At the dawn of DVD, one of the earliest releases had a running time that required the viewer to eject the disc and “flip” it over to see the thrilling conclusion to the film.   The DVD-9 configuration hadn’t been perfected quite yet, so a DVD-10 (two DVD-5s glued back-to-back) was pressed into service.   This was commonly referred to as a “flipper” disc.

The film in question is director David Fincher’s Se7en, which clocked in at 127 minutes.

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment announced this past week that a new 4K restoration of Se7en (from the original camera negative) will be available on Jan. 7 as a new 4K Ultra HD edition — two buying options will be available (Limited Edition SteelBook and standard packaging).

Bonus features included with this 4K Ultra HD launch are all archival elements.  These include four separate commentary options, deleted scenes, alternate endings and featurettes, including “Production Design” and “Mastering for the Home Theatre.”