Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Easy Rider and Taxi Driver - Japanese special boxset BDs

On Sep. 03, 2014, SPE Japan will release special limited editions of
Easy Rider and Taxi Driver blu-ray,
featuring miniature replicas of motorcycle and taxi, respectively.

As of this writing there's no information on SPE Japan's official website,
but according to several sources including Amazon Japan,
the spces are as below.


Easy Rider



Region code: ALL

Audio:
  • English Dolby TrueHD 5.1
  • English DD 5.1
  • Japanese Dolby TrueHD 5.1
Subtitles:
  • Japanese
  • English


Extras (65 mins):
  • Audio commentary w/ Dennis Hopper
  • Making-of
Misc:
  • Special box packaging
  • Miniature replica of Captain America's motorcycle
  • Reproduction of Japanese press sheet


Taxi Driver



Region code: ALL

Audio:
  • English dts-HD MA 5.1
  • Japanese dts-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles:
  • Japanese
  • English
Extras:
  • Interactive Script to Screen (graphic-in-picture)
  • 1986 Audio Commentary:  Director Martin Scorsese and Writer Paul Schrader
  • Audio Commentary: Professor Robert Kolker,  University of Virginia
  • Audio Commentary: Writer Paul Schrader
  • Martin Scorsese on Taxi Driver
  • Producing Taxi Driver
  • God's Lonely Man
  • Influence and Appreciation
  • Taxi Driver Stories
  • Making Taxi Driver
  • Travis' New York
  • Travis' New York Locations: 1975 and 2006
  • Intro to Storyboards by Martin Scorsese
  • Storyboard to Film Comparison
  • 4 Photo Galleries:
    • Bernard Herrmann Score
    • On Location
    • Publicity Materials
    • Scorsese at Work

(The extras appear to be identical to the US DigiPack edition in 2011.)

Misc:

  • Special box packaging
  • Miniature replica of Travis' taxi
  • Reproduction of Japanese press sheet