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Violent City AKA Città violenta AKA The Family AKA La Cité de la violence (Blu-ray) (1970)
They made him an offer he couldn't refuse... but he did.Director: Sergio Sollima
Year of Copyright: 1970
Year of Production: 1970
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film - "Violent City" hybrid version (108:23)
Audio Commentary by film historian Paul Talbot, the author of the "Bronson's Loose!" books (2022)
"Shooting Violent City" 2002 interview with co-writer/director Sergio Sollima (11:40) (in Italian with English subtitles)
International Trailer (3:54)
Bonus Trailers:
- "Rider on the Rain"
- "Farewell, Friend"
- "Cold Sweat"
- "Someone Behind the Door"
- "The Valdez Horses (Chino)"
DISC TWO
*The Film - "Città violenta" Italian cut (108:43)
*The Film - "The Family" US cut (96:04)
U.S. Theatrical Trailer (2:18)
U.S. TV Spot (1:03) -
Subtitles:"Violent City": English*
"Città violenta": English
"The Family": None -
Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):"Violent City"
English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz/24-bit)*
"Città violenta"
Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz/24-bit)
"The Family"
English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz/16-bit) -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:*Reverts to Italian for scenes not dubbed into English. A second subtitle track is enabled for those passages.
"Violent City" comes from a 2K restoration, "Città violenta" from a 4K master, and "The Family" from a 2K scan of a 35mm print.
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film - "Violent City" hybrid version (108:23)
Audio Commentary by film historian Paul Talbot, the author of the "Bronson's Loose!" books (2022)
"Shooting Violent City" 2002 interview with co-writer/director Sergio Sollima (11:40) (in Italian with English subtitles)
International Trailer (3:54)
Bonus Trailers:
- "Rider on the Rain"
- "Farewell, Friend"
- "Cold Sweat"
- "Someone Behind the Door"
- "The Valdez Horses (Chino)"
DISC TWO
*The Film - "Città violenta" Italian cut (108:43)
*The Film - "The Family" US cut (96:04)
U.S. Theatrical Trailer (2:18)
U.S. TV Spot (1:03) -
Subtitles:"Violent City": English*
"Città violenta": English
"The Family": None -
Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):"Violent City"
English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz/24-bit)*
"Città violenta"
Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz/24-bit)
"The Family"
English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz/16-bit) -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:*Reverts to Italian for scenes not dubbed into English. A second subtitle track is enabled for those passages.
"Violent City" comes from a 2K restoration, "Città violenta" from a 4K master, and "The Family" from a 2K scan of a 35mm print.
Comes with a reversible cover and slipcover. -
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
* The Film
2023 presentation by Jean-Baptiste Thoret (31:14)
2023 presentation by François Guérif (13:19)
"Shooting Violent City" 2002 interview with co-writer/director Sergio Sollima (14:38)
Italian TV show reporting on the film (1:25)
English Trailer (3:53)
Italian Trailer (3:53)
DISC TWO (DVD Copy -
Subtitles:French
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
French DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes a 32 page booklet.
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Extras:*The Film - Italian Version (108:33)
*The Film - U.S. "The Family" Version (96:04)
Audio Commentary on the Italian version by film historian Paul Talbot, the author of the "Bronson's Loose!" books (2022)
"Citta Violenta" Cinegiornale Newsreel (1:24)
"The Family" TV Spot (1:02)
"The Family" U.S. Theatrical Trailer (2:17)
German Theatrical Trailer (3:52)
International Trailer (4:02)
Italian Theatrical Trailer (4:03)
Photo Gallery (7:28) -
Subtitles:German (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray 4K Copy)
*The Film - Italian Version (108:33)
Audio Commentary by film historian Paul Talbot, the author of the "Bronson's Loose!" books (2022)
"Citta Violenta" Cinegiornale Newsreel (1:24)
"The Family" TV Spot (1:02)
"The Family" U.S. Theatrical Trailer (2:17)
German Theatrical Trailer (3:52)
International Trailer (4:02)
Italian Theatrical Trailer (4:03)
Photo Gallery (7:28)
DISC TWO (Blu-ray)
*The Film - Italian Version (108:33)
*The Film - U.S. "The Family" Version (96:04)
Audio Commentary on the Italian version by film historian Paul Talbot, the author of the "Bronson's Loose!" books (2022)
"Citta Violenta" Cinegiornale Newsreel (1:24)
"The Family" TV Spot (1:02)
"The Family" U.S. Theatrical Trailer (2:17)
German Theatrical Trailer (3:52)
International Trailer (4:02)
Italian Theatrical Trailer (4:03)
Photo Gallery (7:28) -
Subtitles:German (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:7220347732928
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Notes:Also available in five limited mediabook covers.
