Original Omen and Omen Collection coming September 9th

[RandellG]

I updated original post with price, sorry forgot to post it

[rezpekt]

Fox Home Entertainment have announced the US Region A Blu-ray Disc release of The Omen and The Omen Collection on 9th September 2008. The 1976 horror original directed by Richard Donner and starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick arrives on Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Disc alongside The Omen Collection four-disc set featuring all three of the original films (The Omen, Damien: Omen II and Omen III: Final Conflict), as well as the 2006 remake.

The made-for-television Omen IV: The Awakening is not included.

The Omen (1976) is priced at $39.98 SRP and offers the following features on a dual-layer 50GB disc:

* 1080P 2.35:1 Widescreen (AVC)
* English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Audio
* English, Spanish, Korean and Chinese (Traditional and Simplified) subtitles
* BD Exclusive – Richard Donner on The Omen interview featurette
* BD Exclusive – The Omen Revelations BonusView with Trivia Track
* BD Exclusive – Commentary by film historians Lem Dobbs, Nick Redman and Jeff Bond
* BD Exclusive – Isolated score track (Dolby Surround 5.1 audio)
* Introduction by director Richard Donner
* Commentary by director Richard Donner and editor Stuart Baird
* Commentary by director Richard Donner and screenwriter Brian Helgeland
* “Dog Attack” Deleted Scene with optional commentary by director Richard Donner and screenwriter Brian Helgeland
* 666: The Omen Revealed featurette
* The Omen Legacy featurette
* Curse or Coincidence? featurette
* An Appreciation: Wes Craven On The Omen featurette
* Jerry Goldsmith on The Omen Score featurette
* Screenwriters Notebook featurette
* Theatrical trailer
* Still Gallery


The Omen Collection is priced at $129.98 SRP and is a four-disc set that includes The Omen (1976), Damien: Omen II and Omen III: Final Conflict authored in BD-J with AVC (MPEG 4) compression on dual-layer 50GB discs presented in widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio) with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Audio plus English, Spanish, Korean and Chinese (Traditional and Simplified) subtitles. The Omen (2006) is authored in MPEG2 compression on a single-layer 25GB disc presented in widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Audio, French and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Surround with English and Spanish subtitles only.

Extras are detailed below:

The Omen (1976)

* Special features content listed above


Damien: Omen II

* Commentary by producer Harvey Bernhard
* Theatrical trailer


Omen III: The Final Conflict

* Commentary by director Graham Baker
* Theatrical trailer


The Omen (2006)

* BD Exclusive – The Devil’s Footnotes Trivia Track
* Commentary with director John Moore, producer Glen Williamson and editor Dan Zimmerman
* Revelations 666 featurette
* Abbey Road Sessions featurette
* Extended scenes

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=68142

[sockmodel7]

As much as I love the original I'm not paying new release prices for it.

[rezpekt]

More cover art: http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releas...ollection.html

[RandellG]

Originally Posted by sockmodel7

As much as I love the original I'm not paying new release prices for it.

It's Fox, what do you expect

[eastx]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Smith

The third one sucked and the remake is well plagerism.

Plagiarism would be if they named the movie something else or did not have permission to remake it.

I haven't seen the remake yet, but I'm open to it.

[Morphine]

Why the hell will you include the 2006 version in the collection? Are there any plans to remake the other 2 movies? I might get this when it hits $60, maybe

[Halfwasted]

The Omen (old one) cover on Blu looks sexy...

[kosvines]

Too bad they excluded the fourth movie, as I actually enjoy that one. I remember renting it in my teens, after being recommended it by the hot girl at the rental store (I continued renting everything she recommended me, as I couldn't say no).

[dmarvin]

After seeing that there will be several valuable BD exclusives added to the original Omen, I am going to pick this up. I am going to support that trend and am also genuinely intrigued by the new features. I thought the last two-disc DVD was extrememly loaded -- looks like it gets even better on Blu-ray. Hope the PQ is up to snuff.

[RandellG]

I think I may goahead and get the collection. The cover is

[dmarvin]

Kinda like the single-disc cover as well.

[krylonman]

Aw, no 'Omen IV: The Awakening?' That movie's hilarious. I'd much rather have that than the remake.

[lowenbotten]

Originally Posted by krylonman

Aw, no 'Omen IV: The Awakening?' That movie's hilarious. I'd much rather have that than the remake.

I agree. No Omen IV = no sale.

[Jimbo976]

Anyone see any reviews out anywhere yet?

The set is supposed to come out on Tuesday so surely someone has a set by now?