Summary of "James Clavell's Shogun - Restored - They mean it": There are very few sets that I want to watch again right after finishing them, and this is one of them. Everything about this production, and this DVD set, screams of high quality. A series shot entirely in Japan, using a large Japanese cast with beautiful sets and costumes; a story so gripping; a colorful cast; these are reasons to check this out. Paramount has lovingly restored a classic mini-series to DVD, and added a ton of bonus material; I hope they are rewarded with great sales.
Since I was turned onto this mini-series by the people posting on the Home Theater Forum, I hope that something in this review will encourage you to pick this up, even if you've never seen the series before. Trust me, it's worth it. (read entire review)
Repackaged 'Commemorative 30th Anniversary Edition' DVD Announced
In 2003 Paramount Home Entertainment released James Clavell's Shogun on DVD. The classic 1980 mini-series came on 5 discs with extras that included 13 making-of documentary segments, 3 historical featurettes,... (read entire news item)
9/20/2003
Chamberlain signing in LA
Martin Blythe of Paramount Home Entertainment posted this information on the Home Theater Forum:
Richard Chamberlain will be signing SHOGUN DVDs and copies of his recent book at the Virgin Megastore... (read entire news item)
7/01/2003
Official Press Release
The DVD Debate has posted the complete press release for Paramount's upcoming release of James Clavell's Shogun:
James Clavell's Award-Winning TV Mini-Series: SHOGUN
Arrives On DVD For the First... (read entire news item)
6/25/2003
More Shogun Art & Price Confusion
As a special treat for Shogun fans today, we have a new picture that shows off the Disc art, a 3-D view of the box, but best-of-all an image of the unfolded box, whose background of a Japanese sword is... (read entire news item)
6/17/2003
Specs and Cover art from Laser's Edge
Laser's Edge is reporting the following specifications for Shogun (our thanks to Jeff R. for this):
Release Date: 9/23/2003
List: $99.99 (note that DVDEmpire.com lists an SRP of just $69.99 instead;... (read entire news item)
6/16/2003
An After-Summer Treat!
We knew they were working on it, but we didn't know when we would see the DVD release of the full-length, restored version of the classic miniseries Shogun.
Well, the cat is out of the bag this morning,... (read entire news item)
1/16/2003
Shogun being worked on
Paramount confirmed that they are working on "Shogun" for DVD release. In the past they had said that "Shogun" would require major restoration, but they have determined that there is enough interest in... (read entire news item)
