Title: Army of Darkness AKA Evil Dead 3 AKA Army of Darkness: Evil Dead 3 (Blu-ray) (1992)
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Country: Australia
Disc 1 = DVD; “Director’s cut”
Region: 0
Releasing Studio: Viavision
Case Type: Keep case (with die-cut slipcover); houses all five discs
Aspect Ratio: 1.66
Anamorphic: 16:9
PAL or NTSC: NTSC
Soundtracks: English Dolby surround 2.0
Subtitles: nil
Duration: 95:51
Commentary: Director Sam Raimi, actor Bruce Campbell & co-writer Ivan Raimi
Extras:
- Storyboards (pop-up track via subtitle stream)
- Creature concept drawings (22 static images)
Notes: Appears to be straight port of old Anchor Bay “Bootleg” edition (disc ID even contains read data of “Army_Darkness_Bootleg”)
Easter Eggs: n/a
Disc 2 = Blu-ray; “Director’s Cut”
Region: 0
Releasing Studio: Viavision
Aspect Ratio: 1.78
Anamorphic: n/a
PAL or NTSC: n/a
Soundtracks: English DTS MA 5.1
Subtitles: English HOH
Duration: 96:22
Commentary: Director Sam Raimi, actor Bruce Campbell & co-writer Ivan Raimi
Extras:
- Art Gallery (175 static images; HD)
Notes: From MGM’s HD master
Codec: AVC MPEG-4
Picture: 1080p
Disc 3 = Blu-ray; “Theatrical Version”
Identical to US All Region “Screwhead Edition” BD; is in fact the Universal disc! Just cut & paste that one here!
Disc 4 = DVD; “Theatrical Version”
Region: 0
Releasing Studio: Viavision
Case Type: Keep case
Aspect Ratio: 1.66
Anamorphic: 16:9
PAL or NTSC: NTSC
Soundtracks: English Dolby 5.1, English Dolby surround 2.0
Subtitles: nil
Duration: 80: 41
Commentaries: nil
Extras:
- “The Men Behind the Army” featurette (18:57)
- “Talent Bios” Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell (text biographies)
Notes: Appears to be port of old Anchor Bay “Theatrical” cut (even retains AB menus)
Easter Eggs: n/a
Disc 5 = DVD; “Television Version”
Region: 0
Releasing Studio: Viavision
Case Type: Keep case
Aspect Ratio: 1.33
Anamorphic: 4:3
PAL or NTSC: PAL
Soundtracks: English Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: nil
Duration: 90:32
Commentaries: nil
Extras:
- Making of featurette (4:40)
- Interviews: Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell & Robert Tapert (4:50)
- Behind the Scenes (4:29)
Deleted Scenes:
- Original Opening (2:50)
- Ash Confronts Arthur (1:55)
- Original Windmill Scene (5:59)
- Ash Confronts Henry (2:45)
Trailers:
- US (1:56)
- UK (2:05)
- Teaser (1:59)
- TV spots (3:00)
- VHS Commercial (00:30)
Notes: Deleted scenes playable with or without optional commentary (unfortunately the participants are not listed)
Easter Eggs: n/a
Extra notes: The sleeve lists the DVDs as being Region 4, however ALL discs in the set are region-free.
Although being marketed as "Definitive" by ViaVision (Madman), the set manages to skip the 88m. international cut that played Australia cinemas in 1993 and was subsequently released to home video following.
And yes, you’re reading that right – two DVDs are NTSC and the other’s PAL (as listed above)
Source: Retail discs (own copies)
Hope that helps and apologies for the stuff up! Life and all that...
