Killer Joe (US - DVD R1 | BD RA)
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced the William Friedkin film
Title: Killer Joe (IMDb)
Starring: Matthew McConaughey
Released: 21st December 2012
SRP: $19.98 (DVD)
Further Details:
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced DVD ($19.98) and Blu-ray ($24.99) releases of Killer Joe for December 21st. Extras on the DVD release will include a “Southern Fried Hospitality: From Stage to Screen” featurette, a SXSW Q&A with Cast, a SXSW Intro by William Friedkin, and the Red Band Theatrical Trailer. The Blu-ray release will also include an Unrated Director's Cut of the film, plus a commentary with Director William Friedkin. We've attached package artwork below:
Quote: Killer Joe Cooper (McConaughey) is a Dallas detective who doubles as a hit man with the charm of a southern gentleman. Chris (Hirsch) hires Joe to kill his mother in order to collect her life insurance and pay off his debts. Unable to pay for the service upfront Joe takes Chris’ sister Dottie (Temple) as a retainer until he can be paid.
News by Tom Woodward
Starring: Matthew McConaughey
Released: 21st December 2012
SRP: $19.98 (DVD)
Further Details:
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced DVD ($19.98) and Blu-ray ($24.99) releases of Killer Joe for December 21st. Extras on the DVD release will include a “Southern Fried Hospitality: From Stage to Screen” featurette, a SXSW Q&A with Cast, a SXSW Intro by William Friedkin, and the Red Band Theatrical Trailer. The Blu-ray release will also include an Unrated Director's Cut of the film, plus a commentary with Director William Friedkin. We've attached package artwork below:
Synopsis
Quote: Killer Joe Cooper (McConaughey) is a Dallas detective who doubles as a hit man with the charm of a southern gentleman. Chris (Hirsch) hires Joe to kill his mother in order to collect her life insurance and pay off his debts. Unable to pay for the service upfront Joe takes Chris’ sister Dottie (Temple) as a retainer until he can be paid.
News by Tom Woodward
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wbgoose13 wrote: Considering how the film recently relinquished its NC-17 rating, I'd guess that the unrated and theatrical cuts are one and the same. Easier to book a rated film in theaters (even if that's harsh a rating), while easier to hock an "unrated" film on disc.
you hit it on the screws my friend, they surrendered the NC-17 rating, hence making the unrated version the theatrical NC-17 cut, and the dvd version is the edited R rated version, they recently recieved an R rating for an edited version the week after surrendering the NC-17. So in short for those confused, The unrated directors cut on bluray is the theatrical NC-17 cut, the regular cut on DVD is an edited R rated cut, censored in order to get an R rating. Hope that helps. Fantastic movie btw
you hit it on the screws my friend, they surrendered the NC-17 rating, hence making the unrated version the theatrical NC-17 cut, and the dvd version is the edited R rated version, they recently recieved an R rating for an edited version the week after surrendering the NC-17. So in short for those confused, The unrated directors cut on bluray is the theatrical NC-17 cut, the regular cut on DVD is an edited R rated cut, censored in order to get an R rating. Hope that helps. Fantastic movie btw
See this bugs me with the multiple cuts. Basically like others mentioned in this case it just leads to confusion and to those who simply want to rent the movie I wonder what version netflix and redbox will carry. I hate doing a blind buy but I may have to. I wanted to see this bad but it never made it where I live. I imagine the NC-17 rating had to do with that
Considering how the film recently relinquished its NC-17 rating, I'd guess that the unrated and theatrical cuts are one and the same. Easier to book a rated film in theaters (even if that's harsh a rating), while easier to hock an "unrated" film on disc.
I imagine its a different cut altogether. I wasn't aware that Friedkin had to make any cuts. Maybe he didn't. He has been a bit of a revisionist lately, with 2 wildy different director-approved French Connection blu-ray transfers out there.
So... is the "Unrated Director's Cut" the NC-17 version, or is this a different cut of the movie altogether?
I saw this in theaters and really enjoyed it. It was NC-17, though, so how much could have been cut to justify an unrated director's cut release?
Unrated version only on Blu-Ray?? That's incredibly stupid...
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