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Macbeth (Blu-ray) (1948)
Entertainment greatness... That only motion picture magic can bring!Director: Orson Welles
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film - 1948 Theatrical Version
Audio commentary by novelist/critic/film historian Tim Lucas (2024)
Audio commentary with Orson Welles biographer Joseph McBride (2016)
DISC TWO
* The Film - 1950 Re-release Version
"Welles and Shakespeare with Michael Anderegg" 2016 interview (11:56)
"That Was Orson Welles with Peter Bogdanovich" 2016 interview (9:49)
"Restoring Macbeth with Robert Gitt" 2016 interview (8:22)
"Free Republic: Herbert J. Yates and the Story of Republic Pictures" 2016 interview with archivist Marc Wanamaker (6:32)
Bonus Trailers for The Stranger, The Lady from Shanghai, Touch of Evil, Man in the Shadow -
Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:738329266783
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Notes:Includes a slipcover.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film - 1948 Theatrical Version
Audio commentary with Orson Welles biographer Joseph McBride
DISC TWO
* The Film - 1950 Re-release Version
"Welles and Shakespeare with Michael Anderegg" 2016 interview (11:56)
"Adapting Shakespeare on Film: A Conversation with Directors Carlo Carlei and Billy Morrissette" 2016 interviews (8:19)
"Voodoo Macbeth" excerpt from the 1937 WPA documentary "We Work Again" (with text introduction) (7:14)
"That Was Orson Welles with Peter Bogdanovich" 2016 interview (9:49)
"Restoring Macbeth with Robert Gitt" 2016 interview (8:22)
"Free Republic: Herbert J. Yates and the Story of Republic Pictures" 2016 interview with archivist Marc Wanamaker (6:32)
"Orson Welles's Macbeth" essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum (10:02) (9 pages) -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono (48kHz/24bit)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:All extras are in 1080p.
All extras are in English with no subtitles.
Includes an 8-page booklet featuring the essay "Orson Welles's Macbeth" by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum.
Packaged in a slipcase. -
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 (48kHz/16bit)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film - 1948 Integral Version
"Macbeth Maudit" ["Cursed Macbeth"] 2014 interview with actor Denis Levant (25:13)
"Les Deux Macbeth D'Orson Welles" ["The Two Macbeths of Orson Welles"] 2005 interview with film scholar François Thomas (26:45)
"Welles & Shakespeare" 2005 interview with film scholar Jean-Pierre Berthomé (13:57)
"Le Château et la Lande: Analyse du décor par Jean-Pierre Berthomé" ["The Castle and the Moor: Design Analysis with Jean-Pierre Berthomé"] 2005 interview (13:43)
"L'image" ["The Picture"] audio analysis (3:00)
"La musique et le son" ["The Music and the Sound"] audio analysis (3:38)
"Le Bruit et la Fureur" ["The Sound and the Fury"] 2005 interview with theater director Stuart Seide (13:51)
"Macbeth Vaudou" ["Voodoo Macbeth"] excerpt from the 1937 WPA documentary "We Work Again" (with introduction by François Thomas) (8:50)
"Mercury Text Records: Macbeth" 1940 78rpm record audio recording (78:01) [1080p]
Credits (0:14) [1080p]
DISC TWO
* The Film - 1950 Re-release Version -
Subtitles:French (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 (48kHz/24bit)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Disc One is Region ALL.
Disc Two is Region B.
All extras are in 1080i 50Hz, except where noted.
"Macbeth Maudit" interview is in French, with no subtitles.
"Macbeth Vaudou" introduction is in French, with no subtitles; documentary excerpt is in English, with optional French subtitles.
"Mercury Text Records: Macbeth" is in English, with no subtitles.
All other extras are in French, with burned-in French subtitles for English film clips.
Initial pressings come packaged with a slipcover.
Also available in the Orson Welles d'après William Shakespeare Collector's Box with Othello packaged in a 4-disc digipak with a slipbox. -
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OVERALL: Draw
The US Olive Signature Edition, US Kino Lorber and the French releases have two versions of the movie and differing extras.
Note that the US releases include the 1948 Theatrical Version while the French release includes the 1948 Integral Version and most of the extras on the French release are not English-friendly.
Versions:
The following versions of the film are known to exist:
- The 1948 Theatrical Version, with the cast using Scottish accents (107 min)
- The 1948 Integral Version, which adds overture (8 min) and exit (4 min) music (119 min)
- The 1950 Re-release Version, which was shortened by the studio and redubbed under the supervision of associate producer Richard Wilson to reduce the Scottish accents. This version adds narration from Orson Welles at the opening and is missing some of the play's most famous lines (85 min)
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray A America- Kino Lorber - No cuts - includes both the 1948 Theatrical Version (119:15) and the 1950 Re-release Version (85:07).
- Blu-ray A Signature Edition America- Olive Films - No cuts - includes both the 1948 Theatrical Version (107:36) and the 1950 Re-release Version (85:17).
- Blu-ray ALL America- Olive Films - No cuts - 1948 Theatrical Version (107:15).
- Blu-ray B Collector's Edition France- Carlotta Films - No cuts - includes both the 1948 Integral Version (118:47) and the 1950 Re-release Version (84:59).
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Comparison added by Vincent_Bouche on 07/02/15
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 14/07/24UPDATE LOG:
07/02/15: Initial entry.
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12/11/16: Addition of the US Signature Edition.
05/12/16: Correction of versions included on US Signature Edition.
06/04/21: Added Caps-a-holic; updated DVDBeaver link; updated France region-coding, extras details, & notes; added exact runtimes for US SE, updated extras details, & notes, clarified versions info, corrected Winner region.
14/07/24: Added US KL.
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