DVD News: Pride & Prejudice and Atonement to be released on Blu-ray January 26th!

Universal Studios Home Entertainment have announced the US Blu-ray Disc releases of director Joe Wright's Pride & Prejudice (Keira Knightley & Matthew Macfadyen) and Atonement (James McAvoy & Keira Knightley) films in which both stars Keira Knightley (as well as Brenda Blethyn who co-starred with Keira on both P&P and Atonement) on 26th January 2010.

Special features (though the blu-ray extras for P&P are pretty much similar to its standard dvd and deluxe 2-Disc gift set versions...likewise with Atonement blu-ray, with the exception of D-Box and BD LIVE - Basic Download Center extras) are outlined below…

Pride & Prejudice
Pre-order your copy here at NBC Universal store! Includes: An Academy Award Themed O-Ring (Available through 3/31/2010)...or Pre-order at Amazon.com for only $17.99.

Academy Award® nominee Keira Knightley stars in the greatest love story of all time. When Elizabeth Bennet (Knightley) meets the handsome Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen), she believes he is the last man on earth she could ever marry. But as their lives become intertwined, she finds herself captivated by the very person she swore to loathe for all eternity. Jane Austen's masterpiece novel comes to the screen in the film critics said "makes you believe in true love and happily-ever-after" (Stephen Holden, The New York Times).

Starring: Keira Knightley, Talulah Riley, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Carey Mulligan, Donald Sutherland, Brenda Blethyn, Matthew MacFadyen, Rupert Friend, Judi Dench, Tom Hollander, Simon Woods, Claudie Blakley
Directed by: Joe Wright

Disc 1

• Run Time: 2 Hours and 9 Minutes
• MPAA Rating: PG (Mild Thematic Elements)
• Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English), DTS 5.1 Surround (French)
• Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
• Picture: Widescreen (2.35:1)
• Color
Bonus:
• Feature Commentary With Director Joe Wright
• Conversations With The Cast
• Jane Austen: Ahead Of Her Time
• A Bennet Family Portrait
• HBO First Look: Pride & Prejudice
• The Politics Of 18th Century Dating
• The Stately Homes Of Pride & Prejudice

Atonement

Pre-Order your copy here at NBC Universal store! Includes: Themed Academy Award O-ring (Available through 3/31/2010)...or Pre-order it at Amazon.com for only $17.99.

From the award-winning director of Pride & Prejudice comes a stunning, critically acclaimed epic story of love. When a young girl catches her sister in a passionate embrace with a childhood friend, her jealousy drives her to tell a lie that will change the course of all their lives forever. Academy Award® nominee Keira Knightley and James McAvoy lead an all-star cast in the film critics are calling "the year's best picture." (Thelma Adams, US Weekly).

Starring: James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Vanessa Redgrave, Brenda Blethyn, Juno Temple, Patrick Kennedy
Directed by: Joe Wright

Disc 1

• Run Time: 2 Hours and 3 Minutes
• MPAA Rating: R (Disturbing War Images, Language and Some Sexuality)
• Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English), DTS 5.1 Surround (Spanish), DTS 5.1 Surround (French)
• Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
• Picture: Widescreen (1.85:1)
• Color
Bonus:
• Deleted Scenes with Commentary By Director Joe Wright
• Feature Commentary With Director Joe Wright
• Bringing The Past to Life: The Making Of Atonement
• From Novel to Screen: Adapting A Classic
• D-BOX
• BD Live - Basic Download Center