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| Overall Rating: 4.75 out of 5, including 2 reviews
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With The Original 1927 Orchestral Score
Perhaps the most famous and influential of all silent films, Metropolis had for 75 years been seen only in shortened or truncated versions. Now, restored in Germany with state of the art digital technology, under the supervision of the Murnau Foundation, and with the original 1927 orchestral score by Gottfried Huppertz added, Metropolis can be appreciated in its full glory. It is, as A.O. Scott of the New York Times declared, "A fever dream of the future. At last we have the movie every would be cinematic visionary has been trying to make since 1927."
Metropolis takes place in 2026, when the populace is divided between workers who must live in the dark underground and the rich who enjoy a futuristic city of splendor. The tense balance of these two societies is realized through images that are among the most famous of the 20th Century, many of which presage sci-fi landmarks as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner. Lavish and spectacular, with elaborate sets and modern science fiction style, Metropolis stands today as the crowning achievement of the authorized version of this towering classic, at a length over one third longer than any previous release, for the first time on DVD.
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Features:
| 43-Minute Documentary on the Making-Of Metropolis
Featurette: The Digital Restoration
Photo Galleries featuring Production Stills, Missing Scenes, Architectural Sketches and Poster Artwork
13 Cast and Crew Biographies
Audio Commentary in English, German, French and Spanish
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| | Standard 1.33:1 B&W | | Audio: (more info) | MUSIC: Dolby Digital Mono
| Subtitles:
| | English, Spanish, French, German
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| Studio: Kino Video
Production Year: 1927
Release Date: 2/18/2003
Length: 124 mins
Rating: NR
Chapters: 33
| Includes: Audio Commentary
Packaging: Keep Case
Number of Discs: 1
Disc: SS-DL
Item Code: K275
UPC Code: 738329027520
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Overall Rating: 4.75 out of 5, including 2 reviews
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The most complete version of Metropolis available... - 4.75 out of 5 (3/10/2003)
The science-fiction classic Metropolis by German director Fritz Lang (1890-1976) exists only in incomplete form. At its Berlin premiere in 1927, the film ran 153 minutes. Paramount, the film's American distributor, thought the movie too long for mass audiences and released a 90-minute version. Lang's studio, Ufa (the Universum-Film-Aktiengesellschaft), then withdrew the original film and started distributing the cut version in Germany and worldwide. The film still lost money.
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Customer Review
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A great restoration of this classic film. - 4.75 out of 5 (3/2/2003)
This is a great restoration of a classic film. Many scenes have been restored and the plot makes much more sense than it previous video/DVD releases. The quality is excellent. The score is the original orchestral music written for this movie. I highly recomment this move.
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