New Release: Grand Canyon Adventure and other Imax movies on Blu-ray 3D

Grand Canyon Adventure

Independent DVD and Blu-ray supplier Image Entertainment jumped into Blu-ray 3D when it released four Imax 3D titles on Dec. 7, 2010.

Image signed a deal with Big Picture Digital Productions to issue documentary movies Grand Canyon Adventure: River At Risk, Wild Ocean and Dinosaurs Alive! on Blu-ray 3D on Dec. 7, plus one more upcoming title.

“3D Blu-ray is the next revolution for home entertainment,” Image chief aquisitions officer Bill Bromiley said in a statement.

All the movies were photographed and released in theaters in Imax 3D.

Narrated by Robert Redford (The Natural), Grand Canyon Adventure Blu-ray 3D ($24.98)  includes these special features:

• making-of documentary
• trivia quiz
• and short retrospective with filmmaker MacGillivray Freeman.

Wild Ocean Blu-ray 3D, about dolphins, sharks, whales and seals off the coast of South Africa, comes with these special features:

• interview with the directors
• Kwazulu during the run
• “Shooting Wild Ocean” behind the scenes
• “Recording Wild Ocean” recording orchestral strings in UK
• “Shooting Wild Ocean” slideshow with soundtrack
• quiz
• “About the Filmmakers”
• “About the Sardine Run”
• “About the Region — Kwazulu Natal and Transkei”
• and “Wildlife on the Run.”

Dinosaurs Alive!, narrated by Michael Douglas (Wall Street), includes these special features on the Blu-ray 3D:

• full-length making-of featurette shot in high-definition
• “Meet the Creatures” educational section
• and dinosaur quiz.

All three titles were priced at $24.98.

In other Image Entertainment news, the supplier acquired Madacy Home Video and in September 2010 and signed a distribution deal with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in August.