On June 16, 2009, four days after what would have been Anne Frank’s 80th birthday, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release a 50th Anniversary Edition of The Diary of Anne Frank on Blu-ray (BD) and DVD.
The three-time Academy Award winning film documents a young Jewish girl’s experience during the holocaust after the Nazi invasion of Amsterdam and has been a cinematic treasure since its release.
The Diary of Anne Frank 50th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray release will have an SRP of $34.99 U.S., $37.99 Canada, will feature a 2.35:1 AVC/MPEG-4 1080p/24 video encoding, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French 5.0 and Spanish Mono audio mixes with English, French and Spanish subtitles.
Bonus features will include:
Audio commentary with George Stevens Jr. and Millie Perkins (Anne Frank)
- ALL NEW Introduction: George Stevens Jr. and World War II
- ALL NEW The Making of The Diary of Anne Frank: A Son’s Memories
- ALL NEW The Diary of Anne Frank: Memories from Millie Perkins and Diane Baker (Margot Frank)
- ALL NEW Shelley Winters and The Diary of Anne Frank
- ALL NEW The Score of The Diary of Anne Frank – a look at the legendary composer Alfred Newman
- ALL NEW The Diary of Anne Frank: Correspondence – Letters between George Stevens and his son written during the making of the film
- ALL NEW Fox Legacy with Tom Rothman
- Diary of Anne Frank: Echoes from the Past
- Diary of Anne Frank: Excerpt from “George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey”
- George Stevens Press Conference
- Millie Perkins Screen Test
- Movietone News:
- Millie Perkins, To Be Anne Frank in Film of Diary
- Nobel Peace Prize to Belgian Priest
- Anne Frank Diary Star Readies For Film’s 1st Nights
- Academy Award Highlights
- Millie Perkins Visits the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Brilliant Turnout For L.A. Premiere Anne Frank Diary
- Theatrical Trailer
- International Trailer
- Interactive Pressbook Gallery
- Behind-the-scenes Gallery
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