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    Crimson Rivers (The) AKA Les Rivieres Pourpres (2000)

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    Evil rises to new heights.

    Director: Mathieu Kassovitz

    OVERALL: R2

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    R1 SE America - (Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment)
    R2 France - (G.C.T.H.V.)
    R2 Germany - (BMG)
    R2 United Kingdom - (Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment)
    R4 Australia - (Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment)

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    R1 SE America - (Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment)

  • Commentaries:
    Audio Commentary by director, Jean Reno & Vincent Cassel (In French with no subtitles)
  • Extras:
    "The Investigation" Making of Documentary (In French with English subtitles, 50 Minutes)
    "Making Of A Corpse" featurette
    "The Chase" storyboard comparisons with optional commentary
    "The Avalanche" multi-angle featurette
    Theatrical trailer
    Cast and Crew filmographies
    Production notes
  • Subtitles:
    English and French
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Picture Format:
    Anamorphic
  • TV System:
    NTSC
  • Soundtrack(s):
    English Dolby Digital 5.1
    French Dolby Digital 5.1
    English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
  • Case type:
    Keep Case

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    R2 France - (G.C.T.H.V.)

  • Extras:
    Disc 1
    *The Film
    Audio Commentary by director, Jean Reno & Vincent Cassel (in French)
    Isolated music score with optional commentary by audio composer Bruno Coulais
    THX optimizer

    Disc 2
    Investigation section:
    "The Investigation" Making of Documentary (52:16)
    Autopsy section:
    Corpse:
    -"The Scalpel Scene" featurette (26:40)
    -"Making Of A Corpse" featurette (9:15)
    Fight:
    -"The Fight" featurette with optional commentary (7:34)
    Chase:
    -"Night Time Filming" featurette (9:14)
    -"The Chase" storyboard comparisons with optional commentary (2:57)
    Mountain:
    -"Filming In Altitude" featurette (10:40)
    -"White Rivers" featurette (15:53)
    -"The Avalanche" multi-angle featurette (1:40)
    In memoriam section:
    Marketing:
    -Poster gallery (5 pictures)
    -Teaser trailer 1 (0:38)
    -Teaser trailer 2 (1:01)
    -Theatrical trailer (1:49)
    -'Japanese promotion' featurette (6:11)
    Filmographies:
    -Mathieu Kassovitz
    -Vincent Cassel
    -Jean Reno
    -Nadia Farès
    -Jean-Pierre Cassel
    -Alain Goldman
    -Jean-Christophe Grangé
    -Thierry Arbogast
    -Bruno Coulais
    -Thierry Flamand
    -Maryline Monthieux
    DVD-Rom Content
    DVD credits (2:50)
    Production:
    Full storyboards drawn by Farid Kermici: (also missing from the current comparison)
    -'Never seen before' (2 pictures)
    -'Niemans and Kerkerian presentation' (1 picture)
    -'The morgue' (20 pictures)
    -'The car chase' (105 pictures)
    -'The avalanche' (41 pictures)
    -'Never filmed opening sequence' (59 pictures)
    "Archives From Thierry Flamand - Production Designer" featurette (13:06)
    -Photo gallery (77 photos)
  • Subtitles:
    No
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Picture Format:
    Anamorphic
  • TV System:
    PAL
  • Soundtrack(s):
    French DTS 5.1
    French Dolby Digital 5.1
  • Case type:
    2-Disc Digi-Pack
  • Notes:
    Also includes 12-page booklet.
    There is NO English on this DVD at all except for one occasion when Jean Reno speaks English in one of the featurettes.
  • Easter eggs:
    1. On disc 1, select 'THX', go down and press enter to access mastering credits.
    2. On disc 2, in the 'Corpse' sub-section press '7' and enter with your remote (seven letters in the french word 'CADAVRE') to access to a 'Making of the second corpse' featurette (5:06).
    3. On disc 2, in the 'Fight' sub-section, select the optional commentary, go left and press enter to access a 'Vincent Cassel training' featurette (2:31)
    4. On disc 2, in the 'Autopsy' section, select the crimson rivers logo, go up and press enter to access a 'Audio commentary recording' featurette (4:47).
    5. On disc 2, in the 'Chase' sub-section press '9' and enter with your remote (nine letters in the french word 'POURSUITE') to access to a 'Shooting sequence' featurette (2:14).
    6. On disc 2, in the 'Autopsy' section, select 'Mountain', go up and press enter to access mastering credits.
    7. On disc 2, in the 'Storyboards' section, select 'Never filmed opening sequence', go up and press enter to access a Farid Kermici filmography.
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    R2 Germany - (BMG)

