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Special Features:
Limited Edition Collector’s Set
- 2-Disc Blu-ray with all extras as detailed below
- Standard Definition DVD
- 45th Anniversary Soundtrack
- 100-Page “My Favorite Things” scrapbook
- Snapshots from Salzburg
- Reproduction of the original 1965 Souvenir program
- Exclusive “My Favorite Things” Music Box with letter of authenticity
Blu-ray Details: Blu-ray Disc 1:
- Feature Film Remastered in 1080p Hi-Def with 7.1 DTS-HD Sound
- Your Favorite Things: An Interactive Celebration — All-New Immersive Viewing Experience with Behind-the-Scenes Images, On-Screen Lyrics, Trivia Track and Location Quiz
- Music Machine Sing-Along
- Audio Commentaries with Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Director Robert Wise
- BD-LIVE**: Live Lookup™ Powered by IMDb®
Blu-ray Disc 2:
- Musical Stages: Creating The Sound of Music — All-New Interactive “Backlot Tour” with In-Depth Featurettes on the Songs, the Stage Show & Movie, the Film and Sound Restoration and the Real-Life von Trapp Family
- A City of Song — Virtual Map of Filming Locations in Salzburg, Austria
- Vintage Rodgers & Hammerstein and The Sound of Music Programs
- Screen Tests, Rare Treasures, Interviews, Photo Galleries & More!
DVD Disc:
- Feature Film In Standard Definition
- Newly Remastered Picture and Sound
- Optional Sing-Along Track
- Music Machine Sing-Along
- The Sound of Music Tour – A Living Story
Avoid this at all cost. What they have done here is an absolute travesty. There is too much contrast, it is too dark and so saturated with colour and is very grainy in places. This in no terms resembles the 70mm Todd-Ao prints of the sixties. Sound has been beefed up somewhat but is very wooly in places, best bit is the wedding march where the “sub” suddenly comes alive. There was very little surround in the original prints and thankfully the’ve not messed with that. over all 1/5 for picture quality and 2/5 for sound.
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