Great news for Dark City fans out there.
A new edition of the movie is coming to DVD and Blu-Ray on July 29th. It’s the Dark City: Director’s Cut, which supposedly is 15 minutes longer than the original’s 96 minute run time.
There are other rumored special add-ons, like a new score, new special effects, new interviews, etc. All we know for sure is that the DVD will have “new special features”, according to Warner Brothers.
If you haven’t seen the movie, it’s a science fiction masterpiece starring Keifer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt and Rufus Sewell. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it, and I don’t remember much of it other than it was fantastic. Here is the quick synopsis from IMDB:
“A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.”
Below is the artwork for the new DVD set. The cover is pretty awesome.
I checked on Amazon.com, and there doesn’t appear to be a way to pre-order it yet, but once there is one, I’ll pass it on.
That cover art is really sweet. Dark City was a really good movie. Keifer Sutherland actually did some pretty good acting in it.
He was also in Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration. FYI.
Never seen it…
You haven’t?! It’s a classic Keifer film. You should rent it.
I’ll even up that one… I’ve never seen Lost boys either…
Gasp! For Shame! And you call yourself a Keifer Fan.
*Shakes head.*
Well, I did see the Sentinel, does that count?
Well, that’s one.
You haven’t seen Lost Boys? Dude – shake yourself…quit posting and get to watching.
Have you seen Truth or Consequences, NM with Kiefer? That is a pretty good movie.
I love this movie and am glad they are doing this cut of it. Blu-ray – mighty tempting to pick this up and replace the DVD version I have.
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As impressive a list I have of movies I’ve seen, I have an equally impressive list of movies I’ve never seen… not seen truth or consequences either, never even heard of that one…
That is one of his many independents that he has done. He stays really busy with indy movies.
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I’ll have to add it to the list…. thanks for the recommendation
Dark City was really ahead of it’s time. When the Matrix came out, I remembered Dark City and some of the imagery is similar. The audience just wasn’t ready for that sort of thing yet, but I think it paved the way for other Sci Fi’s to take on those kind of mind twisting ideas. I think that was why the box office wasn’t as large and not very many people saw Dark City when it came out. I really liked it though and went to the theater 3 times to see it in college. If you haven’t seen it, it is worth viewing. If you like the Matrix you will probably like this movie too.
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Wow, see I don’t ever even remember it in theaters, but that doesn’t mean much.
I’m going to need to see it again, it’s been awhile.
I saw it in theaters too and a couple of times on video. I too thought about it a lot when The Matrix first came out. Even the stories are similar.