Special editions of Oscar winners "A Beautiful Mind" and "Monster's Ball" are both coming to DVD.

Halle Berry's Oscar-winning turn opposite Billy Bob Thornton in the bleak "Monster's Ball" will be in stores June 11. It will include audio commentaries by Berry, Thornton and director Marc Forster, as well as deleted scenes and outtakes, the DVDfile.com reports.

Meanwhile, Davisdvd.com reports that "Monster's Ball," which includes an uncommonly graphic sex scene between Berry and Thornton, will be issued in R-rated and unrated DVD versions. And director Forster told the website he hopes the disc will convey Thornton's unusual working method.

"Even though it's a drama and it's often very intense -- the scene on the set was very light and funny," Forster told Davisdvd.com.

"Often, (Thornton) cracks jokes and entertains the entire crew and everybody's laughing. When you say action, his face changes and he becomes something totally different. It's fascinating to watch."

Despite previous reports, no date has been set for the DVD release of "A Beautiful Mind," but director Ron Howard told Davisdvd.com that the set will come with featurettes and deleted scenes, including one featuring his father, Rance Howard.

The disc will also examine the techniques used to visually convey central character John Nash's mental affliction.

"Some of the epiphanies did entail visual effects and took a fair amount of planning, not only on the visual effects side, but conceptually," he told the site. "I wanted them to be subtle on the one hand but have a relationship with each other, as well."


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