Home Entertainment
December 17, 2004
Warner Home Video Delivers an Easter Basket Full of Long-Awaited DVD Gems
(December 17, 2004 – Burbank, CA) – Just in time for the Easter holiday come five fabulous additions to Warner Home Video's Classic Musical Collection led by the much requested “Easter Parade” and “The Band Wagon.” Both titles, priced at $26.99 SRP, will be released in Two-Disc Special Editions and have been restored using Warner's proprietary Ultra Resolution process, with “The Band Wagon” featuring a soundtrack remastered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and original mono. These two wonderful winners are loaded with bonus extras. “Easter Parade” will contain the exclusive DVD premiere of the critically-acclaimed, three-time Emmy® Award winning PBS American Masters Documentary “Judy Garland: By Myself” and commentary by Astaire's daughter Ava Astaire McKenzie. “The Band Wagon” features commentaries by Liza Minnelli and Michael Feinstein, making of documentaries and musical outtakes. Also new to DVD are “Bells are Ringing” and “Finian's Rainbow,” along with a newly remastered version of “Brigadoon,” all of which are single disc releases priced at $19.97. All five new releases will also be available in a "Broadway to Hollywood - Classic Musicals Collection" gift set, a great consumer value at $59.92 SRP. The street date for all titles is March 15, 2005.
With operations in 89 international territories Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video's film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment.# # #