Quick Chat with STREAM AV
What the hell's a Stream AV i hear you say? Stream AV are one of a few
DVD authoring houses in Australia, and are Victorian based. Stream AV author
DVDs for the likes of BMG (they did the Johnny Farnham 33 1/3 DVD) and are also one of the
authoring houses for Infogrames' DVDs (they did the 3 halloween DVDs as well as the very
shmick looking Stephen King's The Dead Zone).
Stream AV also have the honour of being the first Australian DVD authoring House to author
and encode a DTS DVD for the Aussie Market, with the upcoming release of the long overdue
remaster of David Lynch's Cult Classic DUNE.
Today I was fortunate to speak with Stream AV's Director Paul Rogers. Click HERE to read our Article Universal Pictures 2001 Plans
Having neglected my Site duties for the past few weeks (trying to get some
holiday time in AND get the Snapper Replacement orders out isn't easy ya know :) I
made a few calls around DVD Land today. Michael Snow of Universal Pictures was kind
enough to fill me in on what's happening from his neck of the woods with releases from
Dreamworks and Universal.
Being a Day of DTS, my first question was, "will we see any DVDS with DTS?"
(seeing as both Universal and Dreamworks USA are the biggest players in the DTS DVD
market, one would assume they'd do the same outside the USA..buuuut).
While nothing has been set in stone, the issue is still be discussed (not quite the answer
i was hoping for, but it's better than a big fat NO! :)
So starting with tentative may releases, here's what Univeral Pictures hopes to release to
region 4.
From May onwards they're looking at Galaxy Quest, Mouse Hunt, Pauly, When We
Were Kings, Highlander.
Two Doctor Who Movies Dr Who and Daleks, and Daleks' Invasion
Earth: 2150AD (both starring Peter Cushings). The plan with these is to
release BOTH movies on the one DVD, in widescreen (still not sure if there's Anamorphic
Widescreen Transfers available), and a 60 minute dr who doco as an extra....sweeet.
As neither of these movies are available on DVD anywhere in the world, Australia may be
the first to get them!! mwooohahahaha
Jaws 4 boxset(all four jaws flicks...wonder if #3 will be in 3-D... i
think not!! :),
2 lots of Alfred Hitchcock Collection Boxsets. Each boxset will
contain 7 of Hitch's Films. The first boxset will have Rear Window
and Psycho as they leading titles, and the 2nd boxset will contain
the Birds and Vertigo among others. Psycho will be the
same DVD released thru Columbia, as will Vertigo.
Interestingly, Universal Pictures have the Distribution rights to The Final double episode
of the brilliantly funny Absolutely Fabulous..[The Last Shout] and
plan to release it sometime in June/July. (Roadshow Hold the rights to all the
others....c'mon guys!!! :)
And i've saved the best for last. Toward the end of the year expect to see a Triple
Box set of Back to the Future...sweeet.
Oh, Castway and Meet the Parents will also be out before the end of the year :)
PS a majority of the orders awaiting HEAT
Slicks have been shipped today..but without the HEAT slicks, which we will be posting at a
later date (you should have been notified by email by now if your order was shipped)
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