Red State Blu-ray/DVD (Lionsgate)
RELEASE DATE: October 18, 2011
Director Kevin Smith (“Clerks”) reinvents himself with Red State. Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda. Directed by Kevin Smith (“Clerks”) and starring Michael Parks, John Goodman, Melissa Leo, Kyle Gallner, Michael Angarano and Michael Pollak. Check out the trailer here.
Special Features:
• “The Making of Red State” documentary
• Audio commentary with Kevin Smith
• Sundance speech with introduction by Kevin Smith
• Sundance ending
• Deleted scenes with introduction by Kevin Smith
• Poster Gallery with introduction by Kevin Smith
• No. of Discs: 1, Screen Format: WideScreen, Language/Subtitles: English, French, Spanish Subtitles, English SDH, Audio: 7.1 DTS-HD MA, Rating: R, Run Time: 88
I’m confused. I thought LG was giving it a theatrical release. Or is it a day-and-date type of deal?
This is the home video release date, according to the Lionsgate site itself. As far as I know, the film only got the Kevin Smith “tour” release and maybe some limited theatrical release. At first, we was supposed to distribute it himself (DVD/Blu-ray) under his own company, but I think he realized he needed the studios.
More likely, I’m guessing he realized not even the biggest KS fanboy’s willing to pay a $50 premium ticket for a friggin’ social commentary in this suckonomy.
I think Kevin Smith was trying to hard to fight the typical movie-distribution system and be somewhat of a leader of the process. Fail. I do want to see this movie though. Looks interesting.
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