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Blade (1998)
The power of an immortal. The soul of a human. The heart of a hero.Director: Stephen Norrington
Year of Copyright: 1998
Year of Production: 1997
OVERALL: Draw-
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with actors Stephen Dorff and Wesley Snipes, writer David S. Goyer, cinematographer Theo Van De Sande, production Designer Kirk M. Petruccelli and producer Peter Frankfurt (1998)
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Extras:Isolated Score with commentary by Composer Mark Isham
"La Magra" 1998:featurette (14:08)
"Designing Blade" 1998 featurette (22:30)
"The Origins of Blade: A Look at Dark Comics" 1998 featurette (12:10)
"The Blood Tide" 1998;featurette (20:00)
"House of Erebus" (explanation of the various Vampire Glyphs):
- Ashe
- Cianteto
- Dragonetti
- Faustinas (1st Twin)
- Ligaroo
- Lemure
- Kobejitsu
- Lobishomen
- Faustinas (2nd Twin)
- Von Esper
- Upier
- Pallintine
"Pencil to Post" Sketch Gallery:
- The Comic Book:
--- Pencil Stage
--- Ink Stage
--- Color Guide
--- Color Seperation
- The Movie:
--- Gallery
--- Interview With Concept Illustrator Patrick Janicke
--- Stan Lee Interview
Cast & Crew:
- Wesley Snipes (Blade/Producer)
- Stephen Dorff (Deacon Frost)
- Kris Kristofferson (Abraham Whistler)
- N'Bushe Wright (Karen)
- Donal Logue (Quinn)
- Stephen Norrington (Director)
- David S. Goyer (Writer)
- Peter Frankfurt (Producer)
- Theo Van De Sade (Cinematographer)
- Kirk M. Petruccelli (Production Designer)
- Mark Isham (Composer)
Theatrical Trailer (2:09)
DVD-ROM Features:
- Entire Screenplay
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:2.39:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo -
Case type:Snapper Case
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with actors Stephen Dorff and Wesley Snipes, writer David S. Goyer, cinematographer Theo Van De Sande, production Designer Kirk M. Petruccelli and producer Peter Frankfurt (1998)
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Extras:"Designing Blade" 1998 featurette (22:32)
"La Magra" 1998 featurette (14:18)
"Behind the Scenes" B-roll footage (5:41)
Cast & Crew (scrolling screen set to film score):
- Wesley Snipes
- Stephen Dorf
- Kris Kristofferson
- Stephen Norrington
- David S. Goyer
- Donal Logue
- N'Bushe Wright
Theatrical Trailer (2:01) -
Subtitles:English, French
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Aspect Ratio:2.39:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:2.39:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):German Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
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Case type:Keep Case
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with actors Stephen Dorff and Wesley Snipes, writer David S. Goyer, cinematographer Theo Van De Sande, production Designer Kirk M. Petruccelli and producer Peter Frankfurt
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Extras:"La Magra" featurette (14:09)
"Designing Blade" featurette (22:34)
Cast and Crew (scrolling biographies/filmographies in German set to film score and English interviews ("Statement"))
- Wesley Snipes
-- Statement (1:22)
- Stephen Dorff
-- Statement (1:42)
- Kris Kristofferson
-- Statement (1:11)
- Stephen Norrington
- David S. Goyer
- Donal Logue
- N'Bushe Wright
-- Statement (0:32)
German Trailer (2:15)
"Behind the Scenes" featurette (5:41)
"Making Of" featurette (21:13) -
Subtitles:English, German (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:2.39:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
German Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Jewel Case
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UPC Number:743216883899
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Notes:The "Making Of" and trailer are in German.
The interviews are in English with optional German subtitles.
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with actors Stephen Dorff and Wesley Snipes, writer David S. Goyer, cinematographer Theo Van De Sande, production Designer Kirk M. Petruccelli and producer Peter Frankfurt
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Extras:"La Magra" featurette (14:10)
"Designing Blade" featurette (22:34)
"Behind the Scenes" featurette (5:43)
Theatrical Trailer (2:03) -
Subtitles:Danish, English HoH, Finnish, German HoH, Italian HoH, Norwegian, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
German Dolby Digital 5.1
Italian Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Digipak
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Notes:Part of the 4-disc 3-film "Blade Trilogy: The Ultimate Collection" which includes "Blade", "Blade 2", "Blade Trinity" (2-disc Extended Version).
