I wouldn’t consider myself a wild or devout fan of director Christopher Nolan‘s work. But goddamn did I ever love his most recent film, Inception! I know, I know, it’s far from perfect. There are a lot of elements of the script, the visuals and the direction that I would take issue with if I didn’t find the overall package so damn effective. And, to be honest, subsequent to seeing it on the big screen I’ve come to realize that a lot of my passion for the film begins with the wonderful score by Hans Zimmer. I’ve got it on my iPhone and listen to it regularly. So, for me, this is one of the most anticipated new Blu-ray releases of the year. And it looks like we’ll only have to wait until December to get our hands on it.
The following images and info are technically only applicable to the UK release of Inception but I’m certain the special features will be echoed on our edition, on this side of the Atlantic. And the release date will no doubt fall around the 6th of December.
As I’ve stated several times over, here on The Blu-ray Blog, I don’t really need to own all of the extra stuff packaged in these deluxe releases – in this case, the briefcase, the plastic top, movie cards, etc. I’m happy to have the film itself on Blu-ray, on my shelf. That said, I know these packages are popular, especially during the holiday season. Sadly, we can’t confirm yet that we’ll see this particular one outside of the UK. But we’ll let you know the moment we receive word, one way or the other. Expect an official announcement in the coming days.
INCEPTION
(December 6, 2010 in UK – MSRP £39.99 Limited Edition Briefcase, £28.99 Triple Play Blu-ray+DVD+Digital Copy)
Video: 2.39:1 1080p
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio
Special Features:
- Limited edition aluminium briefcase
- PASIV (Portable Automated Somnacin IntraVenous) Device User Manual
- Movie art-cards
- Inception Spinning Top
- Maximum Movie Mode: Christopher Nolan and Leonardo DiCaprio extract information about the world of Inception and learn about all things you may have missed in the film. Questions, answers, surprises and intrigue are all there for the taking!
- Prologue (Motion Comics):
- Inception: The Cobol Job: Online comic that details how Cobb, Arthur and Nash came to be enlisted by Cobol Engineering to perform an extraction on Saito.
- Inception: The Big Under: The story that reveals how Cobb and company get to Saito to put him under for the dream featured in the beginning of the film.
- Dream of Consciousness: Taking some of the most fascination and cutting-edge dream research to date on lucid dreaming, leading scientist to make the case that the dream world is not an altered state of consciousness, but a fully functional parallel reality.
- 15 Focus Pods
- Photo Gallery
Is the digital copy in 1080p?