{"id":8678,"date":"2012-01-04T01:49:46","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T01:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartcine.com\/blog\/?p=8678"},"modified":"2012-01-04T01:49:46","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T01:49:46","slug":"tower-heist-blu-ray-and-dvd-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/tower-heist-blu-ray-and-dvd-release-date\/","title":{"rendered":"TOWER HEIST Blu-ray and DVD Release Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A wealthy Wall Street swindler gets his just desserts at the hands of the employees he stiffed in the year\u2019s most uproarious action comedy, Tower Heist, coming to Blu-ray\u2122 Combo-Pack with UltraVioletTM, as well as DVD, Digital Download and On Demand February 21, 2012 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.  Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy lead an all-star comedy cast in this hilarious tale of sweet, sweet revenge. The film\u2019s stellar ensemble cast includes Casey Affleck (Ocean\u2019s Eleven trilogy), Alan Alda (The Aviator), Matthew Broderick (The Producers), Stephen McKinley Henderson (\u201cLaw and Order\u201d),  Judd Hirsch (A Beautiful Mind) T\u00e9a Leoni (Fun with Dick and Jane), Michael Pe\u00f1a (Battle: Los Angeles) and Gabourey Sidibe (Precious). <\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/images\/tower_heist_dvd.jpg\" width=\"334\" height=\"440\" \/><\/center><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonus features that appear on the both the Blu-ray\u2122 and DVD versions include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two Alternate Endings \u2013 not seen in theatres!<\/p>\n<p>Hilarious Deleted &#038; Alternate Scenes <\/p>\n<p>Gag Reel<\/p>\n<p>Plotting Tower Heist\u2014Following the structure of a classic caper movie in three acts, director Brett Ratner, producer Brian Grazer and the entire cast bring this heist film to a whole new level. Viewers will learn how the project started, as well as meet the screenwriters and cast.  This exclusive feature reveals the secrets of the set design, special effects and more, including what it took to create the iconic sequence involving Steve McQueen\u2019s car!<\/p>\n<p>Feature Commentary with director Brett Ratner, editor Mark Helfrich and co-writers Ted Griffin &#038; Jeff Nathanson<\/p>\n<p>The following features are exclusive to Blu-ray\u2122:<\/p>\n<p>Tower Heist Video Diary \u2013 Director Brett Ratner takes fans through the filmmaking process with these personal video production diaries from the set.<\/p>\n<p>U-Control:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Picture-in-Picture \u2013 featuring pre-visualization and storyboard comparisons of some the film\u2019s most exciting scenes.<br \/>\n\u2022The Music of Tower Heist<\/p>\n<p>pocket BLU\u2122 App:  The popular free pocket BLU\u2122 app for smartphones is now even better with newly updated versions for iPad\u00ae, Android\u2122 tablets, PC and Macintosh computers, with features made especially to take advantage of the devices&#8217; larger screens and high resolution displays. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022Advanced Remote Control:  A sleek, elegant new way to operate your Blu-ray\u2122 player. Users can navigate through menus, playback and BD-Live\u2122 functions with ease. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022Video Timeline:  Users can easily bring up the video timeline, allowing them to instantly access any point in the film. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022Mobile-To-Go:  Users can unlock a selection of bonus content with their Blu-ray\u2122 discs to save to their device or to stream from anywhere there is a Wi-Fi network, enabling them to enjoy content on the go, anytime, anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Browse Titles:  Users will have access to a complete list of pocket BLU\u2122-enabled titles available and coming to Blu-ray\u2122.  They can view free previews and see what additional content is available to unlock on their device.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Keyboard:  Entering data is fast and easy with your device\u2019s intuitive keyboard.<\/p>\n<p>o   And with UNIVERSAL&#8217;S SECOND SCREEN, viewers can enjoy an innovative and interactive viewing experience, that allows them to control, interact and explore Tower Heist with groundbreaking new features right on a networked tablet or computer, in synchronization with the movie on the television screen! While the movie plays, experience features such as: <\/p>\n<p>\u00a7  Flick View:  Interact with the movie; move content from the Tablet to the TV screen; and compare storyboards, animatics and other executing content by \u201cFlicking\u201d them from on their tablet to their TV screen, simply by gesturing their fingers upwards on their tablets.  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a7  Behind the Scenes w\/Flick View:  Viewers get an all access look at the making of the film featuring interviews with cast and crew.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a7  Storyboards w\/Flick View:  Viewers will be able to take a closer look at the storyboards created for some of the amazing sequences in the film.  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a7  The Music of Tower Heist\u2014Songs from the Tower Heist soundtrack are highlighted with the option to add to a playlist and purchase.<\/p>\n<p>BD-LIVE\u2122 &#8211; Access the BD-Live\u2122 Center through your Internet-connected player to access the latest trailers, exclusive content, and more! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004A8ZWWO?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=theentertainme0f&#038;linkCode=xm2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creativeASIN=B004A8ZWWO\">OWN DVD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004A8ZWWY?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=theentertainme0f&#038;linkCode=xm2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creativeASIN=B004A8ZWWY\">OWN BLU-RAY<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wealthy Wall Street swindler gets his just desserts at the hands of the employees he stiffed in the year\u2019s most uproarious action comedy, Tower Heist, coming to Blu-ray\u2122 Combo-Pack with UltraVioletTM, as well as DVD, Digital Download and On Demand February 21, 2012 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy lead\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/tower-heist-blu-ray-and-dvd-release-date\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,111],"tags":[1897],"class_list":["post-8678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blu-ray-news","category-dvd-news","tag-tower-heist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8678"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8680,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8678\/revisions\/8680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}