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Pieces AKA Mil gritos tiene la noche AKA One Thousand Cries Has the Night (1982)
Pieces ... it's exactly what you think it is!Director: Juan Piquer Simón
Year of Copyright: 1982
Year of Production: 1982
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:’Taglines’ from the film
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:011891980067
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Notes:The print on this DVD was apparently taken from the old out of print Vestron VHS and it doesn’t look too bad.
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Extras:DISC ONE:
* The Film
Theatrical trailer (0:31)
Original Spanish opening sequence (5:38)
DISC TWO:
“Pieces of Piquer” 2008 interview with Juan Piquer (in Spanish, English subs) (55:21)
“Paul Smith: The Reddest Herring” 2008 interview Paul L. Smith (57:41)
4 Still Galleries:
- "Production Stills" (18 images)
- "Pieces Publicity" (30 images)
- "Video Releases" (22 images)
- "Juan Piquer’s Still’s Show" (7:56)
Cast & Crew:
- Juan Piquer (6 text pages)
Interview extracts (3:25/ 1:04)
- Dick Randall (4 text pages)
Trailer for "Primitive Love" (3:58)
- Steve Minasian (14 text pages)
An extract from an interview with Minasian (2:56)
An extract from a telephone interview with Minasian (2:57)
Trailer for "Mark of the Devil" (1969) (0:57)
- Christopher George (6 text pages)
Trailer for "City of the Living Dead" (1980) (3:01)
- Lynda Day George (6 text pages)
Trailer for "Day of the Animals" (1977) (0:56)
- Edmund Purdom (8 text pages)
Trailer for "Witchcraft 70" (1970) (2:24)
- Paul Smith (7 text pages)
Extract from the interview with Paul Smith in which he discusses "Maverick" (1994) (2:00)
Previews (Play All - 29'49"):
- "Cat in the Brain" (1990)
- "The Beyond" (1981)
- "Cannibal Holocaust"(1979)
- "Cannibal Ferox" (1981)
- "I Drink Your Blood" (1970)
- "The Tough Ones" (1976)
- "Duke Mitchell's Massacre Mafia Style" (1978)
- "Duke Mitchell's Gone with the Pope" (2005)
- "Scum of the Earth" (1974)
- "An American Hippie in Israel" (1972)
- "Death Game" (1976),
- "Family Enforcer" (1975),
- "Ice House" (1969)
- "Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell" (1987)
DVD Credits (3 text pages) -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono (with Library Music score by Cam)
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono (with original score by Librado Pastor)
English Dolby Digital 5.1 (recording of audience response during a screening at the Live Vine Theater) -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with liner notes by Chas Balun and a mini replica poster.
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Easter eggs:DISC 1: Easter Egg #1 - Highlight "Play Movie", click up and a chainsaw icon will appear, press enter. You can then access Eli Roth introducing Pieces at The Eli Roth Film Featival (February 17th 2008, at The New Beverly Cinema) with comments after the screening including contributions from Clu Gulager (actor and fan) and David A. Szulkin author of Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left(1999) (3:50)
DISC 2: Easter Egg #1 - Select Interviews, select Main Menu, click up and a chainsaw icon will appear, enter. You can then access an excerpt from the Paul Smith interview in which he says "I didn't do it" and then his wife comes over and starts fussing with his hair (0:16)
DISC 2: Easter Egg #2 - Enter the Galleries, highlight Main Menu, click up and a chainsaw icon appears, enter. You can then access a continuation of the Juan Piquer's Still Show in which it is discussed the attitudes of some of the actresses to doing nudity and Simon and others look at the nude poleroids taken of actreeses who appear in the film during casting sessions and of some who didn't appear. Finally they discuss the images taken for the nude 1940s puzzle (4:28) -
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Extras:"The Making of Don't Open Till Christmas" featurette (in English and German, no subtitles) (9:51)
Theatrical Trailer (1:47)
Info on the Movie (in German) (1:01)
Film Facts and Biographies with Commentaries in German:
- Edmund Purdom (0:32)
- Christopher George (0:31)
- Jack Taylor (0:30)
- Frank Brana (0:23)
- Paul Smith (0:38)
- Lynda Day George (0:36)
- Dick Randall (Producer) (2:26)
- Juan Piquer Simon (Director) (0:25)
3 Outtakes with German Introduction (in English):
- Goof 1 (1 Page Info in German) (00:07)
- Goof 2 (1 Page Info in German) (00:09)
- Goof 3 (0:13)
Photo Gallery (12 images) -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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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 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:This is a limited edition of 2500 copies.
