Billy Live Blu-ray/DVD

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Dancer wrote:Please correct me if I'm wrong though! Hopefully the disc will also include the extras we had in Europe but the description does say, "No special features are included" :( .
The above artwork reveals that the Blu-ray has the same special features as the European releases. The press release didn't say anything about special features, but in this case it didn't mean there aren't any. It's unclear at this time if the DVD has the same special features.
kport wrote:This link said the movie will be released as a Blu-ray/Digital HD combo pack. Does that mean there will be a Blu-ray disk and a regular DVD in the same package ? I was just interested in getting the regular DVD since I don't have a Blu-ray player.
If you don't own a Blu-ray player then you'll better buy the DVD. The digital copy is only included on the Blu-ray release and to get hold of it you'll have to download the copy online by using the code included in the Blu-ray case. Blu-ray's can't be played on DVD players. DVD's however can be played on Blu-ray players.
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Not the DVD, but an actual tv showing of the Live! Performance, on Australia's Arts (132) this Sunday, at 6.30 p.m. (I am assuming this is the Live! show, since it mentions Elliott Hanna.)

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/re ... 7501459929
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It looks as though one viewer was less than impressed by the number of adverts in today's showing of BETMLive! on Australia's ARTs Channel:
Absolutly brillant, BUT very nearly ruined by SO0 MANY BLEEDING AD BREAKS!!!!
What's the go... trying to ruin it for us..!! Get your act together guys..
Dont ruin the ARTs channel for us with this silly carry on!!

http://community.foxtel.com.au/t5/Progr ... /m-p/89723
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Why does it need ads at all? They should have paid for it with all the product placements: baked beans, soup packets, Rubik's Cube, Star Trek, Fred Perry shoulder bags, Cindy the Nurse, etc. :D
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LiamM wrote:Why does it need ads at all? They should have paid for it with all the product placements: baked beans, soup packets, Rubik's Cube, Star Trek, Fred Perry shoulder bags, Cindy the Nurse, etc. :D
Ah, well, if they had ads, perhaps the public would know it is spelled 'Sindy the Nurse'!
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Better late than never, Amazon favored me with this via email this morning.


http://www.amazon.com/Billy-Elliot-Musi ... sical+live

Now for sale in the U.S. as of October 13th.

( It's number 52 in amazon blu ray-sales for movies/musicals and that's without it being promoted in North America.
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That date makes sense - the date of the PBS Great Performances broadcast of BETMLive! is Oct 23rd. The blu-ray will be available when that airs.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/blog/grea ... -season-2/
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Broadway World announces next month's broadcast of BETMLive! on PBS's Great Performances, October 23rd:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BI ... h-20150917#
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For those in the US, today is the big day - at last!:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BI ... 3-20151012
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PBS has posted this video extract of Solidarity from BETM Live, which will be broadcast in the US on Friday, October 23rd. It appears some of the 'language' has been replaced with gaps of silence ............. perhaps it is merely a technical glitch when the video was uploaded.................. :(

http://video.pbs.org/video/2365582128/
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