HD DVD - The Look and Sound of Perfect

Combo Format

Picture-in-Picture

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The amazing capacity of the HD DVD disc enables U-Control to take traditional filmmaker commentary to an exciting new visual level. Turn on picture-in-picture from U-Control in the menu. As the movie plays, the picture-in-picture icon will appear above the U-Control logo whenever the feature is available. Select the icon and two windows will play simultaneously on your HD TV screen. As the first window continues to show the movie, the second takes you behind the scenes with Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, director Ridley Scott, and key cast and crew members for exclusive interviews and revealing footage about the scene you’re watching.

Real-time Interactivity

With Microsoft’s HDi™ technology, you can navigate through the movie, bonus features and settings as the movie plays. Instantly turn U-Control on or off, or access Web-enabled features at anytime. Your American Gangster HD DVD puts you in control of a new multidimensional, high-definition movie experience that’s only available on HD DVD.

My Scenes

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What if you could create your own personal collection of favorite American Gangster scenes? My Scenes makes it easy. While watching the movie, press the "B" button on your remote to bookmark a scene, then press the "C" button to create a clip. Repeat at any time to mark all your favorite clips. To watch your scenes, select My Scenes from the menu. All your scenes appear on a visual timeline of the movie. Select any clip and you are instantly transported to that moment. Or select “Play Clips,” then sit back and watch your favorites play back in HD. Your HD DVD player will store your scenes until you delete them, so you can enjoy your own personal American Gangster whenever you like. American Gangster HD DVD also enables you to share My Scenes cliplists with friends. Connect through Web-Enabled from the menu and start sending cliplists, exchanging messages and turning your home video into a high-definition, high-impact entertainment experience. Create your own best buddy list at UniversalHiDef.com

Web-Enabled

With standard DVD, the disc is the means and the end. With HD DVD, the disc is just the beginning. Web-Enabled is a new experience for HD DVD users. A simple registration process gets your HD DVD player connected to the Internet (via Ethernet connection) and puts you on the road to personalization, unique access to content, community building and e-commerce. You can download exclusive trailers, content and games right to your HD DVD player. Using My Scenes, send your favorite clips to your friends via a buddy list. Sign up for newsletters, sweepstakes and special offers. Your account will live in the persistent storage of the player, which recognizes you when you put in a new connected disc. It can remember your password, giving you one-click access to the Download Center. You can even register multiple accounts with different passwords, all on the same player. To create an account, click here Plug your HD DVD player into your high-speed Internet connection to activate these revolutionary Web-enabled features. Using Microsoft’s HDi™ technology, you can experience a whole new world of interactivity, right from your HD TV.

Download Center

Access your exclusive link to new Universal content, right from your living room. Your HD DVD player is your direct connection to new movie trailers, interactive polls and exclusive content. You can watch and delete, or save them on your player for later. Check back as often as you like, because your player and an HD DVD account is all you need to enjoy a constantly evolving collection of video extras from Universal. Go to UniversalHiDef.com to set up an HD DVD account and start exploring today!

My Scenes Sharing

Universal HD DVD turns American Gangster into an interactive experience worth sharing. After you send your My Scenes cliplist to a friend, check your inbox inside the Web-enabled menu for messages and cliplists from your friends. Every time you open and watch a friend’s cliplist, you get to experience American Gangster in a revolutionary new way—through someone else’s eyes.

Downloadable Polling

What do you think about American Gangster? Share your take on the movie, and see how your views compare with others. Answer questions about the cast, the filmmakers, the movie and the issues it raises, then instantly access results from the entire Universal high-def community.

• Feature Commentary

  By Director Ridley Scott and writer Steven Zaillian

Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team up with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) for an epic story as powerful as it is true. Armed with ruthless, street-wise tactics and a strict sense of honor, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem’s chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas’s multimillion-dollar empire, it plunges both men into a legendary confrontation. American Gangster is “a brutal and brilliant film" (Pete Hammond, Maxim).