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Ronin (1998)
Loyalty is bought, betrayal is a way of life ...Director: John Frankenheimer
Year of Copyright: 1998
Year of Production: 1997-98
OVERALL: Draw-
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by director John Frankenheimer (1998)
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Extras:Alternate Ending
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Subtitles:English, French
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also includes a 4:3 Fullscreen Version.
Comes with an 8-Page liner notes booklet. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Audio commentary by director John Frankenheimer (1998)
Alternate Ending (1:47)
DISC TWO
"In the Ronin Cutting Room with Editor Tony Gibbs" (2004) (18:55)
"Natascha McElhone: An Actor's Process" (2003) (13:56)
"Composing the Ronin Score: Elia Cmíral - Composer" (2003) (11:51)
"The Driving of Ronin with Stunt-Car Coordinator Jean-Claide Lagniez" (2004) (15:29)
"Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane" (2004) (17:44)
"Through the Lens with Director of Photography Robert Fraisse" (2004) (17:56)
"The Venice Interviews" (2004) (20:40)
Photo Gallery (3:32)
Preview Trailers:
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Subtitles:English, French, Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The DVD also includes closed captions.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Audio commentary by director John Frankenheimer (1998)
DISC TWO
Featurettes:
- "In the Ronin Cutting Room with Editor Tony Gibbs" (2004) (18:09)
- "Natascha McElhone: An Actor's Process" (2003) (13:22)
- "Composing the Ronin Score: Elia Cmíral - Composer" (2003) (11:23)
- "The Driving of Ronin with Stunt-Car Coordinator Jean-Claide Lagniez" (2004) (14:51)
- "Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane" (2004) (17:01)
- "Through the Lens with Director of Photography Robert Fraisse" (2004) (17:13)
- "The Venice Interviews" (2004) (19:50)
Alternate Ending (1:45)
Photo Gallery (3:32)
Theatrical Trailer (2:07) -
Subtitles:English (for non-English dialogue only)
German (for non-English dialogue only)
German commentary
German HoH -
Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS 5.1 (half bitrate)
German DTS 5.1 (half bitrate)
English Dolby Digital 5.1
German Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Steelbook
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Notes:Optional subtitles to be displayed only during non-English dialogue aren't stated on the cover and are available only by remote.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Audio commentary by director John Frankenheimer (1998)
DISC TWO
Featurettes:
- "In the Ronin Cutting Room with Editor Tony Gibbs" (2004) (18:09)
- "Natascha McElhone: An Actor's Process" (2003) (13:22)
- "Composing the Ronin Score: Elia Cmíral - Composer" (2003) (11:23)
- "The Driving of Ronin with Stunt-Car Coordinator Jean-Claide Lagniez" (2004) (14:51)
- "Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane" (2004) (17:01)
- "Through the Lens with Director of Photography Robert Fraisse" (2004) (17:13)
- "The Venice Interviews" (2004) (19:50)
Alternate Ending (1:45)
Photo Gallery (3:32)
Theatrical Trailer (2:07) -
Subtitles:Dutch, French
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS 5.1
French DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
1998 audio commentary on key scenes (27.55)
DISC TWO
"Natascha McElhone: An Actor's Process" featurette (13.36)
"Composing the Ronin Score" featurette (11.52)
Alternate Ending (1.45)
Photo Gallery (3.32)
Theatrical Trailer (2.11) -
Subtitles:English, Japanese
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Digipak
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Notes:If you want Subtitles for the foreign language parts you have to manually turn them on and off yourself.
Menus are in Japanese but all extras are in English with optional Japanese subtitles. -
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by director John Frankenheimer (1998)
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Extras:"Filming in the Fast Lane" featurette
Alternative Ending
Theatrical Trailer -
Subtitles:Danish, Dutch, English, English HoH, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portugese, Spanish, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
German Dolby Digital 5.1
Italian Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Audio commentary by director John Frankenheimer (1998)
DISC TWO
Featurettes:
- "In the Ronin Cutting Room with Editor Tony Gibbs" (2004) (18:09)
- "Natascha McElhone: An Actor's Process" (2003) (13:22)
- "Composing the Ronin Score: Elia Cmíral- Composer" (2003) (11:23)
- "The Driving of Ronin with Stunt-Car Coordinator Jean-Claide Lagniez" (2004) (14:51)
- "Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane" (2004) (17:01)
- "Through the Lens with Director of Photography Robert Fraisse" (2004) (17:13)
- "The Venice Interviews" (2004) (19:50)
Alternate Ending (1:45)
Photo Gallery (3:32)
Theatrical Trailer (2:07) -
Subtitles:Disc 1: Croatian, Bulgarian, English HoH, Greek, Hungarian, Hebrew, Turkish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian
Disc 2: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish -
Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Polish Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Hungarian Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Czeck Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Digipak
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Notes:Delivered in cardboard slipcase.
