"Up" coming to Blu-ray/DVD.... in November

joehisa · August 8, 2009, 5:35am

Up is up now on Amazon’s US site for pre-ordering the DVDs (both the normal DVD and the BluRay) but without a release date and (probably because of this) only a very small discount (as of now, only 10% off, which should get substantially better once a release date has been finalized), so even though Amazon has a pre-order price guarantee, I’m still going to wait for a while before pre-ordering. Once the release date is firm, I’m sure we’ll see the price lower. But for those who want to check out the pages:
Up DVD:
amazon.com/Up-Edward-Asner/d … 507&sr=8-3
Up DVD (BluRay):
amazon.com/Up-Blu-ray-Edward … 507&sr=8-1

totoro · August 8, 2009, 7:12am

On all previous Pixar Blu-ray releases Cine-Explore was basically a souped-up audio commentary, with additional visual goodies you could enable.
So it is highly likely that there will be an audio commentary on the Up Blu-ray as well.

Unbreakable · August 8, 2009, 7:28am

Awesome!! I will be getting the Blu-Ray!!

karly05 · August 8, 2009, 11:05am

There’s a good reason they package Blu-Rays with a DVD copy as well, especially with movies that are popular with kids/families. You might have one Blu-Ray player in the household with the main living room TV, but still have DVD in the minivan, in the kids’ playroom, on your laptop, etc. Doing the Blu-Ray/DVD combo means you can get the full Blu-Ray experience, but you (or the kids) can also watch the movie on the road or in other parts of the house.

Wouldn’t it have been nice of them to include a CD of the full score? Oh, well.

ffdude1906 · August 8, 2009, 11:45am

Yeah, I had mentioned that, they STILL need a hard copy of the soundtrack, I’m so incredibly annoyed about that. Would have been a good idea to include it in the movie, I’d even be willing to pay like 5 bucks extra, but noooOOOOooo. >.>

eerik · August 8, 2009, 11:50am

I’m waiting for UK release (probably in February like Ratatouille?) and I’m hoping that it will be reasonably priced. I don’t need digital copy nor DVD.

ffdude1906 · August 8, 2009, 1:46pm

Hey, that Luxo Collection thingy, is that gonna include all the Pixar Blu-Rays (including Up and Monsters when it comes out, Monsters is slated to release on Nov.10th here I believe as well)? I’ll probably just end up getting that once I get my Blu-Ray player, and just have the Up DVD until then. That is 400 bucks though, ouch,…

karly05 · August 8, 2009, 8:07pm

Wow - I had not heard of “Cine-Explore” before, but after reading a couple of other things online about how it was used on the Cars and Ratatouille Blu-Rays, I’m excited!! (It’s like “Commentary-PLUS!” Gonna be cool!)

ffdude, from what I’ve read, the Luxo set has a place to store your Pixar Blu-Rays, but “Up” is the only Blu-Ray included.

ffdude1906 · August 9, 2009, 3:37am

So just the box, Blu-Ray, and lamp are 200 bucks? That’s a bit ridiculous, there’s gotta be something else in there, that doesn’t make sense.

Kyle · August 9, 2009, 5:53am

It is ridiculous, but thats how much it costs, and thats all it comes with.well, and the dvd case holder thing.

also, it appears to be plastic instead of metal, which makes it even more outrageous. it outta be metal for that much.

Still, Ive always wanted a real life version of that lamp, and no matter how hard I tried, I could never find anything close to it. I thought it would be easy if they really did base it on a real lamp, but all the googling in the world and I couldn’t find any. so I will be getting this as soon as I can afford to.

Ryan · August 9, 2009, 4:42pm

I found cover art at DVDizzy for a deluxe DVD set. It has a digital copy, but I have no idea what sort of Bonus features it could have on the DVD. No other info, but it does look legit.

eerik · August 10, 2009, 6:40pm

2-Disc Features

• Commentary by director Pete Docter and co-director Bob Peterson.

• Dug’s Special Mission – An all new original short film that follows the misadventures of Dug as he attempts to complete his “special mission.” The short is directed by Up Story Supervisor, Ronnie Del Carmen.

• The Many Endings of Muntz – Many ideas were hatched about how to dispose of the film’s arch villain, Muntz, and now viewers can see the many alternate endings proposed during story development.

