Universal Plans 100th Anniversary Blu-ray Editions for Select Classic Films

To celebrate Universal Pictures’ 100th anniversary, Universal Studios Home Entertainment plans to release special editions of To Kill a Mockingbird on January 31 and All Quiet on the Western Front on February 14 on Blu-ray.

Universal 100th Anniversary: To Kill a Mockingbird 50th Anniversary Edition will be available on Blu-ray, Blu-ray+DVD+ Digital Copy, and DVD. Several special features include:

• Digital copy of To Kill a Mockingbird (expires 12-31-2102)

• U-Control: Scene Companion
• A Conversation with Gregory Peck
• Fearful Symmetry: The Making of To Kill a Mockingbird
• Academy Award Best Actor Acceptance Speech
• American Film Institute Life Achievement Award
• Excerpt from Tribute to Gregory Peck
• Scout Remembers
• Feature Commentary with Director Robert Mulligan and Producer Alan Pakula
• 100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics
• My Scenes
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  The Universal 100th Anniversary: All Quiet on the Western Front edition comes as a multi-disc Blu-ray Disc combo pack and also as a DVD. The World War I classic about the harsh realities of combat among the German Army is presented in black and white and full frame. Special features included on the Blu-ray are as follows:

  • Digital Copy of All Quiet on the Western Front

  • Introduction by Turner Classic Movies Host and Film Historian Robert Osborne
  • All Quiet on the Western Front (Silent Version)
  • 100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics
  • 100 Years of Universal: Academy Award Winners
  • My Scenes
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