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Dark City (1998)
They Built The City To See What Makes Us Tick. Last Night One Of Us Went Off.Director: Alex Proyas
OVERALL: Draw-
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by director Alex Proyas
Audio commentary by film critic Roger Ebert
Audio commentary by writers David Goyer and Len Dobbs -
Extras:Documentaries (with Play All) (81:45)
- Introduction by director Alex Proyas (4:55)
- "Memories of Shell Beach" (42:57)
- "Architecture of Dreams" (33:43)
Production gallery
Theatrical trailer (2:22) -
Subtitles:English and Spanish
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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 EX
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes a slipbox.
The documentaries include optional English, Spanish subtitles.
All other extras are without subtitles. -
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by director Alex Proyas, writers Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer, director of photography Dariusz Wolski and production designer Patrick Tatopoulos
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Extras:12 Cast And Crew Biographies
Set Designs (15 images)
The Metropolis Comparison:
- 'Metropolis'
- 'H.G. Wells' 1927 Review'
- 'Original Weekly Variety Review'
'Neil Gaiman on Dark City' Notes
"To Shell Beach..." Interactive Game
Theatrical Trailer (2:21) -
Subtitles:English, French and Spanish
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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
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Case type:Snapper Case
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Notes:Initial Pressings in a Snapper Case, Subsequent Pressings in an Amaray (Keep) Case. Also contains a Fullscreen Version on the flipside.
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Easter eggs:There's a Film Clip (2:25) from "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" in Kiefer Sutherland's Biography and a Film Clip (2:18) from "Lost In Space" in William Hurt's Biography.
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by director Alex Proyas, writers Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer, director of photography Dariusz Wolski and production designer Patrick Tatopoulos
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Extras:"The World of Dark City" featurette (6:36)
"Dark City" featurette (4:40)
Interviews with cast and crew (8:10)
"Behind-the-Scenes" featurette (10:20)
Metropolis:
- Interview with Galshka Moravioff (2:47)
- Comparison notes (4 pages)
Production notes (7 pages)
Poster gallery with commentary (2:33)
Cast and crew filmographies
Theatrical trailer (2:08)
Bonus trailers for "The Cell" (2:19), "Frequency" (1:15), "Boiler Room" (2:19) and "Spawn" (1:47) -
Subtitles:French
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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 DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French DTS 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Digipak
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Notes:"The World of Dark City" featurette, interview with Galshka Moravioff, and text extras (comparison notes, production notes and filmographies) are in French only, while the rest of the extras is in English with optional French subtitles.
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Easter eggs:1) In the Hotel menu, select "@", then go down twice and press enter to access DVD credits.
2) In the Hotel menu, select "@", go down twice, then up and press enter to access a photo of a gold fish.
3) In the trailers menu, select "@", then go down twice and press enter to access a "Lord Of The Rings" trailer (1:39). -
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Extras:Behind-the-Scenes footage (5:27)
Interviews
- Rufus Sewell (0:40)
- Kiefer Sutherland (0:27)
- Jennifer Connelly (0:25)
- Richard O'Brien (0:32)
- William Hurt (0:14)
- Alex Proyas (0:21)
Trailer (2:09)
Bonus Trailers
- Freeze (2:29)
- Halloween H20 (2:09)
- Studio 54 (0:39)
- Emma (2:00)
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Subtitles:German (forced)
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Aspect Ratio:2.15:1
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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
German Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Reported to have bad picture quality.
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by director Alex Proyas, writers Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer, director of photography Dariusz Wolski and production designer Patrick Tatopoulos
Audio commentary by film critic Roger Ebert -
Extras:"Memories of Shell Beach" documentary (43:27)
"Architecture of Dreams" documentary (33:52)
US Theatrical Trailer (2:12) -
Subtitles:Danish, English HoH, Finnish, German HoH, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish, 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
Polish Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by director Alex Proyas, writers Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer, director of photography Dariusz Wolski and production designer Patrick Tatopoulos
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Extras:"Making of" Featurette (4:40)
Slide Show (52 images)
International trailer (1:59)
Domestic trailer (2:04) -
Subtitles:Dutch
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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 DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French DTS 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The DVD has no scene selection menu.
The making of featurette has audio sync problems.
The menus are in Dutch or French. -
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Extras:Production B-Roll (13:58)
The Cast
- Jennifer Connelly (5 pages)
- Kifer Sutherland (2 pages)
- William Hurt (5 pages)
- Rufus Sewell (4 pages)
- Ian Richardson (3 pages)
- Richard O`Brien (5 pages)
Domestic Trailer (2:16)
Teaser Trailer (2:00)
International Trailer (1:58) -
Subtitles:Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish (optional)
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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
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Extras are in English without subtitles.
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Extras:"Making Of" featurette
Theatrical trailer -
Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
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Case type:Keep Case
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by director Alex Proyas
Audio commentary by film critic Roger Ebert
Audio commentary by writers David Goyer and Len Dobbs -
Extras:Introduction by director Alex Proyas (5:01)
"Memories of Shell Beach" documentary (43:25)
"Architecture of Dreams" documentary (33:50)
Production gallery (6:40)
Theatrical trailer (2:10)
Bonus trailers:
- "Pathology" (1:47)
- "Deception" (2:13)
- "Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay" (2:20)
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Subtitles:English
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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
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:"Making Of" featurette (5:10)
Interviews with cast and crew
Cast Bios
Theatrical trailer -
Subtitles:None
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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
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Case incorrectly states an aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and the inclusion of a 2.0 track. It also fails to mention the inclusion of the MPEG track.
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OVERALL: Draw
Theatrical Cut:
The German Warner release has two commentaries and two lengthy documentaries.
The French release has a DTS track and some exclusive extras.
Director's Cut:
Only minor language differences between the US and UK releases.
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CUTS:
- R1 Director's Cut America- New Line Home Entertainment - No cuts - Director's cut (111:37 NTSC).
- R1 Platinum Series America- New Line Home Entertainment - No cuts - Theatrical cut.
- R2 France- Seven 7 - No cuts - Theatrical cut (96:36 PAL).
- R2 Germany- Kinowelt - No cuts - Theatrical cut (96:07 PAL)
- R2 Germany- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Theatrical cut (96:17 PAL)
- R2 Holland- Universal Pictures - No cuts - Theatrical cut.
- R2 Scandinavia- Sandrew Metronome - No cuts - Theatrical cut (96:19 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Entertainment In Video - No cuts - Theatrical cut.
- R2 Director's Cut United Kingdom- Entertainment In Video - No cuts - Director's cut (107:09 PAL).
- R4 Australia- Roadshow Home Entertainment - No cuts - Theatrical cut.
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Comparison added by Craig on 20/07/01
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 01/06/21UPDATE LOG:
16/02/13 - R2 UK DC added
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