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Babylon 5: The Gathering (TV) (1993)
Feature length pilot episode for the award-winning SF series. The opening of B5 is put in jeopardy when the commanding officer is accused of the attempted murder of a diplomat.Director: Richard Compton
Year of Copyright: 1993
Year of Production: 1992-93
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Subtitles:English, French
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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Case type:Snapper Case
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Notes:Not available separately; only available as a double feature with "Babylon 5: In the Beginning" (DVD-10 disc, with one movie on each side)
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with creator J. Michael Straczynski and production designer John Iacovelli (2004)
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Extras:"Babylon 5: The Gathering" 2004 featurette (3:55)
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Subtitles:English, French, Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Disc is also encoded R2, R3 and R4.
This edition is only available in the 5-disc set "Babylon 5: The Movie Collection", which contains: The Gathering, In the Beginning, Thirdspace, The River of Souls and A Call to Arms. -
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Extras:Cast and crew list (1 text page)
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Subtitles:Czech, Dutch, English HoH, Finnish, German, Greek, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Cast and crew list (1 text page)
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Subtitles:Czech, Dutch, English HoH, Finnish, German, Greek, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
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Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:7321937163969
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Special thanks to Rewind user Åsmund_Utvik for providing these specifications.
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Extras:Cast and crew list (1 text page)
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Subtitles:English, English HoH, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, German, German HoH, Greek, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish,
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
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Case type:Snapper Case
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Notes:Disc is also encoded R4
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Subtitles:English, French
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:9325336007792
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Notes:Only available as a double feature with "Babylon 5: In The Beginning " (DVD-10 disc, with one movie on each side)
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OVERALL: Draw
The new edition featured in the box set "Babylon 5: The Movie Collection", for the DD 5.1 soundtrack and audio commentary. The UK and Swedish releases have the original version.
This exists in two different edits, both of which run more or less the same length:
(1.) The original 1993 version which had music by Stuart Copeland is differently edited at times to the 1998 version and has the original Ron Thornton supervised SPFX (94 minutes NTSC = 90 minutes PAL).
(2.) The 1998 special edition made for TNT which has a Christophe Franke score, updated SPFX more in line with the TV series proper. JMS revised the whole film adding back in cut characterisation and deleting some material (95 minutes NTSC = 91 minutes PAL). -
CUTS:
- R1 America- Warner Home Video - No cuts - 1998 SE version (94:36 NTSC)
- R1 The Movie Collection America- Warner Home Video - No cuts - 1998 SE version (94:36 NTSC)
- R2 Germany- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Original 1993 broadcast version (89:24 PAL)
- R2 Scandinavia- Sandrew Metronome - No cuts - Original 1993 broadcast version (89:24 PAL)
- R2 Feature Length Pilot Episode United Kingdom- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Original 1993 broadcast version (89:24 PAL)
- R4 Australia- Warner Home Video - No cuts - 1998 version (94:36 NTSC)
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Comparison added by David on 12/04/02
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 21/09/22UPDATE LOG:
16/12/17: Added note about versions and corrected detail on the US and UK versions. Added loads of subtitles missed off to the UK release. It is also the 1993 version and not the 1998 version as orignally thought.
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17/12/17: Typos.
02/02/21: Corrected sound formats on the 1993 versions.
20/09/22: Added Germany, updated Scandinavia.
21/09/22: Dates.
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