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"The worst piece of news I've heard all day"

Those damn corporate types must have got a message saying:

"Hey guys there's this DVD called Battle Royale that's selling lots and lots of copies and we really don't know why... wanna release a features-packed special edition and cash in?"

Hell yes.

And now here it comes: Battle Royal Special Edition - a 2 DVD box-set comprising the movie with 8 minutes of extra gore (actually a hard feat to pull off) and an alternate ending. And then a second DVD featuring all of this:
Special Edition TV spot.
Special Edition TV spot featuring Quentin Tarantino.
The Making of Battle Royale (50 mins).
Battle Royale press conference (9 mins).
Instructional video: birthday version.
Audition and rehearsal footage.
Special effects comparison featurette.
Tokyo International Film Festival 2000.
Battle Royale documentary (12 mins).
Basketball scene rehearsals.
Behind-the-scenes featurette (10 mins).
Filming on-set (10 mins).
Original theatrical trailer.
Director's statement.
Kinji Fukasaku filmography.
'Beat' Takeshi filmography.
Asia Extreme trailer reel.

(I hate them really I do, because this stuff interests me and I bought the film on its release date, because like when did films with subtitles get special edition re-releases)

grrrr....

Yup that's the guy, great little film. Tartan have got hold of the rights to preety much all of his films, some of them aren't gonna make it through the BBFC but the ones that do make it unscathed are definetly worth checking out.

That's the guy who did Audition isn't it?

No doubt that'll be part of their bumper re-release season too.

Buy it and sell ya old one on Ebay.

Stinking Tartan video, they've done the same with films before. Though they release Takashi Miike films so i'll let 'em off.

Those damn corporate types must have got a message saying:

"Hey guys there's this DVD called Battle Royale that's selling lots and lots of copies and we really don't know why... wanna release a features-packed special edition and cash in?"

Hell yes.

And now here it comes: Battle Royal Special Edition - a 2 DVD box-set comprising the movie with 8 minutes of extra gore (actually a hard feat to pull off) and an alternate ending. And then a second DVD featuring all of this:
Special Edition TV spot.
Special Edition TV spot featuring Quentin Tarantino.
The Making of Battle Royale (50 mins).
Battle Royale press conference (9 mins).
Instructional video: birthday version.
Audition and rehearsal footage.
Special effects comparison featurette.
Tokyo International Film Festival 2000.
Battle Royale documentary (12 mins).
Basketball scene rehearsals.
Behind-the-scenes featurette (10 mins).
Filming on-set (10 mins).
Original theatrical trailer.
Director's statement.
Kinji Fukasaku filmography.
'Beat' Takeshi filmography.
Asia Extreme trailer reel.

(I hate them really I do, because this stuff interests me and I bought the film on its release date, because like when did films with subtitles get special edition re-releases)

grrrr....