"Mean Streets" Warner Home Video (USA) (Special Edition) - Region 0 - NTSC vs. E.M.S. (Germany) - Region 2

(aka "Hexenkessel" )

directed by Martin Scorsese
USA 1973

The breakthrough film for Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel and of course, director Martin Scorsese. A common story of small time hoods, familial bonding, pervasive violence and the religious overtones while surviving in New York's Little Italy. We would see much more advanced, superior and mature works from all three in their future films and collaborations. out of

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Theatrical Release: 2 October 1973

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Warner Home Video (USA) (Special Edition) - Region 0 - NTSC vs. E.M.S. (Germany) - Region 2 - PAL

Big thanks to Gregory Meshman and Pavel Borodin for the Screen Caps!

(Warner Home Video (USA) (Special Edition) - Region 0 - NTSC - LEFT vs. E.M.S. (Germany) - Region 2 - PAL - RIGHT)

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Distribution	Warner Home Video (USA) Region 0 - NTSC	E.M.S. (Germany) Region 2 - PAL
Runtime	1:51:48	1:47:00 (4% PAL speedup)
Video	1.78:1 Original Aspect Ratio 16X9 enhanced Average Bitrate: 5.74 mb/s NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s	1.82:1 Original Aspect Ratio 16X9 enhanced Average Bitrate: 5.54 mb/s PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
Bitrate: Warner Home Video (USA) (Special Edition)
Bitrate: E.M.S. (Germany)
Audio	English (Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono)	English (Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono), DUB: German (Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono)
Subtitles	English, French, Spanish, None	German, none
Features	Release Information: Studio: Warner Home Video (USA) Aspect Ratio: Widescreen anamorphic - 1.78:1 Edition Details: • Commentary by Martin Scorsese and Amy Robinson • Vintage Featurette: Back on the Block • Theatrical Trailer DVD Release Date: August 17, 2004 Keepcase Chapters 33	Release Information: Studio: E.M.S. (Germany) Aspect Ratio: Widescreen anamorphic - 1.82:1 Edition Details: • ' Wunderbare Visionen auf dem Weg zur Hölle' Documentary (ca. 40 min) • US-Trailer • Slide show • Production notes • some other text info DVD Release Date: January 31, 2002 Keepcase Chapters 22

Comments

There are two versions of EMS disc: the normal one and the 2-disc limited edition with the full screen version of the movie with only German soundtrack on the second disc.

The documentary on the E.M.S. 1st disc is quite interesting, it shows Scorsese during preparing and filming of "The Last Temptation...", but it's with German voice-over.

- Pavel Borodin

I can only guess there is something pretty drastically wrong with the available print for this early Scorsese film. It's hard to know what to think... they both look bad. The region 1 is cropped on top and the Region 2 is cropped on the bottom as well as the both sides. It seems uneven so I would think some zooming may have taken place. The German is hazier and has been brightness boosted. I *think* the region 1's colors may be more accurate, but skin tones are too red and it has a greenish tinge. Both are a mess, but perhaps as good as we will get, after all it is is the (SE). Hopeful fans for it to improve drastically on the initial release will be disappointed. True Scorsese devotees may want both for the Region 2 documentary and the Region 1 commentary. As it stands now, we say the Region 1 SE is the best available edition.

- Gary W. Tooze

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