Amazon.com Has Battle Royale on DVD
Submitted by dgeiser13 on Mon, 06/28/2004 - 05:21
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Woo-hoo! Unbeknownst to me (until now) Amazon has been selling Battle Royale (2000) on Region 1 DVD. I have the VCD but would love to pick up this DVD just for the improvement in picture quality. This is a very trippy movie and well worth a watch. One of its stars Chiaki Kuriyama won herself the role of Gogo Yubari in Kill Bill Vol. 1 based on her performance in this film. Has anyone seen this version of the DVD?
I get the feeling that the page is just a placeholder until there's actually a product to sell. A search on that ASIN brings up a lot of pages related to Amazon, but not to any other online sellers. And a quick check of some other DVD shops for BR comes up empty.
Apparently there are a few reasons why it hasn't seen release here yet. It's still pretty easy to get it on DVD, though, if you want to pay the import price (I got my copy through Poker Industries).
Thanks for the link to Poker Industries! That looks like they have a lot of good stuff. So which Region DVD of Battle Royale do you have? Region 3? Do you have a multi-region DVD player?
I have the all-region NTSC Korean import (w/ the tan sleeve), which has a great picture but not-so-great subtitles. The extras on the second disc are pretty nice, though, even w/o any subtitles.
Btw, if you do end up buying anything from Poker Industries, I highly recommend getting on their mailing list first. They send out coupon codes every couple of weeks worth 15% off any order.
Why do you think it's just a placeholder? It has the "Add to Shopping Cart" button and says that the product ships in 2 to 3 days. That doesn't sound like a place holder to me.
I decided to check it out and it's not quite what they're advertising. This is what they sent me (the region 3 version).
That sucks! I would be pissed if I were you. Have you written Amazon about it?
Yep, they've been notified and it's already back in the box ready to be returned.