After months of speculation, Criterion has announced the release of Stephen Soderbergh's Che on Blu-Ray and DVD on January 10, 2010. Given the bevy of extras and special features, it seems as if Criterion has chosen to make its edition of Soderbergh's film the definitive video release. The features for the Spanish-language, English-subtitled Criterion release include: high-definition digital transfers of Che: Part One and Che: Part Two, supervised and approved by director Steven Soderbergh, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition; audio commentaries on both films, featuring Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life; Making "Che," a new documentary about the film's production, featuring interviews with Soderbergh, producer Laura Bickford, actor-producer Benicio del Toro, and writers Peter Buchman and Ben van der Veen; new interviews with Cuban historians as well as participants in the 1958 Cuban R evolution and Che's 1967 Bolivian campaign; deleted scenes; theatrical trailers; and a booklet featuring an essay by critic Amy Taubin.
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