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(aka 'Twin Peaks - The Definitive Gold Box Edition (The Complete Series)')
Directed by
David Lynch
USA 1990
Product Description: On stunning High Definition Blu-ray, Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery is a comprehensive collection with every episode from the complete television series; both the U.S. and international versions of the series’ Pilot; the North American Blu-ray debut of David Lynch’s follow-up feature Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me; and nearly 90 minutes of deleted and extended scenes from the film. The set also features newly transferred Log Lady introductions for each episode; picture upgrades to many shots in the TV series; a new featurette with series creator Lynch and the actors who portrayed the Palmer family which includes a mesmerizing return to the lives of their characters today; and hours of never-before-released material that dives into the fascinating story behind the celebrated pop culture classic. ***
Twin Peaks is an American
Emmy Award-nominated, Peabody- and Golden Globe-winning television serial drama
created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, first broadcast on April 8, 1990 and last
broadcast on June 10, 1991. Although created by Lynch and Frost, most of the 30
episodes are by different writers and directors. The show is set in the
fictional town of Twin Peaks, Washington. The primary filming took place in
Snoqualmie and North Bend, Washington. |
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romotionalTheatrical Release: April 8th, 1990
Comparison:
Paramount (Gold Box Edition) - Region 1, 4 - NTSC vs. Paramount (The Entire Mystery) - Region FREE - Blu-ray
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Distribution | Paramount Home Video - Region 1, 4 - NTSC |
Paramount Region FREE - Blu-ray |
Runtime | 47 minutes x 29 episodes (plus pilot - 1 1/2 hours, extras) |
Original Pilot: 1:34:03.886 International Pilot: 1:52:55.101 29 Episodes X 0:46:59.358 (average) Fire Walk With Me - 2:14:52.834 |
Video | 1.33:1
Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 7.71 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
Disc 1: 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 46,686,835,088 bytesInt. Pilot : 20,800,868,352 bytesVideo Bitrate: 18.99 Mbps - 20.06 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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Audio | English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0), DUBs: Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0), Portuguese (Dolby Digital 2.0) | DTS-HD
Master Audio English 4942 kbps 7.1 / 48 kHz / 4942 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core:
5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps Dolby Digital Audio German 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps Dolby Digital Audio French 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps Dolby Digital Audio Italian 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps Dolby Digital Audio Portuguese 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps Dolby Digital Audio Japanese 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps |
Subtitles | English, Spanish, Portuguese, None | English (SDH), Spanish, Danish, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Finnish, Swedish, Japanese, none |
Features |
Release Information: Edition Details: • International Pilot
• Deleted Scenes |
Release Information: Studio: Paramount
Disc 1: 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 46,686,835,088 bytesInt. Pilot : 20,800,868,352 bytesVideo Bitrate: 20.06 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details:
Cooper and Donna talk About
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NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were obtained directly from the Blu-ray disc. ADDITION: Paramount (The Entire Mystery) - Region FREE Blu-ray - July 2014: Firstly, this review will be incomplete - there is so much in this package to watch, but I hope to provide some facts that people keep inquiring about.Yes, this is region FREE - and more than likely - the same Blu-ray set sold all over the world. It gives you this option as an initial screen:
So, some may wish to check-out pricing of other regions - UK seems quite cheap - depending on your shipping! I am watching this constantly - and all I am looking for is anomalies. I see an image with some infrequent compression artifacts, but a lot of pleasing texture. The SD image in the Definitive Gold Box set was fabulous. This 1080P supports the same color scheme (but richer, deeper colors in HD.) The lossless audio is awesome. Stay tuned for more comments! NOTE: Greg tells us in email: "I watched every episode, movie and Missing Pieces in the Twin Peaks box and whatever minor flaws exist, there is one major one that I'd to know if you've noticed/encountered. In Episode 9, the audio is out of sync for the first half of the episode. It is slight at first, but the audio is disarmingly out of sync during the scene where Ben and Jerry discuss the ledgers while eating a cheese pig (maybe 15 to 20 minutes in). I tried it on two different players and had my brother look at the scene out of his own box set and he encountered the same problem. I haven't seen anyone bring this up yet, even as they've been complaining of the far less out of sync audio in the Missing Pieces, which is barely noticeable.
NOTE: John tells us in email "Regarding
the audio sync issues for the Twin Peaks Blu-ray set, I
tested episode 9, "cheese pig" scene on my PS4. The sync
issues were very prominent, until I turned the video
playback 1080p/24HZ setting from "Auto" to "Off". The
sync issues were gone or nearly gone after that."
(thanks John!) NOTE: Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me is different from the French mk2 Blu-ray from 2010. See the bottom of review! The 10 Blu-ray disc Broken down:
Disc One:
I will write more on the quality and extras soon!
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ON THE DVD Boxset: This Paramount ' Definitive Gold Box Edition' represents 10 dual-layered discs containing some 29 episodes and supplements from the 'anti-Mayberry' - dark and brooding Twin Peaks. The discs are coded for regions 1 and 4 in the NTSC standard ready for sale in South American as well with Spanish and Portuguese subs and DUBs offered as options. It is housed in a custom case with stacked clear -plastic holders that open in a book-style format. The image looks tremendous - almost as exceptional as high-definition. It has a dark appearance with excellent color balance, contrast , black levels and detail. It shows some very minor digital noise but overall some of the best looking TV on SD DVD I have ever seen. When the 5.1 track is called upon - it is up to the task - dialogue is always clear and audible with subtitle options available. Outstanding transfers.