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with actors Stephen Dorff and Wesley Snipes, writer David S. Goyer, cinematographer Theo Van De Sande, production Designer Kirk M. Petruccelli and producer Peter Frankfurt
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Extras:"Designing Blade" featurette (22:32)
"Behind the Scenes" B-roll footage (5:41)
"La Magra" alternate ending (14:18)
Theatrical Trailer (2:01)
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Subtitles:Dutch (FORCED)
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Aspect Ratio:2.39:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:"Making of" featurette (including Deleted Scenes)
Theatrical Trailer
Bonus Trailer:
- "Blade 2"
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Subtitles:Japanese
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Aspect Ratio:2.39:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The DTS track is full bitrate.
There are NO English Subtitles for the non-English dialogue sections of the film. It only has Player-Generated Subtitles in Japanese for these sections. -
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with actors Stephen Dorff and Wesley Snipes, writer David S. Goyer, cinematographer Theo Van De Sande, production Designer Kirk M. Petruccelli and producer Peter Frankfurt
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Extras:"Designing Blade" featurette (22:32)
"Behind the Scenes" B-roll footage (5:41)
"La Magra" alternate ending (14:18)
Theatrical Trailer (2:01)
Cast & Crew (scrolling screen set to film score):
- Wesley Snipes
- Stephen Dorf
- Kris Kristofferson
- Stephen Norrington
- David S. Goyer
- Donal Logue
- N'Bushe Wright -
Subtitles:Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish (forced)
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Aspect Ratio:2.39:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Although subtitles are FORCED, you can get around them. Instead of chosing to play the movie directly from the menu, go to scene selection. Select scene two. As soon as the scene begins skip backwards to scene 1. The subtitles won't show up.
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with actors Stephen Dorff and Wesley Snipes, writer David S. Goyer, cinematographer Theo Van De Sande, production Designer Kirk M. Petruccelli and producer Peter Frankfurt
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Extras:"Designing Blade" featurette (22:32)
"Behind the Scenes" B-roll footage (5:41)
"La Magra" alternate ending (14:18)
Cast & Crew (scrolling screen set to film score):
- Wesley Snipes
- Stephen Dorf
- Kris Kristofferson
- Stephen Norrington
- David S. Goyer
- Donal Logue
- N'Bushe Wright
Theatrical Trailer (2:01) -
Subtitles:English, Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:2.39:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with actors Stephen Dorff and Wesley Snipes, writer David S. Goyer, cinematographer Theo Van De Sande, production Designer Kirk M. Petruccelli and producer Peter Frankfurt (1998)
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Extras:"Designing Blade" 1998 featurette (22:32)
"La Magra" 1998 featurette (14:18)
"Behind the Scenes" B-roll footage (5:41)
Theatrical Trailer (2:01)
Cast & Crew (scrolling screen set to film score):
- Wesley Snipes
- Stephen Dorf
- Kris Kristofferson
- Stephen Norrington
- David S. Goyer
- Donal Logue
- N'Bushe Wright -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:2.39:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:10-page insert with 2-pages of film art and chapter listings with the rest being adverts for other EIV titles
The commentary mentions the Isolated Score with commentary by Composer Mark Isham but it isn't on the disc. -
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Extras:"Designing Blade" featurette (22:32)
"Behind the Scenes" B-roll footage (5:41)
"La Magra" alternate ending (14:18)
Theatrical Trailer (2:01)
"Martial Arts" montage
Cast & Crew Interviews
Cast & Crew (scrolling screen set to film score):
- Wesley Snipes
- Stephen Dorf
- Kris Kristofferson
- Stephen Norrington
- David S. Goyer
- Donal Logue
- N'Bushe Wright -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:2.39:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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OVERALL: Draw
The US release has the exclusive isolated score track and two additional featurettes.
The German Deluxe Widescreen Edition includes behind the scenes footage and interviews not available on the US release.
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CUTS:
- R1 New Line Platinum Series America- New Line Home Entertainment - No cuts (120:07 NTSC)
- R2 France- Metropolitan - No cuts
- R2 Germany- BMG Video - Yes - FSK 16 version (106:18 PAL)
- R2 Deluxe Widescreen Edition Germany- BMG Video - No cuts (115:18 PAL)
- R2 The Ultimate Collection Germany- Warner Home Video - No Cuts (115:20 PAL).
- R2 Holland- RCV - No Cuts (115:13 PAL).
- R2 Japan- Herald / New Line - No Cuts
- R2 Scandinavia- Sandrew Metronome - No Cuts
- R2 Spain- Aurum - No Cuts
- R2 United Kingdom- Entertainment In Video - No Cuts (115:18 PAL)
- R4 Australia- Roadshow Home Entertainment - No Cuts
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Comparison added by Craig on 15/07/01
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 25/03/22UPDATE LOG:
19/07/16 - ASINs added. RTs added to R2 UK (Movie/extras). R2 Germany added.
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