“Tron: The Original Classic” On Blu-ray And DVD

March 2, 2011 | by Disney Dreaming

On April 5, 2011 Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment will release “Tron: The Original Classic” Special Edition to Blu-ray and DVD. The movie originally released in 1982 and stars actor Jeff Bridges, who also played a lead character in the recently released sequel movie “TRON: Legacy.”

Special Features on the 2-Disc DVD include:

- [All New] The TRON Phenomenon
Since its original release in 1982, TRON became an instant classic with a cult fan base. Explore the reasoning by this phenomenon, its impact on pop culture, and its resurgence with the release of TRON: Legacy, featuring interviews with the filmmakers and stars from the new movie (On Disc 1)
- Audio Commentary (from existing release)
With director Steven Lisberger, producer Donald Kushner, associate producer and visual effects supervisor Harrison Ellenshaw and visual effects supervisor Richard Taylor (On Disc 1)
- The Making of Tron (from existing release)
Includes interviews with cast members Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, Cyndi Morgan, Bernard Hughes, Daniel Shore, and David Warner. New Interviews with writer/director Steven Lisberger, Richard Taylor, Harrison Ellenshaw, Donald Kushner, and other key production personnel
- Development (from existing release)
– Early development of TRON
– Early Lisberger Studios animation
– Early concept art and background concepts
– “Computers Are People Too”
– Early video tests text card
- Digital Imagery (from existing release)
– Backlight animation
– Digital imagery in Tron
– “Beyond Tron”
– Role of Triple I
– Triple I demo
- Music (existing release)
– Lightcycle scene with alternate Carlos music tracks text card
– End credits with original Carlos
- Publicty (existing release)
– Trailers
– Nato, work in progress, 1, 2, 3, & 4
– Production photos
– Publicity and merchandising
- Deleted Scenes (existing release)
– Introduction by writer/director Steven Lisberger
– Tron And Yori’s love scene
– Tron And Yori’s love scene #2
– Alternate opening prologue
- Design (existing release)
– Introduction to design by writer/director Steven Lisberger
– The programs – Flynn, Yori, Sark, The Bit, Guard, Tron, Dumont, MCP, Video Warrior, Misc
– The vehicles
– Lightcycles:
- Syd Mead discusses lightcycle design
- Magi animation tests
- Lightcycle designs
– Recognizer
- Recongizer designs
- Space Paranoids video game
- Space Paranoids video game
– Tank
– Sark’s Carrier
– Solar
– Sailor
– The Electronic World
– Dillinger’s office and Flynn’s Arcade
– The Game Grid
– Power Cave
– The Electronic World
– I/O tower designs
– Yori’s apartment
– Triple I models
- Storyboarding (existing release)
– The storyboarding process
– Moebius miscellaneous storyboarding artwork text card
– Creation of TRON main title – Moebius storyboards
– Early storyboard artwork text card
– Storyboard to film comparison:
- Intro
- Lightcycle chase storyboard
- Lightcycle chase final film
- Galleries
– Development: Early concept art and background concepts
– Publicity
– Design
– Storyboarding

Additional Blu-ray Bonus Features include:

- [All new] Photo Tronology: Join director Steven Lisberger and his son, Carl Lisberger, on a personal journey to Disney’s photo library and hear anecdotes and intimate stories from Steven as they uncover the original production photos and materials taken during the making of TRON.