Manhunter
by Michael Mann
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Actor: Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Joan Allen, Kim Greist, William PetersenDirector: Michael Mann
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: Dante Spinotti
Writer: Michael Mann
Editor: Dov Hoenig
Producer: Bernard Williams
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis
Producer: Richard Roth
Writer: Thomas Harris
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-11
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of Manhunter
DVD Review: Finally, The Original Theatrical Release!
Summary: 5 Stars
I did not think this was ever going to come out after three itterations that were chop shopped up by Anchor Bay.
I am a huge fan of this movie and was still holding on to my VHS copies as the DVD releases that previously came out were......not good. Why they cut certain scenes and poorly edited dialogue, while adding previously unseen "cut" scenes that added nothing to the orginal threatical release is beyond me.
THIS is the movie that I have long since beleived to be one of THE finest made crime drama movies ever made.
The ORIGINAL Hannibal "Lecktor". The orginal Will Graham. The Original Tooth Fairy and Dennis Farina and Joan Allen and Micheal Mann Directing, too boot.
If you own the DVD already, BUY this anyways. There will be NO dissappointment.
I guarantee it.
Hawk
Addendum: Here is my orginal review of the movie when it was first released on DVD. The difference between THAT and THIS is amazing:
"How difficult is this? You'd like to rate this movie five plus stars, because it is indeed a masterpiece (Don't listen to those whiney saps who want to compare it to Silence of the Lambs. Manhunter was a crime drama. SOTL was a horror movie. While I don't favor Hopkins cartoonish portrayal of Lechter, I'll admit it was entertaining. I prefer Cox's cerebral portrayal which resembled the book. But let's stop this bashing back and forth, it's tiresome.), on the other hand, Anchor Bay butchered it so much, it doesn't deserve the high ranking. What do you do? I'd almost like to opt for a seperate rating system here at Amazon. One for if you like the movie, and a seperate one for what fans of the movie thought of Anchor Bay's "remastering".
For those of you who'd be interested, here is Anchor Bay's "canned" response to a recent critique:
"Dear Customer:
It has come to our attention that our THX version of Manhunter is missing several seconds of footage which can be found by viewing other sources.
Please be aware that the interpositive of the film was used to make our disc, not a print, of which there are many with varying differences. This was and is the best source in the world for the film. We were aware of several minutes of differences between this version and the director's cut, so we went to Michael Mann for the master containing the only existing and exact version of his preferred cut.
Michael Mann's cut is the version he wanted on home video, and he, as well as Anchor Bay understood the trade-off of content at the expense of state-of-the-art quality. It was with that in mind that ABE followed the quality path to create the THX disc version.
We have heard positive feedback from most in regard to both of our releases and are sorry if you, our customer, prefer one of the several other versions that are in distribution in other media or territories.
We were (and are) opposed to cannibalizing Manhunter to create a hybrid version of the two, and apologize to anyone who feels we didn't put our best efforts into each version. I think you know we always appreciate your feedback (good or bad) and strive to do our best for each film. In this case, the versions released are the best we could do, and for the record, we're hoping you, our customer, enjoy our efforts."
Yes it is a very lame response and I took my shot back at anchor Bay telling them that in fact what they did do was indeed "Cannabilize" this film (interesting choice of words.). they never responded back.
What did I really expect though. Again in summation: Five stars for the movie. 0 stars for Anchor Bay's effort/laziness."
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