Dreamgirls DVD Special Packages

In case you do not know:

Walmart is offering a 7 remixed song cd (I do not know the songs)with the 1 disk dvd

Circuit City is offering a companion book to the 2 disc dvd. I not sure whether it is the hard cover coffee table book or the 52 page soft cover book.

Does anyone know the songs or which book?

Updated On: 4/29/07 at 12:21 PM

isn't there going to be a special edition disc released during the Christmas time as well?

Now with circut city...when they released the Rent dvd, they promised a free calander. Not a single store recieved them. I hope this isn't the case with Dreamgirls.

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HI
Thanks for updated info. Does anyone know the specific songs?

By the way, the circuit city's in the Wash/Md area, did receive the Rent calendars a week later. People lost interest and they gave me several.

The December release of Dreamgirls....all about making more money

Updated On: 4/29/07 at 02:02 PM

For Christmas 2007, an Extended Version DVD is being released. It won't be another Special Edition DVD of the theatrical version of the film, which is coming out this Tuesday May 1, 2007. It most likely will be the film with simply those extended musical numbers added back to the film. Nothing more; nothing less. Bill did state that this Extended Version DVD will include the "Effie, Sing My Song" sequence, replacing the current spoken-dialogue version seen in the theatrical version of the film. This "Effie, Sing My Song" sequence is included on the May 1, 2007 DVD on the bonus material/special features section.

Since Bill Condon didn't have time to record an audio commentary for this May 1, 2007 DVD release, it is expected he will be doing one for the Christmas 2007 release of the Extended Version DVD, which will not be containing any of the extras this May 1, 2007 DVD release will have.

I believe the Target DVD includes a special JHud interview.

Seems everyone is offering exclusives with the DREAMGIRLS DVD. BestBuy is offering a music download card.

I believe this Target Deluxe Edition is simply the 2-disc Showstopper Edition with a bonus DVD, which includes an interview with Jennifer Hudson, as well as 8 mini-featurettes (and more!).

It sure is going to be tough deciding where to get this damn DVD.

The least obvious one is the Circuit City DREAMGIRLS Gift Set, which comes with the soft-cover version of that DREAMGIRLS: The Movie Musical book for an extra charge. You can buy that same book for alot less seperately, so this Gift Set is more of a rip-off, bargain-wise.

The one to choose seems to be the Target offering. BestBuy, Wal-Mart and single-disc Circuit City offering doesn't attract me at all. Plus, I'm also buying the Blu-Ray disc version for my upcoming Sony Blu-Ray disc player when it's released in a few months.

Oy!

This has to be the dumbest thing I have ever seen. I don't ever remember people doing so many different things for the same dvd.

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No, it's dumb how hard it is to decide where I should buy my dvd.

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The only store in my town is wal-mart - so thats where I'll get mine.

I want the 2 disc dvd - so no bonus products for me.

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I read a dvd review that said the feature length documentary is so good that you dont miss the absence of an audio commentary.

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As I stated above, the reason this May 1, 2007 release of the theatrical version of DREAMGIRLS on DVD does not contain an audio commentary by Bill Condon is because he wasn't able to do one due to scheduling conflicts. The DVD went into production several months ago. It's expected that Bill will do one for the Expanded Version DVD which is coming out for Christmas 2007.

Though "Effie, Sing My Song" was not inserted back into the film (but will be for the Expanded Version DVD), it does appear on the bonus material/special features section of the upcoming May 1, 2007 DVD release...so we all WILL be able to see it.

Um, the single (1) disc only contains the film, 12 deleted scenes and Beyonce's "Listen" video. That's it.

The 2-disc Showstopper Edition contains this same disc (as it's disc 1) PLUS a 2nd disc with tons (and I mean TONS) of extras -- including an almost 2 HOUR long documentary, Anika Noni Rose and Beyonce's screen tests, and much, much more!

The higher cost is merited. If you want to miss out on all the goodies contained on the 2-disc Showstopper Edition, then just buy the single-disc and moan when others tell you what you're missing.