Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has dated and detailed the highly anticipated Blu-ray/DVD/UltraViolet Combo Pack release of Cloud Atlas, the ambitious, multi-part science fiction epic from director Tom Tykwer and producers/co-directors Andy and Lana Wachowski. Cloud Atlas makes its Blu-ray debut on May 14th.
Past. Present. Future. Everything is connected. From the creators of The Matrix trilogy and the director of Run Lola Run comes an exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future. As one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. The story is a time-shifting weave of six interlinking narratives, with diverse settings from the savagery of a Pacific Island in the 1850s to a dystopian Korea of the near future.
Based on author David Mitchell's best-selling novel of the same name, Cloud Atlas features an impressive ensemble cast that includes Tom Hanks (Apollo 13), Halle Berry (Monster's Ball), Jim Sturgess (The Way Back), Hugo Weaving (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert), Ben Whishaw (The Hour), Jim Broadbent (Topsy-Turvy), James D'Arcy (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World), Doona Bae (The Host), Keith David (The Thing), Hugh Grant (About a Boy) and Susan Sarandon (Bull Durham).
The Blu-ray edition of Cloud Atlas features a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track. Extras include:
A Film Like No Other
Everything is Connected
Spaceships, Slaves & Sextets
The Bold Science Fiction of Cloud Atlas
The Impossible Adaptation
The Essence of Acting
Eternal Recurrence: Love, Life, and Longing in Cloud Atlas
Standard DVD copy of the film
UltraViolet digital copy of the film (expires 5/14/2015)