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Punisher (The) (1989)
If Society Won't Punish The Guilty, He Will.Director: Mark Goldblatt
OVERALL: R2-
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Extras:German Theatrical Trailer
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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):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
German Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono -
Case type:Digipak
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Notes:This is a Bootleg. All missing scenes from the "R-Rated" version has been inserted from another master (In worse quality).
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Extras:Cast and Crew: Biographies and Filmographies - Korean text
- Dolph Lundgren [Frank Castle/The Punisher] (3 pages)
- Louis Gossett Jr. [Jake Berkowitz] (1 page)
- Mark Goldblatt [Director] (1 page)
Synopsis - Korean text (1 page)
Photo Gallery - slideshow (10 images)
Theatrical Trailer (1:45) -
Subtitles:Korean (Optional)
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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):English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:8809023052421
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Notes:Cover incorrectly states sound is mixed in Dolby Digital Surround.
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Extras:Cast and Crew: Biographies and Filmographies
- Dolph Lundgren [Frank Castle/The Punisher]
- Louis Gossett Jr. [Jake Berkowitz]
- Mark Goldblatt [Director]
Production Notes
Photo Gallery - slideshow
Theatrical Trailer -
Subtitles:No
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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):English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:English closed captions also included.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film - "Unrated" (89:10 mins).
Picture format:
1.85:1 Anamorphic PAL
Soundtrack(s):
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
German Dolby Digital 5.1
German Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Extras:
Trailers:
- German Trailer (1:27)
- Original Trailer (1:40)
Photo Gallery (4:10)
Artwork Gallery (3:10)
Cinema Promotion Photos (1:30)
Filmographies: - Scrolling German Text
- Dolph Lundgren [Frank Castle/The Punisher] (0:30)
- Louis Gossett Jr. [Jake Berkowitz] (0:51)
- Kim Miyori [Lady Tanaka] (0:21)
- Jeroen Krabbe [Gianni Franco] (0:41)
- Mark Goldblatt [Director] (0:10)
DISC TWO
* The Film - "Workprint Version" (96:41 mins). Workprint is in poor quality.
- 0:00 Frank Castle and Jake Berkowitz are on a stake out with Sam Leary under cover as a prostitute (Moretti Bust). It continues to shows Frank Castle's family and the friendship between him and Jake. Frank gets a phone call from the police station that Gianni Franco is leaving the country and the pair head off to the airport to serve him a warrant, afterwards the pair returns to Castle's home to see his family being blown up in the car (16:04).
- 38:50 Locating the Punisher, Sam Leary brings up the sewer system on her computer (0:12).
- 75:47 After the Punisher is kidnapped from the police van, Jake Berkowitz visits Sam Leary in hospital. It ends with Jack returning to his car and a gun is pointed at the back of his head from the back seat of his car (1:57).
- 92:36 Alternate Ending: Gianni Franco dies from a knife wound, instead of a gun shot (3:55).
Through out the movie we see extended scenes and alternate dialogue being used, and only the major differences have been highlighted above. The workprint also shows 4 scenes in a different order from the theatrical version.
Picture format:
4:3 Non-Anamorphic PAL
Soundtrack(s):
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo -
Subtitles:No
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Aspect Ratio:Multi Aspect Ratio
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Picture Format:
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TV System:PAL
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Available in 3 different covers, cover A and B are limited to 500 copies and includes a special case. This movie was heavily cut in Germany and the restored 5 minutes of footage to the unrated version appears in good to poor quality through out the film, and is taken from more than one source. This is an NTSC source master that has been converted to PAL.
