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Crimson Rivers (The) AKA Les Rivieres Pourpres (2000)
Evil rises to new heights.Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
OVERALL: R2-
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Commentaries:Audio Commentary by director, Jean Reno & Vincent Cassel (In French with no subtitles)
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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
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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
French Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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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
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):French DTS 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:2-Disc Digi-Pack
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Notes:Also includes 12-page booklet.
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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. -
Special thanks to Rewind user cornelius666 for providing these specifications.
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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
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):French Dolby Digital 5.1
German Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Special thanks to Rewind user jimidini for providing these specifications.
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Commentaries:Audio Commentary by director, Jean Reno & Vincent Cassel (In French with subtitles)
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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
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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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
French Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:2-Disc Keep Case
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Notes:Discs are also encoded R4
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Commentaries:Audio Commentary by director, Jean Reno & Vincent Cassel (In French with no subtitles)
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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
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Subtitles:English, Greek, French, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Hindi, Turkish, Danish, Arabic, Bulgarian, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Hebrew and Croatian
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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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
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 2004UPDATE LOG:
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