Check out the DVD details and artwork for “John Rambo” directed by Sylvester Stallone available on dvd May 27, 2008.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
One of the silver screen’s most legendary characters returns when the non-stop, action-packed thrill ride, Rambo: 2-Disc Special Edition explodes onto DVD and Blu-Ray disc on May 27, 2008. Starring Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone (Rocky), who also co-wrote and directed the film, this latest installment of the hit series finds our hero John Rambo on a mission to save a group of Christian aid workers who have been kidnapped by Burmese soldiers. This special edition DVD contains exciting bonus features including audio commentary with Sylvester Stallone, deleted scenes and six featurettes. The Blu-Ray set features all of the featurettes, a gallery of trailers from all previous Rambo films, Molog and a unique audio commentary with Stallone that utilizes Bonus View Picture-in-Picture that takes the viewer beyond the film. The Rambo: 2-Disc Special Edition and Rambo: 2-Disc Blu-Ray both come with a standard-definition digital copy of the feature film for iTunes and Windows Media, providing a consumer-friendly way to transfer the feature film from a DVD to iTunes that can then be viewed on a PC or Mac, iPod with video, iPhone or on Apple TV. Rambo: 2-disc Special Edition and Rambo: 2-Disc Blu-Ray are available day and date with Rambo: The Complete Collector’s Set and Rambo: I-III Blu-Ray Box Set.
John Rambo has retreated to a simple life in a rural Thai village near the Burmese border. He captures snakes for local entertainers and transports groups in his old PT boat. Following repeated pleas, Rambo helps ferry a group of Christian aid workers into war-torn Burma for a humanitarian mission, where local villagers are regularly tortured and massacred by sadistic Burmese soldiers. The mission is going well until the village is attacked, and the missionaries are taken prisoner by the soldiers. The missionaries’ minister enlists Rambo to help him rescue his group in the midst of a deadly civil war.
2-DISC DVD SPECIAL FEATURES:
DISC ONE:
– Audio Commentary by Sylvester Stallone
– Deleted Scenes
– “Legacy of Despair: The Struggle in Burma” featurette
– “It’s a Long Road: Resurrection of an Icon” featurette
– “A Score to Settle: The Music of Rambo” featurette
– “The Art of War: Completing Rambo” featurette
– “The Weaponry of Rambo” featurette
– “A Hero’s Welcome: Release & Reaction” featurette
DISC TWO
– Digital Copy of the feature film
2-DISC BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
DISC ONE
– Audio commentary with Sylvester Stallone (featuring a Blu-ray exclusive expanded option that
takes the viewer beyond the film with extended and Bonus View Picture-in-Picture
exploration into the film’s casting, locations and other filmmaking secrets.)
– Deleted Scenes
– “It’s a Long Road: Resurrection of an Icon” featurette
– “A Score to Settle: The Music of Rambo” featurette
– “The Art of War: Completing Rambo” featurette
– “The Weaponry of Rambo” featurette
– “A Hero’s Welcome: Release & Reaction” featurette
– “Legacy of Despair: The Struggle in Burma” featurette
– Rambo series Trailer Gallery
– MoLog
DISC TWO
– Standard Definition Digital Copy of the feature film
CO-WRITER/DIRECTOR/STAR:
Sylvester Stallone Rambo film series, Rocky film series, Staying Alive
CAST:
Julie Benz – Showtime’s “Dexter,” HBO’s Lackawanna Blues, TV’s “Angel”
Paul Schulze – HBO’s “The Sopranos,” Zodiac, TV’s “24,” TV’s “Law & Order”
Matthew Marsden – Resident Evil: Extinction, Black Hawk Down, DOA: Dead or Alive
Graham McTavish – HBO’s “Rome,” TV’s “Cane,” TV’s “Numb3rs,” King Arthur
Tim Kang – TV’s “The Unit,” TV’s “The Office,” TV’s “Third Watch,” Two Weeks Notice
Rey Gallegos – American Wedding, Bad Boys II, Spider-Man 3, TV’s “Prison Break”
Jake La Botz – Ghost World, One Night with You, The Grey, 13 Moons
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Year of Production: 2008
Title Copyright: 2007 Equity Pictures Medienfonds GMBH & Co. KG IV. All Rights Reserved.
Type: Special Edition
Rating: R for strong graphic bloody violence, sexual assaults, grisly images and language
Genre: Action
Closed Captioned: English Closed Captioned
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Format: 2- Disc Special Edition – 16 x 9 Widescreen (2.35), Single Disc – Full screen, Widescreen
Blu-ray: 16×9 Widescreen (2.35) in 1080P
Feature Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Audio Status: DVD: 5.1 Dolby Digital EX
Blu-ray: DTS HD 7.1 Master Audio and 5.1 Dolby Digital EX
RAMBO is a Lions Gate Films and The Weinstein Company Presentation in association with Millennium Films. It is produced by Avi Lerner, Kevin King Templeton and John Thompson. It is based on the character created by David Morrell. Rambo is written by Art Monterastelli and Sylvester Stallone.
