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    Hercules AKA Le Fatiche di Ercole (1958)

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    First Hercules-movie with Steve Reeves.

    Director: Pietro Francisci

    OVERALL: Draw

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    R0 America - (Alpha Video)
    R0 America - (Extreme Digital Media)
    R0 Australia - (AV Channel)
    R0 France - (Opening/GCTHV)
    R1 America - (Retromedia Entertainment/Image)
    R1 America - (VCI Home Video)
    R2 Germany - (Concorde Home Entertainment)

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    R0 America - (Alpha Video)

  • Subtitles:
    No
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Picture Format:
    Non-Anamorphic
  • TV System:
    NTSC
  • Soundtrack(s):
    English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
  • Case type:
    Keep Case

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    R0 America - (Extreme Digital Media)

  • Subtitles:
    No
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Picture Format:
    Non-Anamorphic
  • TV System:
    NTSC
  • Soundtrack(s):
    English MPEG-2
  • Case type:
    Keep Case
  • Notes:
    No menus, and no chapters.

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    R0 Australia - (AV Channel)

  • Subtitles:
    No
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Picture Format:
    Non-Anamorphic
  • TV System:
    PAL
  • Soundtrack(s):
    English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
  • Case type:
    Keep Case

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    R0 France - (Opening/GCTHV)

  • Extras:
    "Il Etait Une Fois Le Peplum" -featurette (about "Peplum-movies" - in French, no subtitles - 5.35 min)
    Cast & crew biographies and filmographies (in French)
  • Subtitles:
    French (forced)**
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Picture Format:
    Anamorphic
  • TV System:
    PAL
  • Soundtrack(s):
    English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
    Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
    French Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
  • Case type:
    Keep Case
  • Notes:
    Name: "Les Travaux d'Hercule". **=At least in some players, forced French subtitles can be removed by selecting "Subtitle Display: OFF" in the DVD-player's setup menu. You may also try this: Select the French language track and once the movie starts, switch the audio with your controller over to the English track.

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    R1 America - (Retromedia Entertainment/Image)

  • Extras:
    Liner notes (in the case)
  • Subtitles:
    No
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Picture Format:
    Anamorphic
  • TV System:
    NTSC
  • Soundtrack(s):
    English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
  • Case type:
    Keep Case
  • Notes:
    Only in a double feature with "Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules AKA Maciste, l'uomo più forte del mondo (1961)".

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    R1 America - (VCI Home Video)

  • Extras:
    Poster gallery
    Cast biographies
    Bonus trailers: "Blood and Black Lace", "Whip and the Body", "Watch Me When I Kill", and "Any Gun Can Play"
  • Subtitles:
    No
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Picture Format:
    Non-Anamorphic
  • TV System:
    NTSC
  • Soundtrack(s):
    English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
  • Case type:
    Keep Case
  • Notes:
    Only in a "Steve Reeves Colossal" double feature, with pan-and-scan "Hercules Unchained AKA Ercole e la regina di Lidia".

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    R2 Germany - (Concorde Home Entertainment)

  • Extras:
    Bonus trailers: "Bulletproof Monk", "Underworld", and "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life"
    The package contains a 35x52cm reproduction of the original "Hercules Unchained" poster
  • Subtitles:
    No
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.78:1
  • Picture Format:
    Non-Anamorphic
  • TV System:
    PAL
  • Soundtrack(s):
    English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
    German Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
  • Case type:
    2-Disc Keep Case
  • Notes:
    Name: "Herkules". Only in a double feature with 2.35:1 "Hercules Unchained AKA Ercole e la regina di Lidia".

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    OVERALL: Draw

    R0 French and R1 from "Retromedia" -releases include the OAR 2:35:1, and both are Anamorphic.
    French-disc has also Italian audio, but French subtitles only + minor featurette. Subtitles are "forced".

    Avoid all 4:3 "budget-releases" (unless you don´t want the alternate English dub). Among the releases in the database, at least these US-companies has released this film (this is public domain title):
    -Diamond (double feature with "Hercules Unchained AKA Ercole e la regina di Lidia")
    -GoodTimes
    -Sterling/UAV
    -Westlake Entertaiment Group

    Spanish titles:
    -Hércules
    -Los Viajes de Heracles

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    CUTS:

    • R0 America- Alpha Video - No cuts
    • R0 America- Extreme Digital Media - No cuts
    • R0 Australia- AV Channel - No cuts
    • R0 France- Opening/GCTHV - No cuts - 97:51 min (PAL). Uses a different English dub than the budget US DVD-releases.
    • R1 America- Retromedia Entertainment/Image - No cuts. Uses a different English dub than the budget US DVD-releases.
    • R1 America- VCI Home Video - No cuts
    • R2 Germany- Concorde Home Entertainment - 10 minutes shorter: 87:24 min (PAL - This is most likely due to the non-existence of a German dub for scenes which were cut in the past. Instead of providing these scenes on the DVD in English with German subtitles, they have left them out completely). Uses the same English dub as in the French-release.
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    Comparison added by Jari_Kovalainen on April 10th 2005
    Comparison last updated by Jari_Kovalainen on June 27th 2006

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