Winner of two Academy Awards® and three Golden Globes®, including Best Motion Picture—Musical or Comedy, DREAMGIRLS -- the electrifying film adaptation of the Tony-winning® Broadway musical -- was a triumphant success with audiences and critics alike. Starring Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles, Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy, the film follows a trio of singers in the 1960s, "the Dreamettes," who realize that the cost of fame may be higher than they anticipated. Now, fans can relive the dream with a dazzling new Blu-ray™ Combo Gift Set and Digital HD release arriving on October 10.
Representing director Bill Condon’s complete vision, the DREAMGIRLS Blu-ray™ Combo Gift Set is presented in striking new collectible book-style packaging and includes never-before-released footage of Jennifer Hudson’s auditions and screen test. The Digital HD release available on iTunes will also include nearly an hour of additional new featurettes and over four hours of previously released bonus content.
On October 10th, acclaimed director Bill Condon can discuss his true vision for the film as presented in this new Blu-ray™ Combo Gift Set and Digital HD release. Bill Condon received numerous accolades for writing and/or directing heavy-hitting dramas such as Gods and Monsters - which earned him an Oscar® for Adapted Screenplay - and the biopic Kinsey about the provocative real-life sex researcher. He also wrote the glittery musical spectacleChicago and later directed the box office smash hits The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Parts I and II. Most recently, Bill helmed the live-action blockbuster musical Beauty and the Beast starring Emma Watson.
