Travel to hell and back when CONSTANTINE blasts onto DVD July 19, 2005, in single and two-disc deluxe editions (Warner Home Video, $29.98 and $30.99). This vivid, cinematic comic book adaptation is an action-packed thriller from DC Comics/Vertigos HELLBLAZER and stars Keanu Reeves (THE MATRIX trilogy) and Rachel Weisz (THE MUMMY). As John Constantine, Reeves fights a new otherworldly foe in a City of the Angels where spirit-world bounds have brokenand all hell is breaking loose. VFX were supplied by ESC Ent., CIS Hollywood, Furious FX, Hatch, Hydraulx and Tippett Studio, with Mike Fink supervising. The single disc DVD bonus features include 18 minutes of additional scenes and alternate ending, while the deluxe DVD bonus features include additional scenes, alternate ending, music video, extensive behind the scenes featurettes, filmmakers commentary and more.
Disc one bonus features include:* Commentary by director Francis Lawrence, producer Akiva Goldsman and sreenwriters Kevin Brodbin and Frank Cappello* A Perfect Circle music video: Passive
Disc two bonus features include:* 18 Minutes of deleted scenes, including alternate ending* Conjuring CONSTANTINE* The Production from Hell documentary gallery: directors confessional, collision with evil, holy relics* Imagining the Underworld: Includes discussions on the CG version of Hell in L.A. the creation of Vermin Man, how the warrior wings were created along with the unholy abduction sequence* CONSTANTINE Cosmology* Foresight: the Power of Previsualization* Exclusive collectible HELLBLAZER comic book featuring a reprint of issue #41 DANGEROUS HABITS and a HELLBLAZER short story
Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
