Audio commentary with R. Dixon Smith and Brad Stevens

"Tabu: The Cinematic Legacy" documentary (14:53, in German with forced English subtitles)
80 Page Booklet containing:
Cast and credits
- 'Sunrise in Bora Bora' (essay by Scott Eyman, originally published in 'Film Comment' 26.6 in 1990 and updated for this booklet, describing the production history of Tabu, including its evolution from an earlier aborted project, Turia, and the relationship beween the film's writers F.W. Murnau and Robert Flaherty)
- 'Flaherty and Tabu' (essay by Richard Griffith originally published in 'Film Culture' 20 in 1959)
- 'A Few Reminiscences' (Robert Flaherty's brother David, Tabu's assistant director, remembers working on the film in an article originally published in 'Film Culture' 20 in 1959)
- 'Flaherty's Hollywood Period: The Crosby Version' (interview with Tabu's cinematographer Floyd Crosby by film critic Mark Langer, conducted in 1976 and first published in 'Wide Angle' 20.2, 1998)
- 'A Story of the South Seas, in Letters and Telegrams' (a selection from Murnau's correspondence about his period in the Pacific, compiled from a number of sources but especially from Lotte H. Eisner's 1964 book 'F.W. Murnau')
- 'The Fire-Spirit of Bora Bora: A Ghostly Experience from Murnau's South Pacific Diary' (article by Murnau originally published in 'Der Film heute und morgen' 41 (February 25 1940) and newly translated for this booklet)
- 'Turia, an Original Story' (Murnau and Flaherty's original treatment for the aborted project Turia, originally published in 'Film Culture' 20 in 1959)
- 'Tabu (Taboo), a Story of the South Seas' (Murnau and Flaherty's original treatment for Tabu, originally published in 'Film Culture' 20 in 1959)
- 'Tabu: A Story of the South Seas' (review by Lotte H. Eisner originally published in 'Film Kurier', August 28 1931 and later included in her 1964 book 'F.W. Murnau')
- 'A Song for Mr. Murnau' (poem written by a Punaavia islander for Murnau, quoted by Lotte H. Eisner in her 1964 book 'F.W. Murnau')

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1.33:1

Non-Anamorphic

PAL

Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Keep Case

Double thick amaray case.
Audio is the original Hugo Riesenfeld musical score.

Special thanks to Rewind user baggish for providing these specifications.

Audio commentary by film historian Janet Bergstrom

Short Film:
- "Reri in New York" (3:44, with commentary from Janet Bergstrom)
Outtakes (23:44, with commentary from Janet Bergstrom)
Stills Gallery (50 images) with script pages (24 images) and telegrams (4 images) (script pages and telegrams also supplied as pdf files)
Original Trailer (3:01)

No

1.33:1

Non-Anamorphic

NTSC

Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono

Keep Case

Audio is the original Hugo Riesenfeld musical score.

Audio commentary with R. Dixon Smith and Brad Stevens

"Tabu: The Cinematic Legacy" (14:52, in German with English subtitles)
Outtakes with commentary (15:25, in German with English subtitles)
1940 short subject "Treibjagd in der Sudsee" created from unused footage from "Tabu" (11:43)
56-PAGE BOOKLET containing writing by Murnau, Scott Eyman, David Flaherty, and Mark Langer & Floyd Crosby, along with “A Song for Mr. Murnau” and rare imagery.

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1.09:1

Non-Anamorphic

NTSC

Dolby Digital 2.0 mono

Keep Case

Yes, this is NTSC (replaces previous Region 0 PAL edition from Masters of Cinema).