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Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain AKA Xin shu shan jian xia AKA Zu Mountain: New Legend of the Zu Mountain Swordsmen AKA Zu Time Warrior (1983)
Chinese soldiers in an ancient civil war get caught up in a fantastical quest to save the universe.Director: Tsui Hark
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:Theatrical trailer
Bonus trailer: "Heart Of Dragon"
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Subtitles:Chinese, English, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Thai and Vietnamese
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1
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Extras:Tsui Hark interview
Featurette: Tsui Hark comments on the best scenes in the film
Cast and crew filmographies
Theatrical trailer
TV spot
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Subtitles:French
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Cantonese Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by Hong Kong film expert Bey Logan and Director Tsui Hark
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Extras:The Wizards Cave:
4 deleted scenes from the Longer US version with Text intro (Non-Anamorphic, English Dub Audio) (~30mins)
Interview Gallery:
- Mang Hoi (~20mins)
- Moon Lee (~20mins)
Trailers:
UK Promotional Trailer
Theatrical Trailer
Other Titles:
- Tai Chi Boxer
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1
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Extras:DISC 1
*The Film
DISC 2
Original Movie Trailer
New Edited Movie Trailer
Promotional Trailers for "Police Story", Once Upon A Time In China" and "Swordsman"
Movie Stills Photo Album
Movie Photo Slide Show
Interview with Yuen Biao (12:29)
Alternate US Opening (29:41) (English Dub Audio)
Alternate US Ending (11:06) (English Dub Audio) -
Subtitles:Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional and English
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Cantonese DTS 5.1
Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1
Cantonese Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Initial pressings come packaged with a slipcase.
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by Hong Kong film expert Bey Logan and Director Tsui Hark
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Extras:The Wizards Cave:
4 deleted scenes from the longer US version with text intro (Non-Anamorphic, English Dub Audio):
- Scene 1: If Destiny Wills (23:56)
- Scene 2: A Guiding Light (2:34)
- Scene 3: Lost In Time (1:03)
- Scene 4: The Awakening (1:46)
Interview Gallery:
- Mang Hoi (17:52)
- Moon Lee (21:49)
Trailers:
UK Promotional Trailer (2:03)
Theatrical Trailer (3:34)
Bonus Trailer: "Once Upon A Time In China 3" -
Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1
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OVERALL: Draw
R3 for the Best audio or the Hong Kong Legends releases for the commentary. Note, both releases feature unique extras so a fan may own both. The French Release also features 2 exclusive interviews with the director.
Do note that the R2 release reportedly has an inferior transfer.
GENERAL NOTES:
There are 3 versions of this film:
- The original Hong Kong version (98 minutes)
- A Chinese Version
- The International release (97 minutes) titled “Zu: Time Warrior” with nearly 35 minutes of wraparound footage at the expense of an equal amount of footage, parts of the plot changed in the dialogue, and the removal of the opening battle sequence which also features a second role for Sammo Hung.
The Chinese and International versions were not approved by director Tsui Hark.
Also Known As:
Warriors from the Magic Mountain
Zu Warriors
Zu, les guerriers de la montagne magique
Zu, los guerreros de la montaña mágica
Also released:
- Japan by Universal
- USA by Image Entertainment
- France by TF1 Vidéo
- Germany by Highlight
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CUTS:
- R0 Hong Kong- Universe Laser and Video Co. Ltd. - No Cuts, Unknown Version
- R2 France- Metropolitan - No Cuts, Unknown Version
- R2 United Kingdom- Hong Kong Legends - No Cuts, (~94mins PAL) Shorter Hong Kong Version
- R3 Hong Kong- Joy Sales/Fortune Star - No Cuts, (~97mins PAL) Shorter Hong Kong Version
- R4 Special Edition Australia- Hong Kong Legends - No cuts - Shorter Hong Kong version (93:48 PAL).
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Comparison added by David on 02/06/02
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 27/04/20UPDATE LOG:
01/06/11 - Merged comparison with it's duplicate and fixed some typos.
Please ensure you read our disclaimer.
21/12/11 - Removed reference in the Notes to the Nordisk release which is actually for he 2001 remake.
02/05/13 - Added R4 Australia.
26/04/20: revised version notes
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