The Canterbury Tales (1971) R2 UK ADDED

[baggish]

The Canterbury Tales (1971) R2 UK

http://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=3132

The BFI has released this film twice, with different specs:

BFIVD508: original non-anamorphic release from 2001 (already in the database)
BFIVD838: 2009 anamorphic release with the same new transfer as the Blu-Ray (BFIB1018) released at the same time

The film is currently sold as a dual-format edition BFIB1116. I guess this contains both BFIVD838 and BFIB1018 but I haven't seen it.

Specs for the 2009 DVD (I copied the format from Arabian Nights http://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=3133):

Extras:
*The Movie (Italian version)
English subtitles
Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
*The Movie (English version)
English HoH subtitles
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
Pasolini and the Italian Genre Film (35:10)
Theatrical trailer (4:35)
Alternative Shots (3:37)
Aspect Ratio: sleeve and booklet claim 1.85:1 but on measurement it's nearer 1.79:1
Picture Format: Anamorphic
TV System: PAL
Case type: Keep Case
UPC Number: BFIVD838
Notes: Comes with a 20-page booklet containing "The Trilogy of Life", an essay by Sam Rohdie, "The Canterbury Tales", an essay by Roger Clarke, "The Canterbury Tales reviewed", the original review from 'Monthly Film Bulletin' July 1973 by Nigel Andrews, credits and cast, "Pier Paolo Pasolini", an essay by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, "About the Transfer" notes and acknowledgements.
Cuts: None
(The Sam Rohdie and Geoffrey Nowell-Smith essays are also in the Arabian Nights booklet, so I guess they will be in The Decameron booklet as well)
- http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/canterbury-tales-1971
- the original cinema release was cut
- the Blu-Ray is in the database as uncut (http://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=21722, I don't know the source) and this has the same transfer. The 2001 DVD is in the database as "All previous 1972 film cuts waived" (again,I don't know the source)
- http://www.criterionforum.org/forum/vie ... php?t=9232 suggests the 2009 versions of all three Trilogy of Life films are uncut
Duration:
- 106:29 (Italian version)
- 106:32 (English version) (there is an extra 3s of blank space at the beginning)
ASIN: B001TQROA8
Sources:
- I borrowed the DVD from the library
- http://shop.bfi.org.uk/the-canterbury-t ... luray.html

Other ASINs:
2001 DVD: B00005K24T
Dual-Format edition: B0068M11KM

According to IMDB, the year should be 1972. Both the DVD and Blu-Ray are in the database as 1971.

Also, Dutch release: http://www.dvdinfo.be/bespreking.php?id=2189

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Added and updated, thanks!