Paramount Home Entertainment has announced that Oscar-nominee True Grit will hit Blu-ray and DVD on June 7. The full specs follow:
True Grit debuts in a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack with Digital Copy and on standard DVD June 7, 2011 from Paramount Home Entertainment. The gritty and memorable film has been embraced by audiences and critics alike, earning over $165 million at the U.S. box office, nominated for 10 Academy Awards and named by more than 75 reviewers as one of the top 10 films of the year. Jeff Bridges stars as Rooster Cogburn, an irascible U.S. Marshal hired by a 14-year-old girl (newcomer Hailee Steinfeld) to bring her father’s killer (Josh Brolin) to justice. Matt Damon is an overzealous Texas Ranger who is also tracking the killer, hoping to capture him and bring him to trial for another murder.
The True Grit Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack with Digital Copy includes over an hour of extensive behind-the-scenes featurettes exploring the cast and cinematography of the film, the period costumes and guns, a fascinating portrait of the brilliant but reclusive novelist Charles Portis and more.
True Grit Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack & Standard DVD
The True Grit Blu-ray is presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital and English Audio Description with English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. The DVD in the Combo Pack is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with English 5.1 Surround and English, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles.
The Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack contents are as follows:
Blu-ray:
– Mattie’s True Grit
– From Bustles to Buckskin—Dressing for the 1880s
– Colts, Winchesters & Remingtons: The Guns of a Post-Civil War Western
– Re-Creating Fort Smith
– The Cast
– Charles Portis—The Greatest Writer You’ve Never Heard Of…
– The Cinematography of True Grit
– Theatrical Trailer
DVD:
– Feature Film
– Digital Copy
The standard DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with English 5.1 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and English Audio Description with French, English and Spanish subtitles.
The single disc DVD includes the following:
– Hailee’s True Grit
– From Bustles to Buckskin—Dressing for the 1880s
– Re-Creating Fort Smith
– The Cast
The casting of this film is perfect. Bridges, Brolin and Damon are riveting with a standout performance from newcomer Hailee Steinfeld. Kudos to the Coen brothers for superb direction, editing and cinematography! This movie is destined to be a classic. The Blu-ray offers a wonderful hi-def transfer that captures the captivating photography of Roger Deakins to stunning effect.
