BLU UPDATE: Flicker's A Trip to the Moon

An update on the previously announced A Trip to the Moon (Limited Edition Steelbook). We've been informed that it is a Blu-Ray / DVD combo, instead of just a standard DVD release. There is no change in price.

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A Trip to the Moon (Limited Edition Steelbook)
March 27th
Flicker Alley
Retail: 39.99, Our: $29.99
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Flicker Alley has announced a March 27th release date for A Trip to the Moon (Limited Edition Steelbook).

This special edition features the groundbreaking film in its original 1902 colors, as well as the 2011 documentary The Extraordinary Voyage.

SYNOPSIS:
The original hand-painted color version of Georges Méliès’ masterpiece, A Trip to the Moon (1902), to home video 110 years after its first release. Georges Méliès, one of the celebrated heroes of Martin Scorsese’s new movie Hugo, was a master of cinematic invention and enchantment.

The material for A Trip to the Moon (1902) is sourced from a restored color version that had been considered lost for several decades and is presented with an original soundtrack by the French band, AIR.

Packaged in a limited-edition, SteelBook case.

BONUS FEATURES:
  • The Extraordinary Voyage, a fascinating documentary directed by Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange about the life of Georges Méliès and the magic of film history and preservation it chronicles the journey of A Trip to the Moon from the fantastical Méliès’ production in 1902 to the astonishing rediscovery of a nitrate print in color in 1993, to the premiere of the new restoration on the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival in 2011.
This single DVD releases will retail for $39.99, but it is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $29.99.

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