Sony: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen coming April 8

[zombieflanders]

From Blu-ray.com:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen' to Blu-ray on April 8th. Specs have not yet been announced for this title, but extras include an audio commentary track, two featurettes, two storyboard sequences, and deleted scenes. Exclusive to this Blu-ray release is a "Graphics and Picture Track".

Director Terry Gilliam (Brazil) and an all-star cast including John Neville, Eric Idle, Oliver Reedand Uma Thurman deliver this tale of the enchanting adventures of Baron von Munchausen on his journey to save a town from defeat. Being swallowed by a giant sea-monster, a trip to the moon, a dance with Venus and an escape from the Grim Reaper are only some of the improbable adventures.

This is awesome news, for me at least. Baron Munchausen is easily one of my all-time favorites, and now it's coming to Blu-ray. Soooooo sweet.

[Lucifuge]

That's a must-buy for me. Great news.

[citizenchris099]

Thats it...I'm going purple!!!!

[Westonian]

Awesome, awesome news! I really hope it's a huge upgrade over the current DVD.

[citizenchris099]

Originally Posted by Westonian

Awesome, awesome news! I really hope it's a huge upgrade over the current DVD.

Agreed. I would like to see the Criterion features from the old LD but they own their suplements so if Sony is releasing this that prolly wont happen...maybe a newly recorded commentary?

[Arkadin]

This IS GREAT NEWS for sure!

[Jason One]

This is the best news ever!

[Josh Z]

Very nice. The DVD is garbage. I'd love a nice High-Def remaster.

[MNTWISTER]

Awesome news, great movie, the dvd is terrible. Nice to see an older film scheduled, maybe now Sony might get Lawrence of Arabia done, or Oliver! or Funny Girl, Bridge on the Rivew Kwai, ect.

[Dr_Gonzo]

YEEEEEEEAAAAAaaaaaah! Another Gilliam film in HD, this is so great it just made my day! If only we could get Brazil and Time Bandits on HD as well, I'm sure to die as a lucky man

[Z_T]

Wow! This is completely by surprise. Great news indeed. Now bring us Time Bandits.

[BobLoblaw]

Day 1 purchase for me. I loved this movie growing up.

[Drammattex]

First dvd I owned. Looking forward to it.

[Blu_For_U]

Love this movie and will get it day of. I just hope the sales are good enough to get a HD version of Brazil.

[Josh Z]

Originally Posted by Blu_For_U

Love this movie and will get it day of. I just hope the sales are good enough to get a HD version of Brazil.

Different studios. Universal owns Brazil, so any release of that would be HD DVD exclusive. I expect we'll see it eventually on that format, since Universal is pretty aggressive in cranking out (post-1980) catalog titles.