In our
news item published several weeks ago, we first told you about the
August 24 street date for
Harsh Realm - The Complete Series, as well as giving you a look at the extras it was said to contain.
Last night Fox released their announcement for this title, and the official word confirms that date and these specs: $39.98 SRP (CA$54.98 in Canada), 387 minutes, 1.33:1 video, English and French audio, and subtitles in English or Spanish.
For those of you who might have missed this show when it aired, here's the back-of-the-box synopsis that Fox Home Video is supplying:
The virtual world becomes a dangerous reality in Chris Carter's Harsh Realm. It's the ultimate mind game when a soldier testing a military war game discovers that the only way out. is to kill the top player! The complete series debuts on DVD in August, including killer extras and 6 additional episodes that never aired on network TV!
Fox's announcement confirms the previously mentioned extras on this set. Here is the disc-by-disc breakdown of the contents:
- Disc 1:
- Pilot - with commentary by Chris Carter and Dan Sackheim
- Leviathan
- Inga Fossa
- Kein Ausgang
- Disc 2:
- Reunion
- Three Percenters
- Mannus Domini
- Cincinatti
- Disc 3:
- Camera Obscura
- Bonus Material:
- Inside The Harsh Realm
- Creating the Logo & Title Sequence
- FBC PILOT TV SPOTS: World, Moment, and Head Trip
- FX TV SPOTS: FX Premiere and Review Spot
- TRAILERS: Alien Quadrilogy, Planet of the Apes 35th Anniversary, Predator Special Edition
Cover art isn't ready yet, it seems, but we'll be back with it just as soon as it's available, so stay tuned. Click
here for a list of links to pre-order this title right away.
UPDATE
Here now is the cover art for this release:
CORRECTION (5/28)
Reader "Craig S" rightfully pointed out that we had a typo in our price for this release. I had typed it out as "$49.98," but that was due to my big fat fingers. The actual price is $39.98 SRP for the USA, and in Canada it is CA$54.98. My apologies for the typo! -
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