AMBERSONS on VIDEO:
If you have details of versions not listed here, or details about the foreign DVDs, please let me know!
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US VHS Release from Turner Home Video. Currently available. |
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Criterion Collection CAV Laserdisc Release; Contains following extras: Commentary by Robert Carringer; Mercury Theater Radio production of Ambersons; footage from Pampered Youth, a 1925 silent version of Ambersons; The Unmaking of a Classic - an essay by Carringer w/photos, footage of Welles speaking on Ambersons; The Lost Ambersons - video of Welles discussing new ending, OW’s shooting script, storyboards for lost footage. 2 laserdiscs, released 1986, reprinted 1989. Catalog # CC1109L; Out of print. |
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Spain DVD release. This release is reported to be of poor quality, with a poor source print and cuts made in the opening sequence, causing it to be out of sync with Welles' narration. |
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German DVD release |
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Japanese DVD release. |
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Second Japanese edition (probably a re-issue of the above release), released 2003. Catalog #IVCF-2145 |
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French special edition DVD release. Released by Editions Montparnasse and Cahiers du Cinema. Extras include interviews with Jean Douchet and Bill Krohn and the trailer. Comes in an oversized box. Review here. |