PRISONERS : BluRay/DVD release

[jo]

www.highdefdiscnews.com/prisoners-hugh-jackman-jake-gyllenhaal-blu-ray-december/

“Prisoners” with Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal on Blu-ray December
November 7, 2013 – 4:22 pm - Posted by: Justin Sluss


The 2013 film “Prisoners” starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal is coming to Blu-ray Disc on December 17th, 2013 via Warner Home Video. The film, directed by Denis Villeneuve, co-stars Maria Bello, Terrence Howard, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo and Paul Dano. Tech specs for the release include full 1080p Hi-Def video in the 1.78:1 aspect ratio and DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio sound. The release will come in the form of a “combo pack” with a DVD and an UltraViolet digital copy of the film included. The title is not yet available for pre-order over at Amazon but stay tuned for an update. Bonus materials set to be included on the release are listed below.

•Prisoners: Every Moment Matters
•Prisoners: Powerful Performances

Perfect timing for the Christmas stocking gift, although probably not the perfect holiday movie to view ( unless one wanted to double-check the clues in the storyline )

Jo

[jo]

www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=12548

There is a litte more detail on the special features ( although I think we have seen these video clips, if we had been following the film promotion intensely). It doesn't sound like there will be a director's commentary ( sounds like The Fountain, another release by Warner Bros).

Special Features:
•Prisoners: Every Moment Matters - Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal explore the tense relationship between Keller and Loki.
•Prisoners: Powerful Performances - Get up close and personal with this all-star cast

Check out the feedback section. It looks like this is going to have an enthusiastic audience on the first day of release!

[JH4HJ]

Exclusive Clip: Hugh Jackman and Paul Dano on Working with Melissa Leo in Prisoners

exclusive clip from the Blu-ray’s bonus features

I'm unable to embed it, but you can view clip here

[foxie]

Happy birthday to me!,prisoners arrived today!

[njr]

Dec 20, 2013 11:13:34 GMT -5 foxie said:

Happy birthday to me!,prisoners arrived today!

Hope you had a great birthday today!

Nancy

[jo]

An interview meant to coincide with the release of the BluRay/DVD of PRISONERS. obviously held before the Houdini announcement --

www.followingthenerd.com/movies/the-big-christmas-interview-ftn-chats-to-hugh-jackman/

THE BIG CHRISTMAS INTERVIEW: FTN chats to Hugh Jackman
December 24th, 2013 by Marc Comments




With his raging, riveting performance in Prisoners, Hugh Jackman delivers arguably the most memorable performance of his career. The film stars Jackman as a vengeful father whose daughter has been kidnapped along with that of a friend. It’s a role that pushed the handsome Aussie to the limit of his own psychological endurance, especially in a scene where Jackman’s character tortures the prime suspect (Paul Dano) after the police release him for lack of evidence.

We caught up with the Wolverine actor, who has just finished filming X-Men: Days of Future Past in Montreal, to talk about the role and his career in general: “It’s difficult to imagine anything more distressing or horrific than the prospect of losing your child,” Jackman muses. “I tried to push myself beyond my own limits and then the director told me to take things up a notch. I told him, “I thought I did that already,” and he said, ‘No, you need to go further.’”

The 44-year-old Jackman lives most of the year in New York together with his wife and fellow Aussie, former actress Deborah-Lee Furness, and their two adopted children, Oscar, 12, and Ava, 7. In person, Jackman is the most amiable and gracious man alive. Though he claims to “hate chicken” because of his usual high-protein diet of five chicken breast per day, Hugh still likes to get up at dawn each day to do 45-minute workout sessions that help him maintain his fabulous physique.

FTN: Hugh, you’ve played in musicals, dramas, but very rarely in thrillers. What made you choose Prisoners?

HJ: I thought it was a very good script but I only signed on when Denis Villeneuve became attached as director. He was the kind of director who could add different layers to this kind of a genre film and bring out the drama and tension beyond the plot mechanics. I’m very happy with the result and I think it’s the kind of sophisticated thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat and makes you think very hard about how far you would go as a parent facing a similar predicament.

FTN: Is this one of the best performances of your career?

HJ: It’s hard for me to judge but it was certainly one of the most intense and satisfying.

FTN: We’ve seen you look angry as Wolverine, but your psychological state of mind in Prisoners goes beyond that…?

