| Overall: | B |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B+ |
| Sexual Content: | B- |
| Language: | C |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A |
| Run Time: | 118 |
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| Video Release: | 27 Jan 2008 |
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DVD Notes: Drumline: Special Edition
Home Video Extra Features
DVD Release Date: 29 January 2008
Strike up the band with this Special Edition DVD release of Drumline. Bonus materials marching along include a commentary by director Charles Stone III and deleted scenes (with optional director’s commentary). Featurettes take a deeper look at Half-Time Heroes, The Real Battle of the Bands and the Anatomy of a Drumline. Audio tracks are available in English (Dolby Surround 5.1) as well as Spanish and French (Dolby Surround), with subtitles in English, French and Spanish.
27 January 2009: DRUMLINE SPECIAL EDITION releases on Blu-ray. Including all the bonus materials available on the DVD version, this disc also offers deleted scenes (with optional director’s commentary). The movie is presented in widescreen with 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio (English) and 5.1 Dolby Digital (French and Spanish).
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Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
