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HIGH-DEF ‘GODFATHER’ RULES HIGH-DEF AWARDS By John Latchem www.homemediamagazine.com L OS ANGELES — Paramount Home Entertainment scored huge wins at the second High-Def Disc Awards. The studio’s new The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration Collection Blu-ray boxed set won for best of show and best catalog title, Iron Man won for best theatrical Blu-ray title, and DreamWorks’ Transformers Blu-ray won for best audio quality. “There are so many great Blu-rays that have come out this year, so it’s hard to imagine that we can really choose one being better than the other because I think they’re all great,” said Paramount’s Chris Saito. The High-Def Disc Awards luncheon was part of HD-3, a one-day conference held Nov. 11 at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles. HD-3 was produced by Home Media Magazine in cooperation with The Hollywood Reporter. A panel of critics determined the winners from submissions of Blu-ray Disc titles released between Oct. 1, 2007, and Sept. 30, 2008. Judges bestowed a special award to 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s I, Robot, calling it an ideal disc to demonstrate the capabilities of an HDTV. A special award for best consumer electronics company was given to Panasonic. “This award doesn’t mean we’ll be reducing the price of our product,” joked Panasonic’s Tony Jasionowski. Best of Show The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration Collection Paramount Home Entertainment Best Theatrical Blu-ray Iron Man Paramount Home Entertainment Best Catalog Blu-ray The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration Collection Paramount Home Entertainment Best Animated Blu-ray Ratatouille Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Best Picture Quality Ratatouille Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Best Audio Quality Transformers DreamWorks and Paramount Home Entertainment Best Bonus Feature “Enter the Maelstrom” Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Best Overall Extras Heroes: Season 2 Universal Studios Home Entertainment Best Use of BD Live Men in Black Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Best Collection/Multidisc Set Harry Potter: Years 1-5 Limited Edition Gift Set Warner Home Video Best Nontheatrical Blu-ray Stargate: Continuum MGM and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Best Nonfiction Blu-ray Step Into Liquid Lionsgate Judges’ Special Citation — Best Demonstration Disc I, Robot 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Consumer Electronics Company of the Year Panasonic 2 1 3 4 5 8 6 7 I N F O C U S: H D-3 Home Media Magazine’s Thomas K. Arnold and Kristina Kronenberg, hosts of the awards celebration, presented 20th Century Fox’s Callie Jernigan (left) with best nontheatrical Blu-ray honors for MGM’s Stargate: Continuum, a direct-to-video follow-up to the “Stargate SG-1” TV show. Home Media Magazine’s John Latchem (far right) shares a laugh with three members of the consumer/retailer panel, (L-R) consumers Keith Plucker and Michael Chen, and Best Buy’s Johnny Montano. Universal Studios Home Entertainment’s Curt Doty (left) accepted the best overall extras award for Heroes: Season 2. 1 Warner Home Video’s Paul Hempstreet accepted the best collection/multidisc set award for Harry Potter: Years 1-5 Limited Edition Gift Set. Home Media Magazine’s Stephanie Prange (far right) posed for a photo with members of her studio panel, (L-R) Chris Saito, VP of marketing for Paramount Home Entertainment; Danny Kaye, EVP of global research and technology strategy at 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment; Lori MacPherson, GM of North America for Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment; and Rich Marty, VP of business development at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The BD Live Workshop featured lively discourse between panelists (L-R) Russ Crupnick of The NPD 4 5 Group, Juan Reyes, technical director, BluFocus Inc.; Adam Vadnais, supervising producer, TrailerPark Inc.; Ole Lütjens, creative director and co-owner of MX Entertainment and co-founder of the Related Content Database; John Richards, SVP, world wide creative services, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Panasonic’s Tony Jasionowski (left) and Pioneer’s Andy Parsons were the sole members of the hardware panel. Panasonic won a special “best CE company for Blu-ray” award for its leadership role in promoting the next-generation format. Accepting on behalf of Eisuke Tsuyuzaki was Tony Jasionowski. Photos: Cara Garcia 2 7 8 3 6 10 Home Media Magazine November 16–22, 2008 http://www.homemediamagazine.com

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