For those of you who loves ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ and found themselves on some level torn between Fincher’s Button and Boyle’s Slumdog (myself included) here’s some news to brighten your day…
It looks like ‘Benjamin Button’ will be making it’s DVD premiere into your movie collections by way of Criterion. That’s right, somehow David Fincher has managed to convince the studio to allow the movie’s initial DVD/Blu-Ray release to be handled via the Criterion Collection, which is a company devoted to providing top-notch treatment for the very best films from around the world and is a staple for movie geeks.
The movie will be available on DVD/Blu-Ray as a two-disc special edition from Criterion on May 5, 2009. Special features? You betcha! The two-disc release will have over 3 hours of special features for your viewing pleasure.
Check out the official Press Release below for all the details:
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