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Extras:Bonus Trailers:
- "The Hallow" (1:53)
- "Bone Tomahawk" (2:30)
- "Wolves" (2:20)
- "The Harvest" (2:03)
- "Roar" (1:17)
- "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1:35)
- "Svenske filmklassikere" (1:56)
Teaser Trailer (0:31)
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Subtitles:Norwegian, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (with Library Music score by Cam)
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Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:7350036726065
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with film historians Callum Waddell and Tony Timpone (2011)
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Extras:2011 Introduction by Jack Taylor (0:25)
"Pieces of Jack: An Actor’s Experience of Spanish Splatter" 2011 interview with actor Jack Taylor (17:55)
"Pieces of Deconstruction: Looking Back at a Grindhouse Gore-Fest" 2011 featurette (23:15)
Trailer (0:31)
Start-Up Trailer:
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (with Library Music score by Cam) (224Kbps)
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (with original score by Librado Pastor) (448Kbps) -
Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:5027035006437
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Notes:Comes with:
- A reversible Sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork.
- An 8-page liner notes booklet "Pieces" by Stephen Thrower.
- A card advertising other Arrow releases on one side and Tenebrae (1982) on the other. -
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Extras:Trailers:
- Cradle of Fear (1:55)
- Hell Asylum (1:53)
- Head (Dead) Cheerleader (1:54)
- Escape from Afghanistan (1:28) -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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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 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:This is a direct port of the Film 2000 release.
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Extras:Trailers:
- Cradle of Fear (1:55)
- Hell Asylum (1:53)
- Head (Dead) Cheerleader (1:54)
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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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 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:5034377010886
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:787364400393
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Notes:Available as part of "Blood Bath - 4 Movies" which includes "Devil's Nightmare", "Pieces", "Kill Baby Kill", "Kiss Me Kill Me" on two double sided DVDs.
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray Copy)
* The Film: Spanish Version (86:52)
* The Film: English Version (85:32)
Audio commentary on the English version by actor Jack Taylor, moderated by Calum Waddell (in English only) (2013)
German Theatrical Trailer (1:42, SD)
English Theatrical Trailer (0:32, HD)
Still Gallery (9:11)
DISC TWO (DVD)
* The Film - Spanish Version (83:18)
Audio Commentary by actor Jack Taylor, moderated by Calum Waddell (in English only) (2013) *
Interview with producer Steve Minasian (in English with German subtitles) (5:55)
"Pieces of Juan" interview with director Juan Piquer Simon (in Spanish with German subtitles) (55:25)
"Paul Smith: The Reddest Herring" actor interview (in English with German subtitles) (57:46) -
Subtitles:German
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Mediabook
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UPC Number:4260115210732
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Notes:* The commentary has been synhronized to the Spanish version on the DVD.
Comes with a 16-page liner notes booklet by Christoph N. Kellerbach.
Available in five mediabook covers: Cover A limited to 333 copies, Cover B limited to 333 copies, Cover C limited to 333 copies, Cover D limited to 333 copies, and Cover E limited to 222 copies.
Also available in a 99-copy limited hardbox edition. -
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OVERALL: Draw
US Grindhouse Releasing release or the UK Arrow Films release for the (differing) substantial extra features.
The German X-rated version carries over some of the Grindhouse extras, but it is not English-friendly for the Spanish version.
GENERAL NOTES:
The film is available in two main versions:
- the Spanish version (86 minutes) with a score by Librado Pastor which is longer because it intercuts the titles on black with the prologue;
- the English version (85 minutes) with a CAM library score featuring cues by Stelvio Cipriani from Ring of Darkness and Carlo Maria Cordio from Absurd.
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CUTS:
- R0 America- Diamond Entertainment - No cuts
- R0 Deluxe Edition America- Grindhouse Releasing - No cuts (85:25 NTSC)
- R0 Germany- M.I.B/Premier - No cuts (81:51 PAL)
- R0 Sweden- Studio S - No cuts (81:57 PAL)
- R0 United Kingdom- Arrow Films - No cuts (81:57 PAL)
- R0 United Kingdom- Boulevard Entertainment - No cuts (81:53 PAL)
- R0 Film 2000 Shock Horror Collection United Kingdom- Film 2000 - No cuts (81:53 PAL)
- R1 Blood Bath - 4 Movies America- BCI Eclipse - No cuts (85:14 NTSC)
- R2 Limited Edition Germany- X-Rated - No cuts - Spanish version (83:18 PAL)
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Comparison added by Goran_Andersson on 09/11/04
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 11/10/24UPDATE LOG:
09/04/11: Fixed typo in the director's name and updated the Tagline.
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11/09/11: Added R0 UK Arrow release.
19/09/11: Added DVD Beaver link and corrected moderator's name on Arrow Films release and review
10/09/15: Boulevard R0 UK release added + Amazon Links to some releases & RT of Film 2000 version/trailers.
04/03/21: Added German mediabook and updated M.I.B. extras.
10/10/16: Addition of US BCI.
22/10/16: Added Swedish release.
11/10/24: Corrected the Beaver link.
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