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Extras:"The Making of the Birth of a Nation" featurette (24:00)
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Subtitles:English Intertitles
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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):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
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Case type:Snapper Case
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UPC Number:0014381467420
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Notes:Gatefold essay by Russell Merritt.
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Subtitles:German (optional) for English Intertitles
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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):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes a 40 page booklet.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film (186:57)
“The Making of The Birth of a Nation” featurette Produced by David Shepard; Compiled and written by Russell Merritt (23:58)
DISC TWO
Civil War shorts directed by D.W. Griffith: (Music by Jon C. Mirsalis unless indicated)
- "In the Border States" (1910) (16:08)
- "The House With Closed Shutters" (1910) (16:56)
- "The Fugitive" (1910) (17:05)
- "His Trust" (1910) (14:20)
Courtesy of David Shepard; Musical setting compiled and arranged by Robert Israel; Performed by the Biograph Quartet:
- "His Trust Fulfilled" (1910) (11:28)
- "Swords and Hearts" (1911) (16:28)
- "The Battle" (1911) (16:35)
“New York vs. The Birth of a Nation”, Archival documents pertaining to the censorship battles over the film’s 1922 re-release (text)
Posters, Ads, and Souvenir Programs (gallery)
Excerpts from the Novel (text)
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Subtitles:English Intertitles
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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):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:0738329026622
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Notes:The discs are also available with the Blu-ray in a three-disc set.
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Subtitles:English Intertitles
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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):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:056775070397
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Notes:Poor quality due to over compression - 180 minutes of film onto a single layer disc!
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Extras:"The Making of the Birth of a Nation" featurette (23:59)
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Subtitles:English Intertitles
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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):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:5060000404210
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Notes:No colour tinting.
Also available in the "D.W. Griffith Monumental Epics" set which includes "The Birth of a Nation", "Intolerance", "Broken Blossoms", "Way Down East" and "Abraham Lincoln". -
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
1930 Introduction - Parts 1 and 2 (5:53)
1930 Opening Titles (1:19)
The Making of "The Birth of a Nation" (23:57)
Civil War Shorts by Griffith (1910-1911):
- "In the Border States" (16:07)
- "The House with Closed Shutters" (16:55)
- "The Fugitive" (17:03)
- "His Trust" (14:19)
- "His Trust Fulfilled" (11:28)
- "Swords and Hearts" (16:26)
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Subtitles:English Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.30:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 5.1
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Notes:Includes a Collector's Booklet:
- "On 'The Birth of a Nation'" by D.W. Griffith (7 pgs)
- "A Nation is Born" by Thomas Dixon (2 pgs)
- "Brotherly Love" by Francis Hackett (5 pgs)
- "Capitalising Race Hatred: 'New York Globe' editorial (April 6, 1915) and D.W. Griffith response (April 10, 1915)" (8 pgs)
- "The Birth of Film as Art" by Seymour Stern (2 pgs)
- "A Guilty Pleasure" by Michael Powell (2 pgs)
- Facts about "The Birth of a Nation" (3 pgs)
- Notes on Viewing
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Extras:"The Making of the Birth of a Nation" featurette (23:59)
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Subtitles:English Intertitles
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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):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:No colour tinting.
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OVERALL: Draw
The UK Eureka Masters of Cinema release features the 2011 restoration and copious extras.
The US Kino Video release has similar extras to the Eureka Masters of Cinema release, but has the older 1992 restoration for the main feature.
For more information, see Brenton Film's detailed article on Photoplay's restoration and all restored home video versions: The Birth of a Nation: Controversial Classic Gets a Definitive New Restoration
Note the film is in the public domain and poor quality untinted, unrestored versions have been issued by many bargain bin companies, such as Alpha, Delta, Digiview, Madacy, Triad Productions, etc, squeezing the three-hour film onto a single-layer DVD and are best avoided.
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CUTS:
- R0 America- Image Entertainment - No cuts - 1992 David Shepard restoration, with speculative tinting (186:56 NTSC)
- R0 Germany- Absolut Medien - No cuts - 1992 David Shepard restoration, with speculative tinting (187:08 NTSC->PAL).
- R1 America- Kino Video - No cuts - 1992 David Shepard restoration, with speculative tinting (186:57 NTSC).
- R1 America- Madacy - Yes - incomplete version (180 mins NTSC).
- R2 United Kingdom- Eureka - No cuts - 1992 David Shepard restoration in black and white with no tinting (187:06 NTSC->PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Eureka - No cuts - 2011 restoration from archival 35mm elements, with speculative tinting (192:54 NTSC)
- R4 Australia- Force Video - No cuts - 1992 David Shepard restoration in black and white with no tinting (187:06 NTSC->PAL).
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Comparison added by The Rewind Team on 09/01/03
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 22/01/19UPDATE LOG:
16/07/13 : Added MoC release.
Please ensure you read our disclaimer.
13/12/18: Updated US Image, US Kino, UK Eureka x2, Australia Beyond.
21/01/19: Added Germany, updated winner notes.
22/01/19: Capsaholic.
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