• Amaray Case
• Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)
• Storyboard to Film Comparison
• Cast Interviews
• "Music and Sound Design" Featurette
• "Reaching the Audience" Featurette
• "Rules and Clues" Featurette
• Deleted Scenes
• Conversation with M. Night Shyamalan
• Theatrical Trailer
• 2 TV Spots
• Filmmakers' and Cast Bios
• Shyamalan's 1st Horror Film

Disc
Watching the features, you can tell Shyamalan was all over this disc. That's a good thing, because it shows he really cares about how his movies are treated on dvd. Not only are there some really cool menus, but also 3 featurettes, which range from 3 to 6 minutes. The cast interviews run about 6 minutes, while the interview with Shyamalan clocks in at 8 minutes. Though it's brief, the comments he makes are quite amusing and some are really funny. This guy has a sense of humor and I feel he'll be around for a long, long time. The best thing I enjoyed though was the "Rules and Clues" featurette. When I watched in the theater, I found, or so I thought, several huge gaping plot holes. After hearing some comments from that featurette, now I only see about 1 or 2, which isn't bad.

This Best Picture nominee gets honorable treatment as far as audio and video are concerned. The film is quiet throughtout, but the audio really takes advantage of that exciting, and often creepy score. The surround is used pretty often, with alot of jolts in terms of sound jumping out of the rear section. No bass is really needed for this type of film. Now that Disney woke up a few months ago and started fully supporting anamorphic transfers, this dvd shows what they can do. It's an absolute flawless transfer. The color red is a key in the movie, and it has never been so rich and bright. Most of the movie is muted, with grays, but that's understandable. It appeared Shyamalan was trying to use "dead" colors. In all, a great technical dvd. My only complaint with this dvd are those annoying trailers you must set through before you get to the main menu. Sure, you can hit the skip button, but why make the consumer do that. What's really irritating is the option "preview trailers" is on the freakin' menu! Quite tacky. Here's a thought, why not fix it to where they don't play automatically when you put the disc in and just let us decide whether or not we want to watch them by selecting the option on the menu. I'm baffled about that.

Overall
I think eventually, this will surpass The Matrix as the highest selling dvd in the short history of the format. Had the film contained a Shyamalan commentary, it would've gotten the 4 star treatment. Still, what it does offer is very good. Combine those features with great a/v, and an above average movie, and you really can't go wrong with a purchase. Highly recommended.