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Blood Simple (1984)
Deep, Dark Noir...Director: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Year of Copyright: 1983
Year of Production: 1982
OVERALL: Draw-
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with artistic director for Forever Young Film Restoration Kenneth Loring (2001)
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Extras:Film introduction
Production notes
Cast & crew fimlographies and biographies
Theatrical trailer -
Subtitles:English, French, Korean, Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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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 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Cast & crew filmographies and biographies
Theatrical trailer
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Subtitles:Spanish (forced - but check the notes below)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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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
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:How to beat the forced Spanish-subtitles:
- From the main menu, choose: "Idiomas/Subtitulos" ("Language/Subtitles").
- From the next menu, choose: "Idiomas: V.O. Ingles con subtitulos" ("Language: English with Subtitles").
- Select "Ver pelicula" to play the movie (skip through the two intro bits).
- The film will be in English but with Spanish subtitles.
- Press MENU on your remote to return to the menu again.
- Now choose "Subtitulos: Sin Subtitulos" ("Subtitles: No Subtitles").
- Select "Ver pelicula" again and the film should restart in English with NO subtitles. -
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with artistic director for Forever Young Film Restoration Kenneth Loring (2001)
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Extras:Film introduction
Production notes
Cast & crew filmographies and biographies
Web links
Theatrical trailer -
Subtitles:English, French, Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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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 Surround
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Introduction by Mortimer Young (1:29)
Mortimer Young on the Director's Cut (1:19)
Photo gallery
Poster gallery
Cast & crew filmographies and biographies -
Subtitles:French (forced)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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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
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Synopsis (4 pages)
Cast (1 page)
Talent Profiles
- Joel Coen/Ethan Coen (9 pages)
- Frances McDormand (Abby) (4 pages)
- Dan Hedaya (Marty) (3 pages)
- M. Emmet Walsh (Visser, Private Detective) (3 pages)
- John Getz (Ray) (2 pages)
- Samm-Art Williams (Maurice) (1 page)
Crew (1 page)
Trailer (Forever Young - Film Preservation) (1:32)
English Trailer (1:31)
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Subtitles:English, German
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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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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Subtitles:Dutch
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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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
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Photo Gallery
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Subtitles:Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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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:Also encoded for Region 4.
No menu for audio and subtitle options and they cannot be changed during the movie; therefore certain combinations are impossible, i.e. you cannot watch the movie with Italian audio and Finnish subtitles. -
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Extras:Theatrical trailer (2:10)
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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:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Theatrical trailer
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Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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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
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with artistic director for Forever Young Film Restoration Kenneth Loring (2001)
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Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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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
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The transfer is window boxed.
The packaging incorrectly claims the aspect ratio as "1.85:1 Letterbox"; it's 1.78:1 anamorphic.
Only available in a "The Coen Brothers Collection" with Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski and The Hudsucker Proxy.
Also available in "The Coen Brothers Collection" with A Serious Man, Burn After Reading, The Big Lebowski, The Hudsucker Proxy, Barton Fink and Intolerable Cruelty. -
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Extras:Photo Galleries
Theatrical Trailer -
Subtitles:Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Italian, Polish
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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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:Encoded for regions 2 & 4.
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OVERALL: Draw
Director's Cut:
The South Korean release has a 5.1 track plus the audio commentary.
Theatrical Cut:
The UK Universal release is currently the only release we have specs for but it's sadly cut.
The film exists in two versions:
(1.) The 1984 theatrical cut (99 minutes NTSC = 95 minutes PAL).
(2.) The 1998 director's cut (96 minutes NTSC = 92 minutes PAL).
For the differences between cuts see here:
https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=3339071
The film was made in 1982-83 in Ultra-Stereo but the 1998 director's cut was released in Dolby Stereo.
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CUTS:
- R0 Director's Cut South Korea- Cine Korea - No cuts - Director's cut (95:42 NTSC)
- R0 Director's Cut Spain- Manga Films - No cuts - Director's cut (91:31 PAL)
- R1 Director's Cut America- Universal Pictures - No cuts - Director's cut (95:45 NTSC)
- R2 Director's Cut France- Studio Canal - No cuts - Director's cut (91:51 PAL)
- R2 Director's Cut Germany- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No cuts - Director´s cut (91:33 PAL)
- R2 Director's Cut Holland- Bridge Entertainment - No cuts - Director's cut
- R2 Director's Cut Scandinavia- Universal Pictures - No cuts - Director's cut (91:57 PAL)
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R2 United Kingdom- Universal Pictures - Yes - Theatrical version but some dialogue has been cut at 9:19 when a customer (Man from Lubbock, Van Brooks) tosses a dime in the air while making a music selection. Meurice (Sam-Art Williams) catches the dime in mid-air before he can play some country music:
- Meurice: "What night is it?"
- Man from Lubbock: "Friday?"
- Meurice: "Right. Friday night is Yankee night. Where're you from?"
- Man from Lubbock: "Lubbock."
Meurice shakes his head and punches the selector buttons on the jukebox.
- Meurice: "Right. I'm from Detroit. It's a big city up north with tall buildings."
A Temptations Motown song drops in (94:48 PAL) - R2 Director's Cut United Kingdom- Studio Canal - No cuts - Director's cut
- R2 The Coen Brothers' Collection United Kingdom- Universal Pictures - No cuts - Director's cut (91:39 PAL)
- R4 Director's Cut Australia- Universal Pictures - No cuts - Director's Cut (91:57 PAL)
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Comparison added by The Rewind Team on 07/09/01
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 02/05/21UPDATE LOG:
07/09/17: Added Holland, UK DC, updated Germany, South Korea, Spain, US, France, ASINs, capsaholic.
Please ensure you read our disclaimer.
10/10/19: R2 UK RTs added Universal (Movie/trailer)
10/10/19: Updated Beaver link.
02/05/21: Tidyup.
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