{"id":113106,"date":"2013-01-06T11:56:01","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T18:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=113106"},"modified":"2013-01-06T12:01:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-06T19:01:54","slug":"25th-anniversary-ron-howards-willow-debut-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2013\/01\/06\/25th-anniversary-ron-howards-willow-debut-blu-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate 25th Anniversary of Ron Howard&#8217;s Willow with Debut of Blu-ray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Writer and producer George Lucas and director Ron Howard&#8217;s acclaimed action adventure drama &#8216;Willow&#8217; is celebrating its 25th anniversary with the release of the film&#8217;s digitally restored Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack on March 12. 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Together, Willow and Madmartigan must overcome the forces of darkness in the ultimate battle of good versus evil.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the &#8216;Willow&#8217; 25th Anniversary Blu-ray trailer below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/juMFeiGIL7w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Written by: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/movie-reviews-in-new-york\/karen-benardello\">Karen Benardello<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Celebrate-25th-Anniversary-of-Ron-Howards-Willow-with-Debut-of-Blu-ray.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Celebrate-25th-Anniversary-of-Ron-Howards-Willow-with-Debut-of-Blu-ray.jpg\" alt=\"Celebrate 25th Anniversary of Ron Howard&#039;s Willow with Debut of Blu-ray\" title=\"Celebrate 25th Anniversary of Ron Howard&#039;s Willow with Debut of Blu-ray\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-113118\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writer and producer George Lucas and director Ron Howard&#8217;s acclaimed action adventure drama &#8216;Willow&#8217; is celebrating its 25th anniversary with the release of the film&#8217;s digitally restored Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack on March 12. 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