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Former Warner Bros Entertainment Senior Vice President of Creative Content Paul Hemstreet joins the podcast to talk about the 1999 film, The Matrix, and its historic DVD release and the impact that release had on the Home Entertainment market and the development of DVD extras.  

One of the first Warner Home Video employees tasked with producing DVD extras, Paul has great insight into the nascent DVD market in the late 1990s and gives background on Warner Bros commitment to ensuring the new format was successful.  He also shares stories of working with the actors, directors, and Silver Pictures, the production company behind The Matrix, on the commentaries and amazing behind-the-scenes featurettes that showcased this mind-bending film.

The Matrix was the first DVD to sell over a million copies, the first to sell 3 million and has gone on to sell over 30 million copies, and counting.  The DVD received rave reviews, in part due to its ground-breaking extras which showcased the potential of DVD branching in the “Follow the White Rabbit” extra.

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