Heathers [Blu-ray] | ![Heathers [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HKex5wxrL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Michael Lehmann
Actors: Winona Ryder, Shannen Doherty, Christian Slater
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.97
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 4788
Format: Color, Limited Edition, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 103
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 3051
UPC: 013138305183
EAN: 0013138305183
ASIN: B001DHXSXK
Theatrical Release Date: 1989
Release Date: November 18, 2008
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Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 11/18/2008 Rating: Pg13
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This dark comedy from 1989 was a good showcase for Winona Ryder, playing a high school girl brought into a clique of bitchy classmates (all named Heather), and Christian Slater, doing his early Jack Nicholson thing. While Ryder's character mulls over the consequences of giving up one set of friends for another, her association with a new boy (Slater) in school turns out to have deadly consequences. Director Michael Lehmann turned this unusual film into something more than another teen-death flick. There is real wit and sharp satire afoot, and the very fusion of horror and comedy is provocative in itself. Heathers remains a kind of benchmark in contemporary cinema for bringing surreal intelligence into Hollywood films. --Tom Keogh
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A Three-timer's Review of the Blu Release November 27, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
What more can be said about an classic 80's movie? Probably not much, if anything. The odds are that most or almost all of those going for the Blu release already own the DVD or remember watching the VHS tape or maybe the movie in the theater, back in the 80's. I will therefore focus on my impressions as an owner of the DVD as I watched the Blu Heathers and asked myself if it was worth buying it.
[For anyone who is new to Heathers, my advice is maybe read some movie reviews and then 'buy it' or at least 'watch it' and, if you are going to buy it, buy the Blu, if you have a Blu player.]
So, not sure if this is a statement about 'Heathers' or about the reviewer (that would be me) but, the fact is that I had Heathers as a VHS tape before I had it as a DVD. This Blu 20th anniversary is a timely and needed release and it doesn't disappoint.
To make it short, what you get it's very much the Blu-enhanced release of the Heathers DVD. It sounds better, the colors are shaper and more brilliant. I don't believe I noticed any artifacts and, in some instances, I did have a few 'aha' moments where the Blu resolution enhancements were evident. This being a re-release of a late 80's movie and a late 90's DVD, the details are not as sharp as an original Blu but my suspicion is that even the original picture had an added and very slight dream-suggesting blur-glow as the story line tends to follow the border between a make-believe reality and a world of dreams and wishes that usually have something to do with murder or violence.
Overall, even though I still have the DVD version, I am happy to add Heathers to my Blu-ray library and it's not likely that I will ever play the DVD again. For a Blu-ray release, NOT a restoration, this is as good as it gets and the price is right. The lack of any mind-blowing, Blu-ray specific extra features makes a 4-star rating for the Blu version of this 5-star movie the fair score.
Heathers - Blu-ray Info November 22, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Version: U.S.A / Region A, B(?), C(?)
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / High Profile 4.1
Running time: 1:43:00
Movie size: 25,12 GB
Disc size: 34,47 GB
Average video bit rate: 27.97 Mbps
Dolby TrueHD Audio English 1357 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1357 kbps / 16-bit (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
Subtitles: English SDH / Spanish
Number of chapters: 20
#Audio Commentary
#Swatch Dogs and Diet Cokeheads - featurettes (1080i - 30m:01s)
#Return to Westerburg High (1080i - 21m:21s)
#Trailer (480p - 1m:50s)
 What to do with excess heathers? November 8, 2008
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
Winona says this is a comedy about a serious matter. However I was watching the surface action and it did not take the time to think about any underlying meanings. I had no idea that Moby Dick does not contain the word "Eskimo" as pointed out in the movie. I was surprised as the different events took shape and can see myself in that situation. I had fun watching this movie.
However, I grew up in a different environment than the one in this film. C Rations before 1955 contained only one box meal with fruit. That was the ham and lima beans box; during high school and 60's, we were lucky to have one "Heather" to a class. Now in the time of MRE's (meals ready to eat) that has fruit in just about everything, Heathers abound. This requires the JDs of the world to once again bringing a natural balance to the high-school society. You will want to view it again for the nuances.
One of favorites September 14, 2008
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
Heathers has to be one of the funniest teen movies ever made. Wionna Ryder made a carrer makig movie in the lead role as Veroncia. Christan Slater proved he was the next Jack Nicholson in his role as JD. And all of the Heathers are hilarous with their one liners. Check it out
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