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Four Flies on Grey Velvet AKA 4 mosche di velluto grigio AKA Quattro mosche di velluto grigio AKA 4 mouches de velours gris (1971)
When the flies start to crawl, so will your flesh...Director: Dario Argento
Year of Copyright: 1971
Year of Production: 1971
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
Between the Shameless UK release and the German Koch Media release for containing a good range of contextual (and differing) material and also containing the most complete presentation of the film. But note, the quality of the missing footage on the German Koch Media release appears to be better than the UK release, the frame line from the closing sequence hasn't been digitally removed, and it's only available in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. The Italian 45th anniversary edition also has a documentary but it is not English-friendly.
The US release from Mya Communications and Italian release from 01 Distribution are missing a small amount of footage, apparently due to print damage at reel ends. However, these releases also restores 90s of footage to the climax of the film that is not present on version of the film contained on the German Retrofilm DVD (this footage is presented as an 'extra' on the German release).
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CUTS:
- R0 America- MYA Communication - No censor cuts. Restores about 1:30 of footage to the climax, but about 0:30 of footage is also missing, mostly at scene transitions, seemingly due to print damage (102:20 NTSC)
- R0 Germany- Retrofilm - No censor cuts. Missing 1:30 of footage at the climax of the film (96:54 PAL)
- R0 40th Anniversary Edition United Kingdom- Shameless Screen Entertainment - No cuts (99:04 PAL)
- R2 Limited Edition Germany- Koch Media - No cuts (99:02 PAL)
- R2 Italy- 01 Distribution - No censor cuts. Restores about 1:30 of footage to the climax, but about 0:30 of footage is also missing, mostly at scene transitions, seemingly due to print damage (98:15 PAL)
- R2 45th Anniversary Versione Integrale Italy- CG Entertainment - No cuts (99:04 PAL)
- R2 Scandinavia- Another World Entertainment - No censor cuts. Restores about 1:30 of footage to the climax, but about 0:30 of footage is also missing, mostly at scene transitions, seemingly due to print damage (98:17 PAL)
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Comparison added by Samuel_Scott on 20/04/08
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 05/08/21UPDATE LOG:
07/08/18 - added CG Italy release.
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14/01/12 - added UK Shameless release.
15/01/12 - DVDBeaver link added.
04/12/12 - Addition of the German Koch Media release.
09/05/13 - Added R2 Italy.
18/09/15 - Added Scandinavia.
05/08/21 - Co-production titles, dates.
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