Look Inside the DVD Bonus Features
Dying to know what’s on the BONUS FEATURES disc in The Hunger Games DVD? Check this out. And don’t worry, it’s spoiler free. We want you to watch and enjoy for yourselves.
Game Maker: Suzanne Collins & The Hunger Games Phenomenon
The bonus features start off with a handful of producers, actors, and other professionals talking about The Hunger Games and how it’s relevant in today’s society. There’s a lot of background on the books and how Suzanne came up with the concept. Once it was published, it turned into a runaway train. With praises from kids and adults alike, it was obvious this wasn’t a typical young adult novel. It’s turned into a huge community, and there’s been a resurgence in reading with the younger generations. It’s great to see all the interviews from the teachers and students who are reading them for school. Really, how cool is it that they’re teaching this book in school now?
The World is Watching: Making The Hunger Games
This is, by far, the coolest feature on the DVD. It’s a giant documentary broken down into smaller chapters.The individual chapters consist of things like Casting, Design, On Location, Effects, etc. This is the section to be watching for all of your THG needs. It gives you a behind-the-scenes of everything you could possibly want to see, and this is where you’ll find the fun side of the actors when the cameras aren’t rolling. There should be more than enough footage here to keep you occupied, and it’s probably something you can watch more than once in case you missed a detail the first time around.
Letters from the Rose Garden
Now, this is just cool. Donald Sutherland reads us the letter he wrote to Gary Ross about President Snow before Ross officially had him cast in the movie. The way Donald writes and speaks is very eloquent, and it’s immediately clear why he was cast as President Snow.
Controlling the Games
Take a closer look at how the producers and Gary Ross created what we couldn’t read on the page. As you all know, since The Hunger Games is in first person, Katniss doesn’t know what goes on inside the game room. Luckily for us, we do, and this shows us how it came to be and why it’s so important.
A Conversation with Gary Ross and Elvis Mitchell
Elvis Mitchell is an American film critic, and he sits down with Gary Ross to discuss the intricacies of turning The Hunger Games into the powerful movie that it is. It’s a very solid and in depth interview, and it’s nice to see the steady flow of Gary’s thoughts.
Propaganda Film
Remember during the reaping when Effie introduces a short video brought straight from the Capitol? Well, here’s the longer version of the video. There’s no commentary or cutaways, and it’s shown as more of a commercial. It’s a great little piece, and it really does look like something that the Capitol put together to promote the Games!
Marketing Gallery
The marketing gallery is exactly as it sounds. It’s a place where all the marketing materials they used for the film come together, and you can flip through them at your leisure. It consists of three separate areas for the theatrical trailers, poster gallery, and photo gallery. The photo gallery is actually pretty cool, and I hadn’t seen some of those pictures in there yet. Definitely be sure to check it out.
The one thing you might notice is missing is a blooper reel. That was my biggest disappointment in flipping through the special features, but if you watch The World is Watching documentary, there are plenty of funny moments that could be considered bloopers. It’s just a shame we can’t see them all condensed in one place! Don’t let that stop you from getting the DVD, though. Be sure to pick up your copy on August 18th.
Does it matter what store you buy it at? Like, is this only for the target version, or do all of them have the special features? Thanks!
Wait, so there aren’t any deleted scenes??
Oh well, the other stuff sounds awesome
@Alex- These are the “basic” special features. They come with every version of The Hunger Games you could imagine (i.e. Basic blu-ray, basic DVD, Target, Walmart, Best Buy, and Costco). Target offers a third disk with 45 minutes of special features entitled the Tribute Diaries. Walmart has a mockingjay pendant and some special Vudu features like the Stunts of the Hunger Games and Capitol Couture. Costco and Best Buy don’t offer any exclusive content but the Costco one has some prop replicas like the silver parachute necklace, district 12 duffel, and bag clip, and Best Buy offers some “collectible, numbered item” that I don’t know what it is.
Hope this helped
So excited to get this on dvd! Anyone else going to a midnight release party?
that sounds so awesome!!
but there arent any deleted scenes?? :/
I’m bummed about the absence of any kind of commentary but the 2 hour long ‘The World is Watching’ documentary sure sounds all-encompasing.
And hey, whose to say that things like deleted scenes or bloopers won’t get included later on down the road, because you KNOW they’re going to be releasing a box set and/or several versions of all of the movies by the time the series is done. It’s standard practice to milk these franchises for all their worth.
Heck I’ve got three different versions of The Lord of The Rings. The theatrical release (because I could wait to see the movies again), the extended version released later in the year (because hello special features up the wazoo), and more recently the extended versions in blu-ray.
They key is to make the double-dipping worth it in the eyes of the consumer and in the case of LOTR it certainly was.
But are there any deleted scenes or an extended version? And no commentary. I’ll wait till it goes on sale if not. (guess I’m not a “true fan” lol). Hope Francis Lawrence does a better job lol.
How did u get a copy of the dvd already???
@rory mellark Thanks!! I’m definitely going to go with the target version!
I WILL DIE IF I DONT GET THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!( :
Are there the same features on the blu-ray and the dvd version? Is anything a blu-ray exclusive? I’m still trying to decide which format to get in this case
Is it wrong of me that I’ll probably buy both the Target and Walmart versions (even though I hate Walmart)? I’m a sucker for special features on discs, and I want all of them.
I’ll probably buy both Blu-Ray and regular DVD because I have both players.
I can’t wait!
Every time I see that picture, I think the front bit looks like it could be Buttercup :-L But amazing special features! WHY MUST THE UK HAVE TO WAIT AN EXTRA THREE AND A HALF WEEKS?!?!?!?!?! All my fandom friends will have it before me
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh i’m freaking out! I’m getting the target one. cause I will die if I don’t get to see the tribute diaries part. I’m having all my rl fandom friends over for a Capitol party- with food! And i managed to get my grandma hooked and she promised me a mockingjay pin, so i’m happy.
During the ‘The World is Watching’ feature they show a few seconds of a scene with Liam and Willow in the woods that was cut, and one with Willow wearing a Tribute jacket in the woods, but I have no idea what they could mean. Seeing all the deleted scenes would be interesting, but I completely trust that Gary and the editors made the right choices with cutting scenes.
Ok, so wasn’t there a scene in the movie where Katniss was running through the forest and they were sending fireballs? I just watched the DVD and that wasn’t on it. Did it get cut or did I just dream I saw it at the theater….
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To the next! Kind regards!!