Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has confirmed multiple retailer listings with today’s announcement that the 1971 adrenaline filled speedster flick Vanishing Point starring Barry Newman is coming to Blu-ray Disc on February 24 with 10 minutes of optional additional footage from the UK version.
Vanishing Point joins two other car chase fueled 70s flicks, The French Connection and French Connection II which are receiving their own HD treatment by Fox on the same date. Like those, the chase segments in Vanishing Point will receive an extra “jolt” from D-BOX Motion Code compatibility (though available via download, not directly on the disc like the French Connection films).
In addition to D-BOX, Vanishing Point will be presented in widescreen 1080p video and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio.
A number of new extras features are packed in and presented in HD, including BonusView and an interactive Dodge Challenger car model. All are detailed below.
- NEW HD Interactive 1970 Dodge Challenger
- NEW HD -Built for Speed: A Look Back at Vanishing Point. A making-of featurette
- NEW HD OA-5599? A featurette about the Dodge Challenger
- NEW Cars, Cops , and Culture 70?s Trivia Track
- NEW Vanishing Point Trivia Challenge – In-movie trivia challenge
- NEW – Super Soul Me. This BonusView feature goes behind the scenes of one of the first all-rock film soundtracks. Includes interviews with many of the original artists who recorded the soundtrack like Leslie West of Mountain, Kim Carnes, Laura Creamer of the all girl group Eve, Jimmy Walker, Delaney Bramlett of Delaney & Bonnie & Friends as well as legendary DJ Jim Ladd
- A branched UK version boasting nearly ten minutes of additional footage
- Commentary by director Richard Sarafian
- TV spots
- D-Box Compatible
Vanishing Point on Blu-ray will retail for $34.99.
Click here to pre-order Vanishing Point on Blu-ray for $26.49 from Amazon.com.
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