Fans will be quite pleased with the inclusion of not only the pilot episode but also the 'international' version of the pilot. On the last disc we have some featurettes - Running about 30 minutes is A Slice of Lynch it offers talking head comments from David Lynch, Kyle MacLachlan, Madchen Amick, and the sound editor John Wentworth. There is a humorous look at Twin Peaks fan festivals and a most enjoyable - Secrets From Another Place. This has more interviews (cast and crew) and a fair amount on production and development - quite worthwhile. Two Saturday Night Live pieces are included - satire stuff with Kyle MacLachlan plus filler in the form of a music video, TV spots, an interactive 'map' of the town, some stills galleries etc. . There are also four deleted scenes on the previous disc (#9) but I can't say they held any viable interest for me. NOTE: They are supplements from the two stand-alone boxes (Season 1 and 2) that are not included in this Gold Edition set - namely the commentaries from the first season box set and the interviews from the second season (plus a few other tidbits). Fans who don't own one of the two previously releases Season boxsets will want to pick this up for sure. For those that already own Season 1 and 2 - it will be a decision based on how much you adore the show. The extras, pilot and image quality may be enough to swing over many for double-dipping. This is a very impressive collection. NOTE: Artisan's release "Twin Peaks: Season 1” is frequently criticized for its over-saturated image. Although Lynch and company used red filters while shooting the series, Artisan's release conveys orange skin tones and inaccurate color schemes. |
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Sample menus Paramount (Entire Mystery) - Region FREE - Blu-ray
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directed
by David Lynch
France / USA 1992
"We Live Inside a Dream"
Like the series, Fire Walk with Me is filled with symbolism and dream imagery, much of it connected to the show's Man from Another Place (Michael J. Anderson) and the Red Room. In the film, the line between the everyday world and the Red Room is hazy with Laura meeting two of the room's denizens, Mrs. Tremont (Frances Bay) and her grandson; and FBI agents Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan), Gordon Cole (Lynch), and Albert Rosenfield (Miguel Ferrer) receiving a visitation from long-lost agent Phillip Jeffries (David Bowie) who claims to have visited there. |
Posters
Theatrical Release: June 3rd, 1992
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Comparison:
New Line - Alliance Atlantis (Canadian) - Region 1 - NTSC vs. mk2 (French) - Region 2 - PAL vs. Paramount (Entire Mystery) - Region FREE - Blu-ray |
Big thanks to Guillaume Mareri for all the DVD Screen Caps!
1) New Line - Alliance Atlantis (Canadian) - Region 1 - NTSC - LEFT 2) mk2 (French) - Region 2 - PAL - MIDDLE3) Paramount (Entire Mystery) - Region FREE - Blu-ray - RIGHT
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New Line - Alliance Atlantis Region 1 - NTSC |
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Runtime | 2:14:42 | 2:09:08 (4% PAL speedup) | 2:14:52.834 |
Video |
1.85:1 Original Aspect Ratio
16X9 enhanced |
1.85:1 Original Aspect Ratio
16X9 enhanced |
1080P
Dual-layered
Blu-ray Disc 9 Size: 45,447,299,693 bytes Feature: 31,356,229,632 bytesCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video Video Bitrate: 22.99 Mbps |
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Audio | English DTS, DD 5.1, DS 2.0 & French DS 2.0 |
English DTS, DD 5.1 & French DD 5.1 |
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192
kbps DTS-HD Master Audio English 4361 kbps 7.1 / 48 kHz / 4361 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps Dolby Digital Audio German 192 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps Dolby Digital Audio French 448 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps Dolby Digital Audio Italian 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps Dolby Digital Audio Japanese 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps |
Subtitles | English, French, none | French, none | English (SDH), Spanish, Danish, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Finnish, Swedish, Japanese, none |
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Release Information: Studio: New Line - Alliance Atlantis Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 41 |
Release Information: Studio: mk2 Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details:
DVD
Release Date: December 8th, 2004 Chapters 59 |
Release Information: Studio: Paramount 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc 9 Size: 45,447,299,693 bytes Feature: 31,356,229,632 bytesCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video Video Bitrate: 22.99 Mbps
Edition Details:
Blu-ray
Release Date: July 29th, 2014 |
Comments |
NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were obtained directly from the Blu-ray disc. NOTE: The 'Entire Mystery Box set' that includes Fire Walk With Me -(Disc 9) appears to be different from their 1080P transfer (although same file size, bitrate etc.) that was available via mk2 (this actually starts with the mk2 logo!) and was compared by us in 2010 HERE (duplicated captures below). The mk2 is much greener! It looks decent - there is some depth, detail rises and the 2 1/4 hour feature covers more than 30 Gig with a reasonable bitrate. Stay Tuned! This disc also includes "The Missing Pieces: The Deleted or Extended Scenes" - and it runs 1:31:25, as well as archival interviews with Ray Wise, Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly, and Madchen Amick (just like the mk2 disc). Gary Tooze ***
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The Region 1 is unquestionably sharper, but has some excess blue ( see the
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screen in 3rd capture) and it is slightly zoomed on with some picture
being lost on all 4 edges. Saying that though skin tones and contrast
levels are far superior on the NTSC edition and that is our
recommendation. -Guillaume and Gary Tooze |
DVD Menus
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Paramount (The Entire Mystery) - Region FREE - Blu-ray
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CLICK EACH BLU-RAY CAPTURE TO SEE ALL IMAGES IN FULL 1920X1080 RESOLUTION
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1) New Line - Alliance Atlantis (Canadian) - Region 1 - NTSC - TOP 2) mk2 (French) - Region 2 - PAL - SECOND3) mk2 (French) - Region 'B' - Blu-ray - THIRD 4) Paramount (Entire Mystery) - Region FREE - Blu-ray - BOTTOM
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Distribution | Paramount Home Video - Region 1, 4 - NTSC |
Paramount Region FREE - Blu-ray |