Tonights email brought the good news that PLANET TERROR will be seeing its DVD release come Oct. 16th. Loved this portion of the GRINDHOUSE experience and can't wait to see the special features on this one. Here is the official press release announcing the disc:
Busting
at the seams with outrageous action sequences, deliciously
over-the-top characters and gross special effects, Robert Rodriguez’s
(Sin City, Once Upon a Time
in Mexico)
GRINDHOUSE PRESENTS PLANET TERROR
explodes onto DVD as a two-disc extended and unrated
edition on October 16 from Genius Products LLC. and The Weinstein
Company. Rose McGowan (“Charmed,” Scream,
The Black Dahlia)
and Freddy Rodriguez (Bobby,
“Six Feet Under”) give stunning performances as go-go
girl-turned-vigilante Cherry Darling and one-man wrecking crew El
Wray as they try to save the world from a horde of flesh-eating
zombies. In a small rural Texas town, a conclave of uniquely bizarre
characters unite against an impending threat of aggressors: Jeff
Fahey (The Lawnmower Man)
stars as a barbecue-obsessed business-owner; Michael Biehn (The
Terminator, Aliens) as a
stoic and suspicious sheriff; Marley Shelton (Sin
City, Never
Been Kissed) stars as a
syringe-wielding, wobbly-wristed doctor on the run from her abusive
husband, played by Josh Brolin (Hollowman,
The Mod Squad), and Electra
and Elise Avellán give frightening performances as psychotic
identical twin babysitters. The film also features performances from
Bruce Willis (Sin City, Live
Free or Die Hard) and Stacy
Ferguson (“Black Eyed Peas”). Featuring an extended version of
the film, including the missing reel, the GRINDHOUSE
PRESENTS PLANET TERROR
DVD oozes with bonus
footage including audio commentary from writer/director Rodriguez,
The Badass Babes of Planet
Terror featurette and much
more (see below for details). PLANET
TERROR will
be available for the suggested retail price of $29.95.
Synopsis
Married
doctors William and Dakota Block (Brolin and Shelton) find their
graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by gangrenous
sores and a suspiciously vacant look in their eyes. Among the
wounded is Cherry (Rose McGowan), a go-go dancer whose leg was ripped
from her body during a roadside attack. Wray
(Freddy
Rodriguez), her former significant other, is at her side and watching
her back. Cherry may be down, but she hasn’t danced her last
number. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors,
Cherry and Wray lead a team of accidental warriors into the night,
hurtling towards a destiny that will leave millions infected,
countless dead, and a lucky few struggling to find the last safe
corner of PLANET TERROR.
Special
Features
Feature Length
Audio Commentary By Writer/Director Robert Rodriguez
Audience Screening Track
10 Minute Film
School
Sickos, Bullets
And Explosions: The Stunts Of Planet
Terror
The Badass
Babes Of Planet
Terror
Casting Robert
Rodriguez’s Son Rebel
The Guys Of
Planet
Terror
The Friend, The
Doctor And The Real Estate Agent
International
Poster Gallery and International Trailer
BASICS:
Price: $29.95
Street
Date: October 16, 2007
Order
Due Date: September 4, 2007
MPAA
Rating: NR
Screen
Format: Widescreen
Languages:
English and Spanish Dolby 5.1
Subtitles: English
and Spanish
Running
Time: 105 minutes
Catalog
Number: 80387
Closed
Captioned
