(aka "Les Travaux d'Hercule" or "Le Fatiche di Ercole")
directed
by Pietro Francisci
Italy / Spain 1958
Theatrical Release: February 20, 1958 - Italy
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DVD Comparison:
DVDY Films - Region 0 - PAL vs. Extreme Digital Media - Region 0 - NTSC
Big thanks to Pieter Boven and Gregory Meshman for the Screen Caps!
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| Runtime | 1:37:51 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:43:65 |
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2.35:1 Original Aspect Ratio
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| Audio | English, French, Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) |
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| Subtitles | French (forced) | None |
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Release Information: Studio: DVDY Films Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 14 |
Release Information: Studio: Extreme Digital Media Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 1 |
| Comments |
Although the subtitles are
forced, I managed to disable them on my Pioneer DV-454 by selecting
"Subtitle Display: OFF" in the player's setup menu. The English dubs on both DVDs are different. Here's a sample of dialogue accompanying the scene of the first screenshot. US DVD Hercules: "I will start where your lips have touched." Iole: "Why how dare you be so audacious!" Hercules: "I'm too hungry to help it." French DVD Hercules: "I'll begin where your lips ended." Iole: "I can't decide whether you're sincere or just bold!" Hercules: "Not bold, only hungry." U.S. disc - U.S. disc has no chapters, no menus - the worst possible disc of this title and I got it. You can't get worse than this... Link points to DVD Empire - the only place where I could find this atrocity. The bitrate only shows the first layer - the second layer of 13 minutes, 20 seconds has the bitrate of 4.50 |
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