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The Blair Witch Project

Artisan Entertainment
1999
R
87 minutes
Full screen 1.33:1
Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Interactive menu
Theatrical trailer
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Audio commentary, production notes, theatrical trailers and TV spots, "Curse of the Blair Witch" documentary, "newly discovered" footage.
Suggested Retail Price: $29.98
Directors: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez
Cast: Heather Donahue, Michael Williams, Joshua Leonard

Description: Very scary mock documentary about three students who travel to the remote hills of Maryland to investigate the legend of a witch who has plagued the community for two centuries. Ostensibly the filmmakers disappeared in the woods and this film, "discovered" a year later, is a document of their final days. Made on a shoestring budget -- shot on 16mm and High-8 video, with herky-jerky camera movements and offscreen terror -- "Blair Witch" has become the darling of the Web set and has set boxoffice records for a film of this type.

Special features include "Curse of the Blair Witch," a Sci-Fi Channel promotional tie-in fictionalized documentary feature that "explores the aftermath of the filmmakers' disappearance" and DVD-ROM elements that include a map of the Black Hills Forest near Burkittsville, Maryland inhabited by the Blair Witch, excerpts from the best-selling Blair Witch comic book and Dossier, and Web site links.

All DVDs are screened on a reference Onkyo DV- S717 third-generation DVD player.

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