(aka The Army of Darkness (1993) (USA: original script title), Army of Darkness, The Ultimate Experience in Medieval Horror (1993) (closing credits title), Army of Darkness: Evil Dead 3 (1993), Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness (1993) (UK: video title), Captain Supermarket (1993), Evil Dead 3 (1993), Evil Dead II: The Medieval Dead (1984) (USA: working title), The Medieval Dead (1993) )
directed
by Sam Raimi
U.S. 1993
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DVD Comparison (This represents the DIRECTOR'S CUT of the film):
Anchor Bay - Region 2 - PAL - vs. Anchor Bay Region 1 - NTSC vs. MGM - Region 3 - NTSC
Thanks to Mark Wilson for the NTSC screen captures and Rob Dunkley for the PAL screen captures.
(Anchor Bay R2 - PAL - LEFT Anchor Bay R1 - NTSC- MIDDLE vs. MGM R3 - NTSC - RIGHT)
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Distribution |
Anchor Bay Region 2 - PAL |
Anchor Bay Region 1 - NTSC |
MGM
Region 3 - NTSC |
Runtime | 1:32:00 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:35:48 | 1:36:12 |
Video |
1.78:1 Aspect Ratio 16X9
enhanced |
1.66:1
Original Aspect Ratio 16X9 enhanced |
1.85:1
Aspect Ratio 16X9 enhanced |
Bitrate:
Anchor Bay R2 NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes. |
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Bitrate:
Anchor Bay R1 . |
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Bitrate:
MGM R3 |
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Audio | English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo) | English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo) |
English - Dolby Digital 5.1 |
Subtitles | None | English, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Korean, Cantonese and none | |
Features |
Release Information: Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: February 19, 1993 Aspect Ratio: Widescreen anamorphic - 1.78:1 Edition Details: • Commentary by Sam, Bruce and Ivan • Director's Storyboards • 4 deleted scenes
• Original Ending ( 4 minutes) DVD
Release Date: November 11th, 2001 Chapters 23
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Release Information: Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: February 19, 1993 Aspect Ratio: Edition Details: DVD
Release Date: October 23, 2001 Chapters
23
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Release Information: Studio: MGM Region 3 Theatrical Release Date: February 19, 1993 Aspect Ratio: Widescreen anamorphic - 1.85:1 Edition Details: • The MGM R3 Director's Cut is 1.85:1 anamorphic and includes a DD 5.1 track. It also includes the same commentary as the Anchor Bay, 4 deleted scenes and alternate ending. Theatrical trailer and Photo gallery. Its listed as 93 minutes but as you can see it clocks in at 96 mins.
Keep Case Chapters 16 |
Comments: |
'No competition here in the image clarity department. The R3 MGM disc wins hands down. Color though may prove to be more true in the Anchor Bay versions although skin tones seem fairly consistent in all three. Shadow delineation and detail in darker scenes is excellent in the MGM. The AB versions looks cropped on all four sides in some scenes and even zoomed in others. The MGM version sports the best 5.1 mix I've heard for this movie, and I know, I've got 4 dvds and 2 laserdisc versions of AOD! Kudos to MGM for putting such great work into this release. - Mark Wilson |
Screen Captures
(Anchor
Bay R2 - PAL - TOP Anchor
Bay
R1 - NTSC- MIDDLE vs. MGM R3 - NTSC - BOTTOM)
(Anchor Bay R2 - PAL - TOP Anchor Bay R1 - NTSC- MIDDLE vs. MGM R3 - NTSC - BOTTOM)
(Anchor Bay R2 - PAL - TOP Anchor Bay R1 - NTSC- MIDDLE vs. MGM R3 - NTSC - BOTTOM)
(Anchor
Bay R2 - PAL - TOP Anchor
Bay
R1 - NTSC- MIDDLE vs. MGM R3 - NTSC - BOTTOM)
(Anchor Bay R2 - PAL - TOP Anchor Bay R1 - NTSC- MIDDLE vs. MGM R3 - NTSC - BOTTOM)
Report Card:
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MGM R3 |
Sound: |
MGM R3 |
Extras: | MGM R3 |
Menu: | MGM R3 |
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