Straight Outta Compton from director and producer G. Gary Gray tore up the August box office this past summer and is getting a little extra oomph for its home video debut this winter in the form of 20 extra minutes to comprise a new unrated director’s cut of the biopic film.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment will deliver the new unrated director’s cut and theatrical cut of Straight Outta Compton in a packed Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD combo pack on January 19, 2016. The Digital HD version will be available to purchase separately a few weeks earlier on January 5.
O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Ice Cube), Corey Hawkins (Dr. Dre), Jason Mitchell (the late Eazy-E), Neil Brown, Jr. (DJ Yella) and Aldis Hodge (MC Ren) brought the infamous rap group N.W.A. to life in Straight Outta Compton with Paul Giamatti serving as the group’s manager. The biopic went on to score the biggest R-rated August opening ever with $60 million and has grossed just over $200 million worldwide to date.
Straight Outta Compton on Blu-ray boasts high definition video and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio along with these extras:
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- BECOMING N.W.A. – An in-depth look at how the producers and F. Gary Gray tackled the challenging task of casting these larger than life creators of gangster rap.
- NEVER BEFORE SEEN PERFORMANCE
- N.W.A. THE ORIGINS – N.W.A. was a group that changed history. Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, DJ Yella, and many others talk about their start in the 80’s and where it all began.
- IMPACT – An exploration of the impact N.W.A. and specifically their breakout album that changed everything.
- DIRECTOR’S JOURNEY – Utilizing a large amount of stand up interviews, we follow F. Gary Gray through the streets of Compton as he brings together the story of the founders of gangsta rap.
- THE STREETS: FILMING IN COMPTON – Take a look through the lens of Director F. Gary Gray as he perfected the authentic feeling of what it was like to walk the streets of Compton.
- N.W.A PERFORMS IN DETROIT – We go behind the scenes of what this performance meant to the original members of N.W.A. as they saw their lyrics spark controversy against the corruption of the police in Los Angeles, as well as the thoughts of the actors performing the song on stage for the movie.
- FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTOR/PRODUCER F. GARY GRAY
Pre-order Straight Outta Compton: Unrated Director’s Cut on Blu-ray combo at Amazon.com.
