The Game Gets Criterion Treatment

Posted by: Gould
There's a reason for summer to end sooner this year : Fincher's masterpiece comes out fully restored and bonus packed September 25th!

We've been waiting for this one a long time, haven't we? We hardly believed it could happen but here it is with a gorgeously conceptual jacket :























 Check out Criterion website for full disc features that even includes an alternate ending!
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15 comments:

  1. darthlakerJune 15, 2012 at 3:44 PM

    VERY VERY COOL! Finally!

    Now we just need Panic Room on BD!

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  2. AnonymousJune 15, 2012 at 4:05 PM

    I suspect the commentary (Fincher and Douglas), making-of material and alternate ending come from the UK DVD (for those of us who already have it.)

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  3. AnonymousJune 15, 2012 at 6:15 PM

    That cover is beauuutiful

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  4. jeff b*tchesJune 15, 2012 at 10:37 PM

    Very nice!

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  5. mikezJune 15, 2012 at 10:58 PM

    Great news! I hope it will look & sound stunningly beautiful :)

    Side note: I accidentally found yet another Fight Club tribute clip on YouTube. I don't think it was posted here (if it was, sorry) Here's the link (it's very spoilery ;) )

    http://youtu.be/NUyZyIHgX3E

    Anyway... The Game on Blu-rar!! Can't wait!! :P

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  6. PhilippJune 16, 2012 at 2:31 AM

    Amazing Cover! Cool Design.

    @mikez: Thanks for the Link.

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  7. MarcJune 16, 2012 at 6:56 AM

    Love the cover... But not a single new special feature... dissapointing... And the alternate ending is not very spectacular.

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  8. Micha AkchotiJune 21, 2012 at 1:35 AM

    That looks amazing ! But do you know the zonage of the blu-ray ?? Because I live in France and I would like to know if it's zone-free or if it's going to come out in Europe.

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  9. AnonymousJune 21, 2012 at 5:24 AM

    Criterion are Region A. Unfortunately and annoyingly.

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  10. Micha AkchotiJune 22, 2012 at 7:08 AM

    :'( Well, I'll cry until such treatment for the film will be maid in Europe then... I think I'm going to buy a multi-region blu-ray player for my birthday just to be able to see this blu-ray :D !

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  11. UnknownJune 27, 2012 at 11:24 PM

    Man, damn I wish Criterion released at least region free blus

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  12. SimonJune 28, 2012 at 3:10 AM

    This pretty much did it for me ~ I'm gonna get me a multi-region blu-ray player. I'd love to know why a cool, boutique label like Criterion restrict their discs while big bad corporate beasts, like Paramount, Fox, et al, make theirs playable to all.
    What with 'The Game', 'The Royal Tenenbaums', 'Metropolitan', and their David Lean/Noel Coward box, it's just impossible to resist any longer! There may be no supplements on 'The Game' that I don't already have from the R2 DVD, but I just really want to see Savides' sublime cinematography at the highest fidelity possible.

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  13. Micha AkchotiJuly 13, 2012 at 5:39 AM

    Who doesn't Simon...

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  14. SimonAugust 23, 2012 at 3:37 AM

    A cool little article on Shore's score, to get us in the mood. Not long to go now...

    http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/lost-sounds-and-soundtracks-david-finchers-the-game

    Also, a clue as to what David Sterritt's essay may hold - here's his original, perceptive review from 1997 ~

    http://www.csmonitor.com/1997/0912/091297.feat.film.1.html

    And that cover, maxi-size ~

    http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81r0KjI2WFL._AA1500_.jpg

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  15. SimonSeptember 1, 2012 at 11:38 AM

    First review appears ~

    http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Game-Blu-ray/39030/#Review

    Nice to see the CRS psychological test film is included (probably as an easter egg) ~ last found on Criterion's laserdisc.

    But the principal lure for me is still the 1080p restored & Fincher/Savides supervised transfer.

    I bought a new multi-region blu-ray player this week, just for this; Thanks Criterion!

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