Hayao Miyazaki`s THE WIND RISES on Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD

Masterpiece from the Academy Award-Winning Director Arrives November 18th Source: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Inc. press release Special Thanks to Jennifer Malone From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (Best Animated Feature, SPIRITED AWAY, 2002) comes THE WIND RISES (????, Kaze Tachinu, 2013), a spellbinding movie beyond compare. Experience “perhaps the greatest animated film the cinema has ever seen” (David Ehrlich, Film.com) on Blu-ray on DVD this November 18th.

Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Gianni Caproni. Nearsighted and unable to be a pilot, he becomes one of the world’s most accomplished airplane designers, experiencing key historical events in an epic tale of love, perseverance and the challenges of living and making choices in a turbulent world. Bring home the film that has dazzled fans and critics around the globe. Bursting off the screen with spectacular picture and sound and featuring fascinating bonus material, Miyazaki’s Academy Award-nominated masterpiece, THE WIND RISES, is breathtaking on Blu-ray. Credits Director: Hayao Miyazaki Producer: Toshio Suzuki Original Story and Screenplay by: Hayao Miyazaki English-Language Version Director: Gary Rydstrom English-Language Version Producer: Studio Ghibli/Geoffrey Wexler English-Language Version Executive Producer: Frank Marshall English-Language Screenplay Adaptation by: Mike Jones English Voice Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Martin Short, Stanley Tucci, Mandy Patinkin, Mae Whitman, Werner Herzog, Jennifer Grey, William H. Macy, Zach Callison, Madeleine Rose Yen, Eva Bella, Edie Mirman, Darren Criss, Elijah Wood, Ronan Farrow, David Cowgill THE WIND RISES Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack Street Date: November 18, 2014 Run Time: Approx. 127 Minutes Rated: PG-13 “For some disturbing images and smoking.” Bonus material not rated. Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 Widescreen (Enhanced for 16x9 Televisions) Sound: English and Japanese 1.0 DTS-HDMA, English DVS 1.0 Mono Subtitles: English, French & Spanish Number of Discs: 2 SRP: $36.99 Blu-ray Bonus Features: • THE WIND RISES: Behind the Microphone • Storyboards • Original Japanese Trailers and TV Spots • Announcement of the Completion of the Film THE WIND RISES DVD Street Date: November 18, 2014 Run Time: Approx. 127 Minutes Rated: PG-13 “For some disturbing images and smoking.” Bonus material not rated. Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 Widescreen (Enhanced for 16x9 Televisions) Sound: English, Japanese, and English DVS 1.0 Mono Subtitles: English, French & Spanish SRP: $29.99 DVD Bonus Features: • THE WIND RISES: Behind the Microphone

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For more information on THE WIND RISES, please see the earlier coverage here on SciFi Japan: