Released on Blu-ray by Paramount in May 2021:

1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray

DVD Release Date: August 19, 2003
Keepcase

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Edition Details:
• New documentary - Remembering Rosemary's Baby - featuring interviews with Polanski, actress Mia Farrow, and producer Robert Evans (46:54)
• Interview with author Ira Levin from a 1997 broadcast of Leonard Lopate’s public radio program New York and Company, about his 1967 novel, its sequel, and the film (19:21)
• Komeda, Komeda, a feature- length documentary on the life and work of jazz musician and composer Krzysztof Komeda, who wrote the score for Rosemary’s Baby 91:10:43)
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Ed Park; Levin’s afterword to the 2003 New American Library edition of his novel; and Levin’s rare, unpublished character sketches of the Woodhouses and floor plan of their apartment, created in preparation for the novel
 

Blu-ray Release Date: October 30th, 2012
Transparent Blu-ray case

Chapters 18

ADDITION: Criterion - Region 'A' - Blu-ray (October 2012): Advertised as 'restored digital transfer, approved by director Roman Polanski'. The 1080P looks solid - dual-layered with a decent bitrate and colors gain some vibrancy and tightness. The image quality has wonderful film grain textures and contrast is at Criterion's usual Hallmark standard. Everything is sharper and the more intense colors breathe new life in the viewing presentation.

Krzysztof Komeda's score is brilliant - haunting and brooding and gains some notable prominence with a lossless linear PCM mono track at 1152 kbps. It is a large part of the presentation and comes across authentically flat but with some perceived depth in uncompressed. There are optional English subtitles on the region 'A'-locked Blu-ray disc.

We get a new 47-minute documentary - Remembering Rosemary's Baby - featuring interviews with Polanski, actress Mia Farrow, and producer Robert Evans. There is also a 20-minute audio-only interview with author Ira Levin from a 1997 broadcast of Leonard Lopate’s public radio program New York and Company, about his 1967 novel, its sequel, and the film and Komeda, Komeda, a 1-hour 10-minute documentary on the life and work of jazz musician and composer Krzysztof Komeda, who wrote the score for Rosemary’s Baby as well as Polanski's Dance of the Vampires and Cul-de-sac among others. There is a liner notes booklet included in the transparent Blu-ray case featuring an essay by critic Ed Park; Levin’s afterword to the 2003 New American Library edition of his novel; and Levin’s rare, unpublished character sketches of the Woodhouses and floor plan of their apartment, created in preparation for the novel.

 - Arvid

The Region 1 NTSC DVD comes from the same color-poor analog master Paramount used for TV broadcast and the old 12" LaserDisc, material obviously repeated for the PAL version. After having the NTSC edition for a long while, I had a chance to screen the film in a decent 35mm print and was shocked just how superior the colors were on film with a difference that should not be the case versus the DVD format. The sound was also more compressed on the DVD than expected. Since they are supporting HD-DVD, Paramount should make this one of their first classic titles to get the upgraded treatment. Hopefully, the fact that it has monophonic sound will not cause a delay versus multi-channel titles.