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directed
by Rouben Mamoulian / Victor Fleming
USA 1932 / 1941
Story has it, that Stevenson, who suffered from nightmares
throughout his life, wrote the novel in one session, only to have his wife
throw it into the fireplace out of horror. Not so much because of the tone of
the novel, but perhaps more, because Stevenson had this dual personality
within him. If she, as some stories tell, later encouraged him to rewrite it,
or if he did it by himself, is unknown. But rewritten it was and today it is
considered one of the classic horror tales, alongside Dracula and
Frankenstein. |
Theatrical Release: December 31, 1931 (New York) / August 12, 1941 (New York)
DVD Review:
Sandrew Metronome (Dobbelte Klassisk Film) - Region 2 - PAL
Big thanks to Henrik Sylow for all the Screen Caps!
(1932 version - LEFT vs.1941 version - RIGHT)
DVD Box Covers |
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Distribution |
Sandrew Metronome Region 2 - PAL |
Sandrew
Metronome Region 2 - PAL |
Runtime | 1:32:02 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:48:12 (4% PAL speedup) |
Video |
1.33:1
Original Aspect Ratio |
1.33:1
Original Aspect Ratio |
NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes. |
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Audio | 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono |
1.0 Dolby Digital Mono |
Subtitles | English, French, Spanish, Portoguese, Danish, Swedish, Croatian, Slovenian, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Dutch, Romanian | English, French, Spanish, Portoguese, Danish, Swedish, Croatian, Slovenian, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Dutch, Romanian |
Features |
Release Information: Studio: Sandrew Metronome Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 25 |
Release Information: Studio: Sandrew Metronome Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details:
DVD
Release Date: July 6, 2004 Chapters 28 |
Comments |
While both film still has
minor scratches, the image, especially of the 1941 version, both are
beautiful to watch. Sharp in detail and smooth in tone. Some scenes are
more soft than others, but this may very well be contributed the use of
soft focus filters and / or quality of newly inserted material. The DVD is a DVD10, which means, it’s a flipside, with one version on side A and the other on side B, both versions are DVD5, taking up about 75% of the disc. Why Warner has chosen to cheapen out like that and not do a double DVD (DVD9) edition, which quiet possible would allow even better picture, is questionable. The only notable additional material is the audio commentary by film historian Greg Mank on the 1932 version. This is an incredible informative commentary, ranging from production history, over accounts of the actors, over analytic notes to context. The information and anecdotes just keeps on coming and they never become tiresome. While Mank covers part of the 1941 production on this commentary, it still is curious that so much effort is put into one version of the film and nothing into the other. One might be inclined to say, that this is a DVD presentation of the 1932 version, with the 1941 as additional material. |
DVD Menus
(1932 version - LEFT vs.1941 version
- RIGHT)
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Screen Captures
(1932 version - TOP vs.1941 version - BOTTOM)
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(1932 version - TOP vs.1941 version - BOTTOM)
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