  • Extras:
    "The Investigation" Making of Documentary (In French with German subtitles, 50 Minutes)
    "Making Of A Corpse" featurette
    "The Chase" storyboard comparisons with optional commentary
    Interview with Jean Reno
    Storyboards for 5 scenes
    Theatrical trailer
    Cast and Crew filmographies
    Production notes
  • Subtitles:
    German
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Picture Format:
    Anamorphic
  • TV System:
    PAL
  • Soundtrack(s):
    French Dolby Digital 5.1
    German Dolby Digital 5.1
  • Case type:
    Keep Case
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    R2 United Kingdom - (Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment)

  • Commentaries:
    Audio Commentary by director, Jean Reno & Vincent Cassel (In French with subtitles)
  • Extras:
    Disc One
    *The Film
    *Audio commentary
    Isolated music score with optional commentary by audio composer Bruno Coulais
    Theatrical trailer
    2 Teaser trailers
    Bonus trailers: Vertical Limit; The Bone Collector; Godzilla
    Disc Two
    The Investigation
    Making of Documentary (In French with English subtitles) (52:13)
    Post Mortem
    "The Scalpel Scene" featurette (26:41)
    "Making Of A Corpse" featurette (9:15)
    "The Fight" featurette with optional commentary (7:34)
    "Night Time Filming" featurette (9:16)
    "The Chase" storyboard comparisons with optional commentary (2:59)
    "Filming In Altitude" featurette (10:42)
    “The White Rivers” featurette (15:55)
    "The Avalanche" multi-angle featurette (1:37, x 4 angles)
    In Memoriam
    Posters
    “Japanese Promotions" featurette (6:10)
    Cast and Crew filmographies
    The Complete Storyboards (4 items)
    "Archives From Thierry Flamand - Production Designer" featurette (13:08)
    Set Stills
    6-page booklet
  • Subtitles:
    Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Picture Format:
    Anamorphic
  • TV System:
    PAL
  • Soundtrack(s):
    English Dolby Digital 5.1
    French Dolby Digital 5.1
    Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
  • Case type:
    2-Disc Keep Case
  • Notes:
    Discs are also encoded R4

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    R4 Australia - (Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment)

  • Commentaries:
    Audio Commentary by director, Jean Reno & Vincent Cassel (In French with no subtitles)
  • Extras:
    Isolated music score with optional commentary by audio composer Bruno Coulais
    "The Investigation" Making of Documentary (In French with English subtitles, 50 Minutes)
    "The Scalpel Scene" featurette
    "Making Of A Corpse" featurette
    "The Fight" featurette with optional commentary
    "Night Time Filming" featurette
    "The Chase" storyboard comparisons with optional commentary
    "Filming In Altitude" featurette
    "White Rivers; Japanese Promotions" featurette (6 Minutes)
    "The Avalanche" multi-angle featurette
    "Archives From Thierry Flamand - Production Designer" featurette
    Theatrical trailer
    2 teaser trailers
    Bonus trailers for Vertical Limit, The Bone Collector and Godzilla
    Cast and Crew filmographies
    Poster and photo gallery
  • Subtitles:
    English, Greek, French, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Hindi, Turkish, Danish, Arabic, Bulgarian, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Hebrew and Croatian
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Picture Format:
    Anamorphic
  • TV System:
    PAL
  • Soundtrack(s):
    English Dolby Digital 5.1
    French Dolby Digital 5.1
    Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
  • Case type:
    2-Disc Keep Case

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    OVERALL: R2

    The French release is the winner here, as it has a DTS soundtrack, although if you want English subtitles either the UK Region 2 or the Region 4 win, as they have more extras than the Region 1.

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    CUTS:

    • R1 SE America- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts
    • R2 France- G.C.T.H.V. - No Cuts
    • R2 Germany- BMG - No Cuts
    • R2 United Kingdom- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts
    • R4 Australia- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts
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    Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on November 26th 2001
    Comparison last updated by Samuel_Scott on April 12th 2004

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