HJ: It was a cathartic experience. I found that pushing myself into exhaustion helped take me where I needed to go. One thing I learnt from my research into kidnappings is that sleep deprivation if one of the immediate consequences of being part of this situation – both for the parents and for the police investigators.

There’s nothing more challenging for an actor than to plunge into this kind of character and try to convey this extreme human experience.

FTN: What was your relationship like with your co-star Jake Gyllenhaal who plays the detective in the film?

HJ: I love Jake. We got to know each other pretty well during the filming and we hung out a lot. The most frustrating thing is that we only had about four or five scenes together and I would have liked to have had more. The scenes we did were very pivotal and very tense and Jake and I worked out a rhythm to our scenes that went beyond what I first imagined it would be like. Jake is an extraordinary actor and he worked very hard on developing his character and I can tell you for a fact that he added so many more elements and brought so much more to his role than was in the original script. That kind of thing you only get from a great actor and so it was a privilege to be able to work with him.

There’s nothing more challenging for an actor than to plunge into this kind of character and try to convey this extreme human experience.

FTN: Did you find that the role began to wear you down mentally?

HJ: It wasn’t easy. You need to put yourself into a heightened emotional state to show what it must be like to go through a harrowing experience like this. I also felt a responsibility as an actor to be as truthful to the sort of psychological trauma that parents of a kidnapped child would be suffering. I wanted to be as honest and respectful of that as possible.

We were shooting the film in Atlanta and my family wasn’t with me so that made it more draining. But I would fly back to New York on weekends to give my wife and kids a hug. I needed that.

FTN: Has making this film made you more conscious of the fact that there are sick people out there who do prey on innocent children?

HJ: Yes, no question. Once you are forced to imagine, even if only as an actor, that something as traumatic as this does actually happen, you start to watch and monitor your own kids a little more closely.

I’m more conscious of my children’s whereabouts and I probably worry more than I did before. Things like kidnappings can happen in an instant. As parents we all need to keep good eyes on our children.


FTN: What did your wife think of you playing in the film?

HJ: She understood it was pretty hard on my nerves. But Deb is the greatest woman in the world. She’s always supportive of me although she wants me to take more time off because I’ve been spending a lot of time working during the last two years. I’m also starting to feel a bit worn down but I love my work so much that it’s always going to be difficult to say no to good projects as they arise. I’m very conscious of being a good family man and father and I do worry about being away from home like any parent would.

FTN: Do you get homesick a lot?

Things like kidnappings can happen in an instant. As parents we all need to keep good eyes on our children.

HJ: Sometimes. But this summer for example while I was shooting X-Men I would fly back and forth between Montreal and New York several times a week when I was able to do that. I think everyone at the Montreal airport got to know me because I was going back and forth so often.

The most important thing for me is that my kids know how much I love them. My own father was very busy and was not the kind of man who shows his emotions or expresses affection easily. But I always knew he loved me and my brothers. He worked harder than anyone I’ve ever known so you will never catch me complaining too loudly about spending too much time on a film set. I’m very close to my kids and I’m very lucky to have a woman like Deb as their mother. I owe her so much.

FTN: Is there anything you have learnt as a father that has surprised you in terms of your relationship with your children?

HJ: You need to have more patience than you think you need! There’s no real manual which tells you how to react at different moments in their lives (Laughs) Children live in their own world to a certain extent and they don’t see things in an orderly fashion the way you as a parent might. So you need to understand that process and be encouraging as well as giving them a structure to their lives.

I have to remember that there’s no point in losing your temper with your kids because that doesn’t accomplish very much. You need to be firm and at the same time still show them how much you care for them and are trying to look out for them. I think you never stop learning how to be a better parent and my relationship with them has really evolved and grown over the years.

FTN: You’ve spoken in the past about how you needed to overcome certain lingering issues that you had with your own upbringing and dealing with your mother’s decision to leave your familiy when you were a young boy?

HJ: A lot of children grow up under difficult family circumstances and I don’t feel sorry for myself. I had a tough time for a while but I had a very good father who was always there for us and I could never even imagine what it must have been like to raise five kids on his own the way he did for many years. I don’t think I could have done that. You need an iron will and I never heard him complain about himself or his lot in life.

I long ago made peace with my parents. I saw that I needed to stop worrying about what might have been and accept how it was and how difficult things were for both my mother (who suffered from post-natal depression – ED) and my father. Life throws so many things at you and you have to be able to move on and have faith that your decisions will turn out to be for the best.

