Now it’s official. Anchor
Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company will release Lee Daniels’s The Butler on a Blu-ray and standard combo DVD set, On Demand
cable and pay-per-view, starting on January
14th.
The film will also be available early in Digital HD on December 31.
Butler has earned some $159 million worldwide, and I don’t
need to tell you that the film was at the center of lots of controversy, with both its defenders and detractors.
If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s your chance to decide for yourself on what side of the fence you sit.
The blu-ray and standard DVDs, of course, will include
several extras, including 2 featurettes – Lee
Daniels’ The Butler: An American
Story and The Original Freedom
Riders – as well as Gladys Knight and Lenny Kravitz’s “You” and “I Ain’t Nothin’
No More” music videos, some deleted
scenes and a gag reel.
