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Are British 'Kong' lovers being shafted?

post #1 of 7
11/24/05 at 6:30pm
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Sorry to start a new thread about this, but...
Both are the 'packed' version.

Region One Kong (1933)

Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Box set
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 4
Rated:
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Release Date: November 22, 2005
Run Time: 267 minutes
Average Customer Review: Based on 18 Reviews
DVD Features:
Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Commentary by: visual effects veterans Ray Harryhausen and Ken Ralston, with interpolated interviews excepts of Merian C. Cooper and Fay Wray (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
King Kong
Disc 1: The Movie
Original 1933 Film classic in Glorious Black and White, Newly Restored and Digitally Mastered
Commentary by Ray Harryhausen and Ken Ralston, with Merian C. Cooper and Fay Wray
I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper -- 2005 documentary
Merian C. Cooper Movies Trailer Gallery
Disc 2: King-Sized Special Features
RKO Production 601: The Making of Kong, Eighth Wonder of the World - 7 Part Documentary including...
The Origins of "King Kong"
Willis O'Brien and "Creation"
Cameras Roll on Kong, The Eighth Wonder
A Milestone in Visual Effects
Passion, Sound and Fury
The Mystery of the Lost "Spider Pit" Sequence
King Kongs Legacy
Creation Test Footage with Commentary by Ray Harryhausen
Mighty Joe Young
Commentary by Terry Moore and visual effects veterans Ray Harryhausen and Ken Ralston, with interpolated interviews excepts of Merian C. Cooper
A conversation with Ray Harryhausen and the Chiodo Brothers
"Ray Harryhausen and Might Joe Young"
Son of Kong
Mono soundtrack
Theatrical trailer

Region Two (at least the one being released in England)
Again the most 'packed' I could find...



Synopsis
Five features. Features 'King Kong', the Original 1933 version, the 1933 colourised version in which fortune hunters travel to Skull Island in search of the fabled giant ape 'King Kong'. Enticing him with the lovely Fay Wray they capture him and bring him back to New York where he escapes and ransacks the city searching for her. Also includes: 'It Was Beauty Who Killed The Beast', 'King Kong Vs. Godzilla' and 'King Kong Escapes'.
DVD Description
King Kong Classic 4 DVD Collector's Box Set containing: King Kong (1933) digitally remastered edition King Kong (2005) theatrical trailer King Kong (1933) colourised version It Was Beauty Killed the Beast - documentary King Kong Vs. Godzilla King Kong Escapes.

Pleasing cover art aside,
WTF???...apart from them obviously wanting us to buy both sets...
I'm not even sure if the version of Kong is the new cleaned-up version.

Anyone know anything about this, or is it just Amazon stock-clearing on the wave of Jackson's film?
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post #2 of 7
11/24/05 at 7:16pm
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Originally Posted by Graham
Anyone know anything about this, or is it just Amazon stock-clearing on the wave of Jackson's film?
IIRC a different company owns the distribution rights to the european market, therefore they don't have permission to use the extras found on the R1 release. And I doubt the film is the restored version.

Another good reason have a region free player.
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post #3 of 7
11/24/05 at 7:20pm
Yeah. Universal own the R2 rights (hence why it's been out in the UK for years).
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post #4 of 7
11/24/05 at 7:24pm
I am really fed up myself of seeing these glorious region 1 presentations and all we get is 'animated menu's'. Why do commentaries drop off in different regions? Surely its more work for them to take off all these extra's before shipping to the UK. See also the Lost boxset which I am still spitting bricks about.
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post #5 of 7
11/24/05 at 7:42pm
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Originally Posted by Graham
WTF???...apart from them obviously wanting us to buy both sets...
If they really wanted that, then why did they insist on region codes in the players?

You think that's screwy? Go check out the Korean version of Band of Brothers compared to everyone elses. Happens all the time in different regions. Take Titanic for example. 3 disker only in region 1, choice of 2 or 4 disk in region 2.
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post #6 of 7
1/24/06 at 3:57pm
Actually my titanic comes on 5 disks, WOO HOO...
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post #7 of 7
1/28/06 at 12:06am
Because i'm just getting into importing I randomly entered a flcik int o see how much better the set is, Wallace and Gromit is 2 discs in the U.K. and contains a commentary and more features than the R1 set, think i'll go with the R2....
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