FTN: Your career is on such a roll right now. Will it be hard for you to relax your pace when it seems like you’re one of the hottest actors in the business?

HJ: (Laughs) I don’t know. I’m going to be working on a film called P.T. Barnum and I am currently preparing to play Houdini on Broadway so that’s going to take up a fair chunk of my time. I would like to do more theatre down the road especially since that would involved working in New York where we’ve been living for some time now.

FTN: Do you think you’ve achieved most of the goals that you set for yourself as an actor?

Life throws so many things at you and you have to be able to move on and have faith that your decisions will turn out to be for the best.

HJ: I realised a dream of mine to play in Les Miserables. That was one of the soaring moments of my career and my life and that satisfied at least one of my ambitions. I don’t think I’ve found as many great dramatic roles as I would have liked although certainly Prisoners is an example of the kind of project that takes me in the right direction..

FTN: The one recurring theme when it comes to the media’s perception of you is that you’re such a good man, one of the nice guys in the business. Do you ever get tired of that?

HJ: (Laughs) That’s not a bad thing. I try to be a good man and a good husband and father. I wish I could always live up to my own ambitions but I’m a pretty positive person and I have a good outlook on the world. Things are going well and I have no reason to gripe about anything as long as I don’t have to eat dried chicken breasts. (Laughs)

Jo

[mamaleh]

Good interview, but I wonder when it took place. The reporter made Hugh, Oscar and Ava a year younger than their actual ages. I hope the Barnum movie is still happening.

Ellen

[njr]

I got 2 copies of Prisoners for Christmas (My son will exchange it for something else) I have a confession to make--I never saw the movie when it was in the theater! I also got 2 different copies of Wolverine!! My daughter got me the fancy 4 disc one!

Nancy

[birchie]

Dec 26, 2013 0:55:30 GMT -5 njr said:

I got 2 copies of Prisoners for Christmas (My son will exchange it for something else) I have a confession to make--I never saw the movie when it was in the theater! I also got 2 different copies of Wolverine!! My daughter got me the fancy 4 disc one!

Nancy

A quick question for anyone...did you get the BluRay or DVD? And were there any special features on either? Guess that's 2 questions

I've been confused about ordering because I've seen mentions of special features in various comments etc on other sites, but the Amazon product description says no special features.

On a humorous note I have a Roku (my favorite toy for years now) and posted on their blog today was... "Top ten new releases & recommendations!" and they put Prisoners on their list twice!!! Guess somebody on their staff really liked it LOL!
blog.roku.com/blog/2013/12/26/top-ten-new-releases-and-recommendations/
It seems to be showing up on lots of top ten lists. <cool>
Sue

[jo]

I've thought about what made the movie so compelling to watch on the big screen ...and this snippet of a review from the Montreal Gazette points out one of the obvious reasons --

Villeneuve’s Prisoners may be the most immaculately shot film of the year. Veteran Coen brothers cinematographer Roger Deakins was recruited for the task, and the results are stunning. Every frame is a work of art in this edge-of-your-seat thriller.

Apart from the storyline and characters, the cinematography engulfs the audience and adds to the feeling and pervading atmosphere of dread, intensity, and suspense! The way the scenes were framed and the way they follow one another made the storytelling riveting, plus the impact of the film sound ( also another achievement!) made one feel as if one was actually part of the story, one who was a very interested onlooker.

I can understand why so many moviegoers were stunned by it...and why the sale of the DVD/BluRay discs is very brisk. Someone tweeted that after seeing the movie on the big screen, she/he was very anxious to see it all over again, asap! Others said that they wanted to catch up on some of the points they missed on the big screen


Jo

[njr]

The Target one my son bought was BluRay and had some special video or something that was a Target exclusive. It also contained the regular DVD. The one my daughter got me (that I'm keeping) has everything imaginable on it: BluRay, DVD, Digital download, BluRay 3D and all the extras that are on the regular 2 disc BluRay/DVD. If you have a BluRay player, get the Target one-it has all the extras on it.

Nancy

[birchie]

Dec 27, 2013 1:06:43 GMT -5 njr said:

The Target one my son bought was BluRay and had some special video or something that was a Target exclusive. It also contained the regular DVD. The one my daughter got me (that I'm keeping) has everything imaginable on it: BluRay, DVD, Digital download, BluRay 3D and all the extras that are on the regular 2 disc BluRay/DVD. If you have a BluRay player, get the Target one-it has all the extras on it.

