Warner Home Video Salutes Clint Eastwood's Signature Series June 3 with The Dirty Harry Ultimate Collector's Edition Box Set on DVD and Blu-ray™ Hi-Def

Business Wire, March 12, 2008

Five-Film Digitally Re-Mastered Collection Includes New Documentaries, Five All-New Featurettes and Dirty Harry Memorabilia

Films Also Available Separately

BURBANK, Calif. -- Warner Home Video (WHV) will pay homage to Clint Eastwood and the films that gave birth to the modern action hero when the Dirty Harry film franchise returns to DVD and Blu-ray[TM] Hi-Def on June 3 after an 18-month absence. The Dirty Harry Ultimate Collector's Edition - an assemblage of all five Dirty Harry films, plus hours of all-new enhanced content, unique memorabilia, a film-inspired map of San Francisco and more - will re-introduce Dirty Harry to new generations of fans around the world.

Dirty Harry, the renegade Harry Callahan armed with his ubiquitous .44 Magnum and famous lines that changed the American lexicon forever, will be released as a Dirty Harry Special Edition (the only film in the collector's set available separately to consumers in Blu-ray [TM] Hi-Def format), Magnum Force Deluxe Edition, The Enforcer Deluxe Edition, Sudden Impact Deluxe Edition and The Dead Pool Deluxe Edition will also be released separately in standard definition.

Dirty Harry Special Edition

(2-disc DVD and Single Disc Blu-ray[TM] Hi-Def format)

Special Features

* New Commentary by Richard Schickel -- Filmmaker and Eastwood biographer Schickel examines the landmark film that revolutionized cinematic crime drama for all time.

* New Featurette The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry -- An examination of the influence and legacy of Dirty Harry.

* Featurette Dirty Harry: The Original -- Clint Eastwood and the film's creators look back at the birth of the modern action hero: Dirty Harry.

* Featurette Dirty Harry's Way -- A promotional short on the movie Dirty Harry focusing on the toughness of the movies' main characters.

* Interview Gallery -- Includes interviews with Patricia Clarkson, Joel Cox, Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Evan Kim, John Milius, Ted Post, Andy Robinson, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Robert Urich.

* 1993 TV Special Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso -- A look at the life and career of actor/director Clint Eastwood, including scenes from his past film and television work and interviews with friends, fellow actors and crew members who have worked with him over the years.

* Trailer Gallery -- Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact and The Dead Pool

Magnum Force Deluxe Edition

Special Features

* New Commentary by writer John Milius -- In this gritty, entertaining commentary, legendary Hollywood screenwriter Milius discusses Eastwood, the world of Dirty Harry and the rugged resilience of crime drama in American cinema.

* New Featurette A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry -- Filmmakers, social scientists and authors take a provocative look at the moral, political and ethical themes of the Dirty Harry films.

* The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today

* Trailer Gallery

The Enforcer Deluxe Edition

Special Features

* New Commentary by director James Fargo. Director Fargo takes an entertaining look at the film that launched his career as a director, including the day Clint Eastwood nonchalantly let him know he had the job.

* New Featurette The Business End: Violence in Cinema -- An unflinching look at the ongoing debate on violence in cinema.

* Featurette Harry Callahan/Clint Eastwood: Something Special in Films

* Trailer Gallery

Sudden Impact Deluxe Edition

Special Features

* New Commentary by renowned film critic Richard Schickel -- Author and longtime Eastwood associate Schickel uncovers layers of meaning in this, the only Dirty Harry film directed by Eastwood himself.

* New Featurette The Evolution of Clint Eastwood -- An examination of the film in the context of Eastwood's broader career as a director.

* Trailer Gallery

The Dead Pool Deluxe Edition

Special Features

* New Commentary by producer David Valdes and Cinematographer Jack N. Green, who discuss the challenging and rewarding experience making this the final chapter in the Dirty Harry series.

* New Featurette The Craft of Dirty Harry -- A look at the cinematographers, editors, musicians, production designers and other talent of the Dirty Harry series.

* Trailer Gallery

Dirty Harry Ultimate Collector's Edition

(7-disc DVD and 5-disc Blu-ray[TM] Hi-Def format)

Includes all five Dirty Harry films; all special features on the Dirty Harry Special Edition and Deluxe Editions, plus additional special features and contents specific to the Ultimate Collector's Edition.

UCE Special Features and Contents

* Bonus Feature-Length documentary Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

* 40 page hardcover book

* Wallet w/metal badge and removable laminated I.D. card

* Five 5" x 7" Reproduction Lobby Poster Cards plus an exclusive UCE card

* Scorpio Portrait of a Killer Poster-Sized (19" x 27") map of San Francisco detailing Harry's hunt for the killer

* Never-Before-Seen Production Correspondence

For more information on this and other titles distributed by Warner Home Video, visit www.whvdirect.com.