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indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull arrives loaded with special extras in one or two disc sets, as well as also being packaged in the four film complete adventures collection.
it also marks the first blu-ray release for both lucasfilm and steven spielberg and comes loaded with amazing extras.
for the dvd news click here and for information on the blu-ray release follow this link here.
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it's dvd time already... |
all those rumours about the next chapter being focussed on mutt williams may be a trifle premature...
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maybe, but mutt today... |
many thanks to danny and stephen spielberg's office - yes, really - for allowing us to carry this piece...
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the temple at akatar - one of danny's pieces... |
Lightsabre managed to have a word with one of winston's great comtempories, tippett studios head phil tippett.
"i had the pleasure of working with stan on jurassic park. his love of the genre and craft made him one of the significant players in fantastic cinema. his contributions will have a lasting effect on the work we do in the special effects world. he will be missed."
he certainly will, and by way of tribute enjoy the magic of the original jurassic park trailer...
on the domestic north american front the film has collected $279,472,621, and sits in 35th spot, putting it just ahead of meet the fockers and the matrix reloaded. tracking the figures it seems certain that indy will break the $320 million mark in the states and $750 million worldwide, making it a top 20 film in both charts.
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indiana jones - still swinging after all these years... |
finally surrendering to a seven year bout against cancer, winston influenced generations of filmmakers and captivated the imaginations of millions around the globe with his works on the terminator, predator, aliens, edward scissorhands, jurassic park, iron man and the star wars holiday special, as well as this summers indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull. an icon of the industry, his presence will be sorely missed...
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the legendary stan winston... |
while luminaries such as oprah - the perennial number one - jk rowling at 8, steven spielberg at 13 and bruce willis at 29 are further up the list it seems lucas, at number 46 between donald trump and keira knightley, is going to be in for another bumper year with another star wars film hitting the screens in two months time and indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull ripping up cinemas worldwide...
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come on george, only $50 million this year... |
the third sequel has now raided $216,881,000 from the north american box office in just 11 days and amassed a worldwide total of $363,853,020 with latest figures sure to swell that significantly. the film lies only second to iron man as 2008's highest grossing film so far.
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