Fawlty Towers Complete Collection (Remastered) ADDED

[Sunny_Srinivas]

Title: Fawlty Towers - The Complete Collection (Remastered)
Country: UK
Region: 2,4
Releasing Studio: 2entertain
Case Type: 3 discs in a fold-out case inside a slipcase and includes a 8 page booklet
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Anamorphic?: No
PAL or NTSC?: PAL
Soundtracks: Dolby Digital Dual Mono
Subtitles (are they optional?): English SDH, German, French, Dutch (all optional)
Cuts: (and if you know it, precise run time)
Commentaries:
Extras:
Notes:
Easter Eggs: On Disc 3, click the serving tray that Manuel is holding to access footage of the real Fawlty Towers after it burned down (2:30)
Amazon ASIN (UK, French, German, USA releases only): B002KSA3XE
Source: I own the set


Disc 1
Play All (180:29)
- A Touch Of Class (30:20)
- The Builders (28:13)
- The Wedding Party (33:19)
- The Hotel Inspectors (28:47)
- Gourmet Night (28:36)
- The Germans (31:14)

Note: Audio commentary on all episodes by director John Howard Davies
Audio commentary on all episodes by actor John Cleese
Audio description on all episodes (spoken at specific points; describes specific scenes for blind and partially sighted people)


Disc 2
Play All (194:05)
- Communication Problems (31:23)
- The Psychiatrist (36:16)
- Waldorf Salad (32:02)
- The Kipper And The Corpse (31:34)
- The Anniversary (29:07)
- Basil The Rat (33:43)

Note: "The Kipper And The Corpse" - At 4:01, the dialogue "Is it your legs?", spoken by Basil, is present.

Note: Audio commentary on all episodes by director Bob Spiers
Audio commentary on all episodes by actor John Cleese
Audio description on all episodes (spoken at specific points; describes specific scenes for blind and partially sighted people)


Disc 3
- 2009 Interviews (39:01) (runs continuously, individual segments can be jumped to via chapter points)
Birth of Fawlty Towers (John Cleese) (1:20)
Inspiration for Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) (3:10)
Recording Sessions (John Cleese) (1:21)
Fast Paced Farce (John Cleese) (1:57)
Physical Comedy (John Cleese) (1:47)

Inspiration for Basil Fawlty (Connie Booth) (1:46)
Working with John (Connie Booth) (2:40)
The Wedded Writing Team (Connie Booth) (1:24)
Polly the Maid (Connie Booth) (0:21)
Basil (Connie Booth) (1:24)

Most Famous Waiter Ever (Andrew Sachs) (1:29)
Recipe for Success (Andrew Sachs) (1:03)
The Fawlty Cast (Andrew Sachs) (1:56)
Worldwide Fame (Andrew Sachs) (1:56)

A Marriage made in Hell (Prunella Scales) (1:07)
On Set (Prunella Scales) (1:22)
Faultless Fawlty (Prunella Scales) (1:01)

Producing Fawlty Towers (John Howard Davies) (1:09)
Fawlty's Fat Scripts (John Howard Davies) (1:13)
Manuel Goes Up in Flames (John Howard Davies) (0:52)
Basil (John Howard Davies) (0:54)
Funniest Sitcom Ever (John Howard Davies) (0:31)

Mr. Hutchinson, The Hotel Inspectors (Bernard Cribbins) (1:11)
Dr. Price, The Kipper & the Corpse (Geoffrey Palmer) (1:23)
Quentina, Basil & the Rat (Sabrina Franklyn) (1:18)
Mr. Johnson, The Psychiatrist (Nicky Henson) (1:34)
O'Reilly, The Builders (David Kelly) (1:52)

- Interviews
John Cleese (50:13)
Andrew Sachs (24:57)
Prunella Scales (7:50)

- Helpful Staff (audio + text)
John Cleese (0:54) (2 text pages)
Prunella Scales (0:46) (1 text page)
Connie Booth (0:24) (1 text page)
Andrew Sachs (0:46) (1 text page)
Brian Hall (0:11) (1 text page)

- Torquay Tourist Office (11:39)

- Guest Registry (audio + text)
Joan Sanderson (0:21) (1 text page)
Nicky Henson (0:17) (1 text page)
Charles McKeown (0:16) (1 text page)
John Quarmby (0:12) (1 text page)
Geoffrey Palmer (0:24) (1 text page)
Una Stubbs (0:27) (1 text page)
Ballard Berkeley (0:21) (1 text page)
Bernard Cribbins (0:17) (1 text page)
Gilly Flower & Renee Roberts (0:21) (1 text page)
Michael Gwynn (0:13) (1 text page)
David Kelly (0:27) (1 text page)
Robin Ellis (0:28) (1 text page)

- Cheap Tatty Review (1:00)
- Out takes (1:36)

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Soundtracks: Dolby Digital Dual Mono

English Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono only?

Audio description on all episodes (spoken at specific points; describes the scene for blind and partially sighted people)

What is the audio codec and how many channels?

The Outtakes - are the bad words censored?

[Sunny_Srinivas]

james,

"English Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono only?"
yes, only English.


"Audio description"
VLC player, played on the PC, gives this:
Codec: A52 Audio (aka AC3)(a52)
Channels: Stereo
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Birate: 192 kb/s

despite VLC stating the audio as stereo, it is actually dual mono. i checked the audio and it has the same sound waveform in both left and right channels. i hear the same sounds on my left and right speakers.

just to be clear, this audio track has the audio as spoken by the actors and in addition has the "description audio" to help blind/partially sighted people.


"The Outtakes"
yes, the swear words are censored.


hope this answers your questions.

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Thanks, added it!

[Sunny_Srinivas]

james,

sorry, don't mean to add to your headaches, but there are 2 small issues:

1) 2009 Interviews (39:01
missing the closing bracket.

2) Easter eggs: On disc three, highlight the big frame in the main menu and press enter to access a "Footage of the real Fawlty Towers after it burned down" featurette (2:30).
it is not the "big frame".
it is the tray Manuel is holding.
copy the text from the R2 Scandinavia easter eggs version.

thanks.

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Thanks for mentioning them. Fixed!