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Extras:Trailers:
- German Trailer (1:27)
- Original Trailer (1:40)
Deleted Scenes: Workprint (22:28 / 'Play All' option with notes in German)
- Beginning / Prologue (16:09)
- Restaurant Shooting Scene (0:12)
- Hospital Scene (2:03)
- Bus Scene (0:24)
- Lady Tanaka Longer Dance Scene (0:25)
- Alternate Ending (3:14)
Photo Gallery (6:10)
Artwork Gallery (3:10)
Cinema Promotion Photos:
- German (1:31)
- Mexico (0:11)
- English (1:21)
- France (2:21)
- Spain (2:01)
"Cut Comparison" - Cut footage, Side-by-Side comparison with the 'US R-Rated Theatrical', 'Unrated' and 'Workprint' versions [German audio track] (10:15)
Filmographies: (2:35 / 'Play All' option)
- Dolph Lundgren [Frank Castle/The Punisher] (0:30)
- Louis Gossett Jr. [Jake Berkowitz] (0:51)
- Kim Miyori [Lady Tanaka] (0:21)
- Jeroen Krabbe [Gianni Franco] (0:40)
- Mark Goldblatt [Director] (0:10)
Workprint Beginning with Film via seamless branching:
- German Dolby Digital 5.1 (Prologue in English with German subtitles)
- German Dolby Digital 2.0 (Prologue in English with German subtitles)
- English Dolby Digital 2.0
German Trailershow: Original trailers are marked with a [*]
- "Cover Up" (1:55), "Made Of Steel" (2:13 *), "The Finder" (1:47), "Im Zeichen Das Kreuzes" (1:50), "Cyber Tracker" (2:08 *), "Cyber Tracker 2" (2:30 *), "The 24th Day" (0:54 *), "Lasst Uns Taten Compareres!" (2:20), "Ruckus" (1:23), "Split Second" (2:11 *), "Car Napping" (3:08), "Mayor Of The Sunset Strip" (2:18 *), "Long Weekend" (1:56 *), "Kurt & Courtney" (2:07 *), "Der Koloss Von Konga" (2:12), "Invasion Aus Dem Innern Der Erde" (1:04), "Hatschipuh" (1:49), "Der Geschichtenerzahler" (2:27), "Daniel. Der Zauberer" (1:19), "Angel Baby" (2:03), "Xaver Und Sein Auberirdischer Freund" (2:00), "Valhalia" (3:13 *), "Neues Aus Uhlenbusch: Ich Hatte Einen Traum" (0:48), "Hysterical" (1:31 *), "Supersonic Man" (3:05 *), "Running Time" (1:37 *), "Providenza!" (3:51), "Princess Of The Mountain" (1:30), "Onkel Otto" (1:43) and "Summer City" (2:07 *) -
Subtitles:No
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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):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
German Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Digipak
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UPC Number:4038637175354
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Notes:Also available in a lower rating FSK 16 version, with approx 5 minutes of violance cut to the film.
This is an NTSC source master that has been converted to PAL. -
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OVERALL: R2
Austrian release is uncut, but unfortunately suffers from inconsistent picture quality (see notes); it also contains the complete workprint as an extra.
Do note that the German 'Starlight Film - Ungeschnitten' is cut by 1 second and might be preferred for the consistent picture quality. The R0 and R1 'R-Rated' version might still be preferred for the superior picture quality. The choice is your. -
CUTS:
- R0 Germany- High Land - No Cuts - "Unrated" 85:20 mins (PAL).
- R0 Korea- New World International - No Cuts - "R-Rated Theatrical" 89:02 mins (NTSC).
- R1 America- Artisan Entertainment - No Cuts - "R-Rated Theatrical".
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R2 Cover C Austria- XT Video - No Cuts - "Unrated" 89:10 mins (PAL). Additional scenes:
- 17:32 Sailor hand being chopped of by blade, on yacht (1 sec).
- 26:50 Close-up shot of nanny's head (face) and body sliding down, after being shot (2 secs).
- 49:23 Gangsters bodyguard being shot sitting down at restaurant, lots of blood (4 secs).
- 70:16 Mr Franco shooting a guard at Tanaka's building, close-up of headshot (1 sec).
- 73:19 The Punisher kicking a guard in the red room, we see his body fall through the spikes (1 sec). -
R2 Uncut Germany- Starlight Film - Yes - "Unrated" 89:09 mins (PAL).
- 26:50 Missing close-up shot of nanny's head (face) sliding down, after being shot (1 secs).
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