Nancy

Thank you, that sounds great!! smiley-hug006
My son goes to Target on his way to work most days so I'll have him pick one up for me...I'll ask him to call it a birthday present
Sue

[jo]

We may have seen this before during the promotion for PRISONERS, but I am not sure, so my apologies for posting it again --

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS3C7hexie8&feature=youtu.be

I really like his radio interviews, more than TV talk show appearances, because he does seem more easygoing, more candid, and shares a bit more of himself.

Jo

[mamaleh]

I don't think i'd ever heard that interview, either. Another great one. Thanks, Jo. Is it just me or are the radio hosts getting younger and younger? They can't all be college radio station staff!

Ellen

[njr]

Okay, I finally watched Prisoners! (I know!) This may have been answered here already, but I hadn't read the other thread to avoid spoilers. Why did the little black girl think Keller was there? (as if he was the kidnapper) Did she just get confused because they both wore hooded jackets? And why did the black couple not go to jail for their part in the kidnapping & torture of Alex? (who was really the boy she & her husband kidnapped years before)

Nancy

[birchie]

Dec 28, 2013 17:49:21 GMT -5 njr said:

Okay, I finally watched Prisoners! (I know!) This may have been answered here already, but I hadn't read the other thread to avoid spoilers. Why did the little black girl think Keller was there? (as if he was the kidnapper) Did she just get confused because they both wore hooded jackets? And why did the black couple not go to jail for their part in the kidnapping & torture of Alex? (who was really the boy she & her husband kidnapped years before)

Nancy

The girls heard his voice the first time he went to the house to talk to the aunt. When she told him about Alex's fear of snakes. That's how he knew it was her (the aunt), when Joy said "you were there". That's why he went back to the house to look for Anna. One of those movies where the clues are easier to catch on the second viewing.
As for the Birches being accomplices in the crime...There probably wasn't much evidence of their part right away. They may have eventually been arrested & tried just as Keller may have eventually been tried and sent to prison, but they didn't show what happened next...maybe another movie??
Sue

[jo]

The words Joy Birch said was " You were there...it put tape in our mouths". She must have heard Keller talking when he visited Holly Jones but was unable to scream for help because their mouths were taped, while they were hidden by Holly in a part of the house where she could hear Keller talking. What she said immediately triggered a confirmed suspicion in Keller's mind and he rushed headlong to Holly Jones's house in the hope of rescuing Anna .

Nobody knows yet what awaits Keller and the Birches, as far as their culpability in the kidnapping and torture of Alex Jones. The circumstances would likely be weighed in by the jury in determining their guilt and by the judge in the sentencing, in case all three ( assuming Keller is rescued, which seems to be implied by the ending) are pronounced guilty.


Jo

[jo]

On another note, in case you are interested, there was an earlier set of related clues that a viewer might have missed, which I could confirm only on third viewing -- I posted this on the thread FAN REACTIONS/REVIEWS:

Someone posed this question on the IMDB PRISONERS Page --

"Why was the RV at that same house where the boy was abducted?"


To which I replied --

"Alex was probably reliving his abduction in front of his own house when he was little, but his mental state did not allow him to fully comprehend what might have been a distant memory.

And there lies another clue re the RV.

I had rewatched the movie -- there was a very early clue that could have led to an earlier solution to the case, had Detective Loki been more mentally alert when it was said. He was visiting the house of the real mother of Alex and while she was watching the worn-out tape, she mentioned that she remembered "that her little boy was playing on the front yard where an RV was supposed to have been seen parked when he disappeared " ( this quote was not part of the original script but added in the movie)


Fast forward to that first meeting between Keller and Holly Jones. Holly was narrating :


"My husband and I were very devout at one time. Spent our summers driving around in that RV with our son...."



So, the RV was the real big clue.

*Alex parking in front of his house before he was abducted.
*His fascination with it, including a matchbox figure in his belongings
*His real mother recalling that he was abducted on the front yard where an RV was parked
*Holly actually admitting that it was the same RV they had driven before little Alex "came" to her and her husband.

*Also, his enigmatic response to Keller : "They did not cry...until I left them" -- presumably means that they were likely playing with him in the RV but someone must have taken them away. Who else could it have been??

Jo

[foxie]

On today show Prisoners was called one of the best movies of the year released too early so people have forgotten about it and that Hugh Jackman was fabulous. One of the cohorts said he just saw it on the plane and had never heard of it!