• Partly Cloudy –The hilarious short film that preceded screenings of Up. Everyone knows that the stork delivers babies, but where do the storks get the babies? The answer lies up in the stratosphere where the cloud Gus is a master at creating “dangerous” babies, which prove to be more than a handful for his loval delivery stork Peck. Directed by Pixar story artist, animator and voice actor Peter Sohn.

• Adventure is Out There – This action-packed documentary tells the story of the filmmakers’ own trek to the tepuis mountains of South America to research the design and story of the film.

• Digital Copy

4-Disc Blu-ray Features

And, only on Blu-ray Hi-Def, hours of features, and behind-the scenes bonus features, including:

• Cine-Explore – A visual montage of concept art, clips and documentary coverage that illustrates the directors’ commentary.

• Geriatric Hero – A character study of Carl, from research to realization including art and design, rigging, animation and story. It focuses on the issues of aging, “simplexity”, shape-language and compelling character arcs.

• Canine Companions – For anyone who ever wondered where CG puppies
come from, an introduction to the design, behavior and language of dogs.

• Russell: Wilderness Explorer – A character study of Russell from inspiration and design to finding the character arc and authentic voice for this wilderness ranger.

• Our Giant Flightless Friend, Kevin – Find out how avian research and development at Pixar helped bring a mythical, 13-foot tall iridescent bird to life.

• Homemakers of Pixar – Carl and Ellie’s house is an important “character” in the film. Fans follow the development of the house from story to art to its ultimate realization in the computer.

• Balloons and Flight – Carl’s house and Muntz’s dirigible presented the filmmakers with two different problems—how could they make a physical impossibility possible? And, in the case of the dirigible, how would they unearth a fallen giant and let it soar?

• Composing for Characters – Composer Michael Giacchino returns to score his third Disney Pixar feature film. See how the Up filmmakers collaborated with Giacchino to create the memorable score and compelling musical themes.

• Married Life – The original story concept that became the powerful “Married Life” scene, showing Carl and Ellie’s love story.

• Global Guardian Badge Game – Players try to locate countries, states and capitals around the globe in a multi-layered BD-Exclusive geography game enhanced by BD-Live.

• Digital Copy & Standard Definition DVD

Source: dvdactive.com/news/releases/up.html

Bryko614 · August 10, 2009, 6:53pm

A couple more features and they stick $10 extra? I’m still disappointed in the number of extras in the 2-disc DVD. Is it known if the 1-disc has the commentary?

1986 · August 10, 2009, 9:04pm

THis is AWESOME! I have to get this on opening day…that is if I can scrape up the money.

lizardgirl · August 10, 2009, 9:13pm

Those are nice front covers, though the only qualm I have is how, on the front of the Blu-ray and two disk DVD versions, Kevin seems to be floating in mid-air. Unless she can fly, in which case I’ll just shut up now.

But yeah, I’ll definitely go for the Blu-ray, not just because of the extra features but I’m sure Up will look amazing in high definition. I haven’t read the details of the extra features in case of spoilers, but it seems like there’s a fair amount there- an improvement on some of Pixar’s previous DVD releases.

karly05 · August 10, 2009, 10:34pm

Maybe they’re getting close to the ground, and Kevin is standing on the ground where they are about to land (she is very tall).

I’m so excited about all the extras on the Blu-Ray!

ffdude1906 · August 11, 2009, 5:58am

Haha, I love those covers! There’s a problem though, I wanted to grab the Blu-Ray and DVD, but if I want both covers, I’ll have to skip out on the features until I get a Blu-Ray player, that just doesn’t fly. Really?! If only the 2 disc had the regular DVD cover, I’d be happy (and yes, I realize that there’s a DVD in the Blu-Ray, but I want that cover!)

kdjets · August 12, 2009, 11:03pm

Gettin the Blu-ray for sure. I’ll have that and Wall-e on Blu-ray by then!

K3vin · August 12, 2009, 11:35pm

I love those covers, I can’t wait to get the Blu-Ray. Probably coming out in France on November 29th but it’s not official yet so …fingers crossed.

FigmentJedi · August 13, 2009, 4:11am

I’m pretty dissapointed. I thought that Up would follow the same set up as Wall-E’s release, make the deluxe DVD edition worthwhile and not just make all of those features exclusives to BluRay.