Check Out The Special Features and Cover Art For ‘CLOUD ATLAS’

A film that general audiences were either just too confused about or too timid too confront was Cloud Atlas.  David Mitchell’s 2004 highly acclaimed novel was a hit with literary critics and book clubs when it was initially released but the ambitious film adaptation brought to the big-screen through the combined talents of the Wachowski’s and Tom Tykwer didn’t even break $30 million in the US – something sadly that Identity Thief did in one weekend – and was met with some mixed reviews.  Thankfully the film fared much better abroad (bringing in $80 million) and the critics that did appreciate the film’s multi-dimensional structure and inspired casting were loud and proud with their praise of the film.  Cloud Atlas may have appeared on several “Worst of 2012” lists but it broke into just as many “Best of 2012” lists as well.  There’s no doubt that it’s an experimental project that won’t necessarily be for everyone, but it should be a film that you check out when it arrives on DVD and Blu-ray if you missed it in theaters.  Warner Home Video has announced the film’s release for May 14.

The cover-art for the both the DVD and Blu-ray are each slightly different as well as the special features that can be found on each. The only extra material on the DVD release will be “A Film Like No Other” featurette, and an UltraViolet copy of the film. The Blu-ray/DVD Combo release will also include 6 additional featurettes: “Everything is Connected”, “The Impossible Adaptation”, “The Essence of Acting”, “Spacehships, Slaves & Sextets”, “The Bold Science Fiction of Cloud Atlas”, and “Eternal Recurrence: Love, Life, and Longing in Cloud Atlas.” You can view the front and back covers of both discs below.

Source: DVD Active