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Extras:"Shooting Violent City" 2002 interview with co-writer/director Sergio Sollima (in Italian with optional English subtitles) (14:37)
Cinegiornale (newsreel) (in Italian without subtitles) (1:24)
Italian Theatrical Trailer (HD, 3:53)
English Theatrical Trailer (HD, 3:53)
Photo Gallery (56 images) -
Subtitles:Italian, Italian HoH, English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:1080i50 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Italian LPCM 2.0 Mono
English LPCM 2.0 Mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Encoded at 1080i/50 but contains progressive frames resulting in an incorrect 1080i flag.
English subtitles are only present in the scenes never dubbed into English.
Includes a 4-page liner notes booklet in Italian.
Extras are SD unless otherwise stated. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film - "Violent City" hybrid version (109:17)
*The Film - "Città violenta" Italian cut (109:39)
Audio Commentary on both versions by film historian Paul Talbot, the author of the "Bronson's Loose!" books (2022)
DISC TWO
*The Film - "The Family" US cut (96:04)
U.S. Theatrical Trailer (2:18)
U.S. TV Spot (1:03)
"Shooting Violent City" 2002 interview with co-writer/director Sergio Sollima (14:39) (in Italian with English subtitles) [480i]
"Violent Sollima" 2022 interview with Italian Cinema expert Eugenio Ercolani (31:56) (in English) [1080p]
"An Important Friendship" 2022 interview with screenwriter Pierpaolo de Sanctis (21:53) (in English with optional English subtitles) [1080p]
"The Controversies of Violent City" 2022 interview with Eurocrime! documentary director Mike Malloy (17:12) [1080p]
International Export Trailer (4:00) [1080p]
U.S. Theatrical Trailer (2:20) [1080p]
U.S. TV Spots (1:05) [1080p] -
Subtitles:"Violent City": English*
"Città violenta": English
"The Family": English HoH -
Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):"Violent City"
English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono*
Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
"Città violenta"
Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
"The Family"
English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono -
Case type:Special Case
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Notes:*Reverts to Italian for scenes not dubbed into English. A second subtitle track is enabled for those passages.
"Violent City" comes from a 2K restoration, "Città violenta" from a 4K master made by the Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna using the original Techiscope negative and the Italian sound negative, and "The Family" from a 2K scan of a 35mm print.
Comes in a matte-laminate full slipcase with brand-new artwork from Colin Murdoch with a double-sided foldout poster, and the 20-page booklet "Charlie Slays - How Charles Bronson Transitioned from Character Actor to Leading Man in Sergio Sollima’s Brutal and
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OVERALL: Draw
The UK release has 3 versions of the film with additional extras over the Kino Lorber releases.
The French has some exclusive extras with one version of the film.
We have no idea why the "Violent City" and "Città violenta" cuts run longer on the 88 Films release compared to the Kino Lorber since they use the same masters (Kino Lorber's logo is also printed on the face of 88 Films' second disc as the source of the master for "The Family").
Also available from:
- Happinet (Japan)
GENERAL NOTES:
There are two principal versions of the film:
- the Italian cut of the film (109 minutes), the English/Italian hybrid version on various home video releases is not a legitimate cut of the film;
- the English version first released as "Violent City" and then as "The Family" (96 minutes) which actually features a few more English-language passages where the hybrid cut reverted to Italian.
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray A America- Kino Lorber - No cuts - includes the "Violent City" hybrid cut (108:23), the Italian version (108:43), and the US "The Family" cut (96:04).
- Blu-ray A Canada- Kino Lorber - No cuts - includes the "Violent City" hybrid cut (108:23), the Italian version (108:43), and the US "The Family" cut (96:04).
- Blu-ray B France- Sidonis Calysta - No cuts - "Violent City" hybrid cut (108:16)
- Blu-ray B Germany- Nameless Media - No cuts - includes the Italian version (108:33) and the U.S. version (96:04).
- Blu-ray B Standard Edition Germany- Nameless Media - No cuts - includes the Italian version (108:33) on the 4K disc and the Blu-ray which also contains the U.S. version (96:04).
- Blu-ray B Italy- Ripley’s Home Video - No cuts (104:42 - 25fps), see notes.
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- 88 Films - No cuts - includes the "Violent City" hybrid cut (109:17), the Italian version (109:39), and the US "The Family" cut (95:59).
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Comparison added by Anthony_DiPaola on 09/09/11
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 16/02/23UPDATE LOG:
09/09/11: Initial Entry.
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11/04/22: Dates.
13/05/22: Added Us/Canada, tagline, extras info on Italy.
04/06/22: Added UK.
12/08/22: caps-a-holic.
16/02/23: Added France.
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