Unprecedented Online Experience
Provides
Additional Bonus Materials To DVD Enthusiasts
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO LAUNCHES
GROUND-BREAKING DVD-ROM FEATURE: TOTAL AXESS™
New Feature Debuts With Release Of
Spy Game
Collector's Edition DVD On April 9
Universal City, Calif., March 25, 2002 --
Universal Studios Home Video will introduce an innovative online
experience with the debut of Total Axess™ on the Spy Game
Collector's Edition DVD on April 9, 2001. Total Axess™
enables DVD-ROM users to unlock special bonus materials not included
on the DVD through an exclusive hotlink to the Total Axess™ website.
By simply inserting the DVD into their DVD-ROM drive, users will be
immersed in the action and adventure of their favorite DVD through
an online destination packed with exclusive never-before-seen video
and pictures, behind-the-scenes footage, downloads, contests and
more.
"We now can offer DVD fans even more
behind-the-scenes content," We often have more bonus material than
we can fit on a DVD, so rather than simply omitting it because of
space constraints, we can now offer it to fans who crave even more
behind-the-scenes material," said Ken Graffeo, senior
vice-president, marketing, Universal Studios Home Video. "This
overcomes the restrictions imposed by space constraints on the disc,
making the DVD an exclusive passkey to a wealth of additional
materials specially created for a title."
Spy Game, the first Total Axess™
title, is the riveting action adventure starring screen favorites
Robert Redford and Brad Pitt. Through Total Axess,™ , users can view
specially-created streaming videos of:
- The Spy Game World Premiere - An exciting look at
the starry, red carpet event in Los Angeles
- An Additional
Exclusive Interview with Redford and Pitt
- Choosing the Right
Director - An interview with producers Marc Abraham and Douglas
Wick
- "The Toughest Scene" - Director Tony Scott shares his
insight on the most difficult scene
- Tony Scott Directing Brad
Pitt - Behind-the-scenes footage
- CIA training - Tony Scott
shares some fascinating information from his research
-
Operatives and Assets - The actors discuss their characters
-
Working with Redford - Candid remarks from the director
In addition to streaming video, the site will also
contain exclusive production and behind-the-scenes still photos,
downloadable photos that can be used as screensavers or wallpaper,
director Scott's screenplay with notes, annotations and sketches, a
Spy Game trivia contest that is changed every two
weeks and more.
The Total Axess™ website also contains information
on current Universal Studios home video and theatrical releases as
well as previews and trailers of upcoming home entertainment and
theatrical titles. In addition, the site provides convenient links
to the Universal Studios theatrical, music and theme park websites.
The Spy Game Collector's Edition DVD
offers more than 10 explosive hours of high-powered entertainment
including a breakthrough special feature aptly named Clandestine
OPS, a unique viewing experience that puts the viewer in control.
For the first time, viewers can go behind the scenes and gain access
to classified information about Spy Game's filmmaking
process while simultaneously watching the film. The Spy
Game Collector's Edition DVD also includes
alternate and deleted scenes, including an alternate ending, a
script-to-storyboard featurette on director Tony Scott's unique
filmmaking process, feature commentary with director Tony Scott,
feature commentary with producers Marc Abraham and Douglas Wick, the
requirements for acceptance as a CIA operative and more. The
Spy Game Collector's Edition DVD is priced at $19.95.
Spy Game will also be available for rent on VHS.