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Thief of Bagdad (The): An Arabian Fantasy (1940)
The Wonder Picture of All TimeDirector: Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, Zoltan Korda (uncredited)
Year of Copyright: 1940
Year of Production: 1939-40
OVERALL: R1-
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Extras:Photo gallery
Poster gallery
Trivia (text screens in English)
Sabu biography
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Subtitles:Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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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:Package incorrectly mentions "Region 2" only. Package incorrectly mentions stereo audio.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Audio commentary with Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola
Audio commentary with music historian Bruce Eder
Isolated music and effects track (in Dolby Digital 1.0)
Theatrical trailer (2:39)
DISC TWO
"Visual Effects" documentary (31:03)
"Michael Powell" audio dictations
- Hired (10:38)
- Sabu (9:57)
- The Korda Brothers (2:58)
- Beach Tests (5:10)
- Complex Sequences (5:56)
- Hitler (5:19)
- The Lion Has Wings (6:09)
- Balloon Barrage (5:42)
- First Operation (2:38)
- Radar (6:05)
"Miklos Rózsa" 1976 radio interview excerpts
- Beginnings (3:43)
- Paris: Film Music (9:24)
- London: Hungarian Ballet
- Meeting Korda (2:51)
- The Thief of Bagdad (7:39)
- Los Angeles (3:52)
- The Miklos Rózsa Society (text screen)
Stills Galleries
- Production and Publicity Stills
- Dufay Color Stills
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Subtitles:English HoH
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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 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with a 22-page liner notes booklet featuring new essays by film scholars Andrew Moor and Ian Christie.
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Extras:Theatrical trailer
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Subtitles:English and Spanish
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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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Extras:English theatrical trailer
German theatrical trailer
German title sequence
Photo gallery
Biographies for Conrad Veidt; Sabu; John Justin; June Duprez; Miles Malleson (in German)
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Subtitles:German
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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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:DVD title: Der Dieb Von Bagdad
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Easter eggs:1. "Grief in Bagdad" - a parody of "The Thief of Bagdad (1924)" (10:05)
2. German trailer for "The Jungle Book" -
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Extras:Cast & Crew Biographies
Production Notes -
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:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Disc is coded R2/R4
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CUTS:
- R0 Scandinavia- Future Film - No cuts (101:54 PAL).
- R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (106:20 NTSC).
- R1 America- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts
- R2 Germany- Anolis Entertainment - No cuts
- R4 Australia- Magna Pacific - No cuts
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Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 31/12/23UPDATE LOG:
10/10/12 : Addition of the R0 Scandinavian edition.
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