| Distributor:Paramount Pictures Synopsis: The biggest-budgeted movie ever produced at Germany's UFA, Fritz Lang's gargantuan Metropolis consumed resources that would have yielded upwards of 20 conventional features, more than half the studio's entire annual production budget. And if it didn't make a profit at the time -- indeed, it nearly bankrupted the studio -- the film added an indelible array of images and ideas to cinema, and has endured across the many decades since its release. Metropolis had many sources of inspiration, including ... Full Synopsis
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| Set around the apocalyptic year of 2000, Metropolis has had a seminal influence on science fiction and futuristic movies as diverse as The Bride of Frankenstein, Blade Runner, and Dark City. Featuring literally a cast of thousands, Metropolis creates a reality so complex and artistically unified the viewer gets swept away to this future world. Director Fritz Lang's surreal and occasionally incomprehensible ... Read Review | |
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DVD Info MPAA Rating:Unknown Distributed By (Studio):Alpha Video DVD Features [None specified] DVD Features Brand new soundtrack DVD Features Silent with score by Peter Osborne. Metropolis [Special Edition] DVD Features Disc 1. The Film, Audio Commentary by film historian Enno Patalas
Disc 2. The Metroplosi case, Credits & Cast, The restoration, Photo Galleries, Biographies. Metropolis [Restored Edition] DVD Features Vintage special gift enclosed: Frameable reproduction of the original movie poster inside Metropolis [The Masters of Cinema Series] DVD Features Double-Disc Set With 28-Page Booklet
Extensive 2001 Restoration Officially Licensed From The Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung And Transit Film Gmbh
Original 1927 Orchestral Score By Gottfried Huppertz, Newly Arranged By Berndt Heller
Full Length Audio Commentary By Film Historian Enno Patalas. In German Or English Audio With Optional Subtitles
The Metropolis Case (2002) - A 44-Minute Documentary By Enno Patalas On The Making Of Metropolis
A 9-Minute Restoration Documentary (2002) With Martin Koerber
Production Stills, Posters, Costume Designs, Stills Of Missing Scenes And Architectural Sketches
Extensive Restoration Notes By Martin Koerber, Writing By Otto Hunte, Gunther Rittau, Aenne Wilkomm, Brigitte Helm, Rudolf Arnheim And A Newly Revised And Updated Essay By Film Critic Jonathan Rosenbaum Metropolis [With Large T-shirt] The Complete Metropolis [Limited Edition] The Complete Metropolis [Limited Edition] [Blu-ray] | |