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by director John Frankenheimer (1998)
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Extras:"Filming In The Fast Lane" 2000 featurette (20.36)
Alternative Ending (1.45)
Theatrical Trailer (2.07) -
Subtitles:Danish, Dutch, English, English HoH, Finnish, French, German, German HoH, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
German Dolby Digital 5.1
Italian Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Menu screens are available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Region 2/4 encoded. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Audio commentary by director John Frankenheimer (1998)
DISC TWO
Featurettes:
- "In the Ronin Cutting Room with Editor Tony Gibbs" (2004) (18:09)
- "Natascha McElhone: An Actor's Process" (2003) (13:22)
- "Composing the Ronin Score: Elia Cmíral- Composer" (2003) (11:23)
- "The Driving of Ronin with Stunt-Car Coordinator Jean-Claide Lagniez" (2004) (14:51)
- "Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane" (2004) (17:01)
- "Through the Lens with Director of Photography Robert Fraisse" (2004) (17:13)
- "The Venice Interviews" (2004) (19:50)
Alternate Ending (1:45)
Photo Gallery (3:32)
Theatrical Trailer (2:07) -
Subtitles:Danish, Dutch, English HoH, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also region 4 encoded.
Commentary has optional English and Dutch subtitles.
Disc 2 extras have optional Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish subtitles.
Also available in a limited edition steelbook.
Initial pressings come packaged with a slipcover.
Port of the MGM SE release, but without the booklet. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Audio commentary by director John Frankenheimer (1998)
DISC TWO
Featurettes:
- "In the Ronin Cutting Room with Editor Tony Gibbs" (2004) (18:09)
- "Natascha McElhone: An Actor's Process" (2003) (13:22)
- "Composing the Ronin Score: Elia Cmíral - Composer" (2003) (11:23)
- "The Driving of Ronin with Stunt-Car Coordinator Jean-Claide Lagniez" (2004) (14:51)
- "Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane" (2004) (17:01)
- "Through the Lens with Director of Photography Robert Fraisse" (2004) (17:13)
- "The Venice Interviews" (2004) (19:50)
Alternate Ending (1:45)
Photo Gallery (3:32)
Theatrical Trailer (2:07) -
Subtitles:Danish, Dutch, English HoH, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Digipak
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Notes:Comes in a cardboard slipcase and with an 8-Page liner notes booklet.
Region 2/4 encoded.
DTS audio track is Half Bitrate (768Kbps).
Commentary includes subtitles in English and Dutch.
Disc 2 extras includes subtitles in Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish. -
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by director John Frankenheimer
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Extras:"Filming In The Fast Lane" - featurette
Alternative Ending
Theatrical Trailer -
Subtitles:English, English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Region 2/4 encoded.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Audio commentary by director John Frankenheimer (1998)
DISC TWO
Featurettes:
- "In the Ronin Cutting Room with Editor Tony Gibbs" (2004) (18:09)
- "Natascha McElhone: An Actor's Process" (2003) (13:22)
- "Composing the Ronin Score: Elia Cmíral- Composer" (2003) (11:23)
- "The Driving of Ronin with Stunt-Car Coordinator Jean-Claide Lagniez" (2004) (14:51)
- "Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane" (2004) (17:01)
- "Through the Lens with Director of Photography Robert Fraisse" (2004) (17:13)
- "The Venice Interviews" (2004) (19:50)
Alternate Ending (1:45)
Photo Gallery (3:32)
Theatrical Trailer (2:07) -
Subtitles:Danish, Dutch, English, English HoH, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Region 2/4 encoded.
DTS audio track is Half Bitrate (768Kbps). -
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by director John Frankenheimer (1998)
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Subtitles:Chinese (Simplified), English
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-ES 6.1 (1536 Kbps)
English Dolby Digital 5.1 EX -
Case type:Digipak
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OVERALL: Draw
Between the 2-Disc R2 Germany, Holland, Portugal, UK DE/SE's and the R4 Gold Edition, for including a DTS audio track.
For audio, the Chinese release has a full bitrate DTS-ES 6.1 soundtrack.
Note that the featurette "Filming in the Fast Lane" is a 4 min shorter version on the SE' releases compared to the previous editions.
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CUTS:
- R1 America- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts (121:23 NTSC)
- R1 Collector's Edition America- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts (121:23 NTSC)
- R2 Special Edition Germany- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts (116:20 PAL)
- R2 Special Edition Holland- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts (116:20 PAL)
- R2 Ultimate Edition Japan- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts (121:23 NTSC)
- R2 Portugal- LNK / MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts (116:20 PAL)
- R2 Special Edition Portugal- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts (116:20 PAL)
- R2 United Kingdom- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts (116:20 PAL)
- R2 Definitive Edition United Kingdom- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts (116:20 PAL)
- R2 Special Edition United Kingdom- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts (116:20 PAL)
- R4 Australia- Warner Home Video / MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts (116:20 PAL)
- R4 Gold Edition Australia- MGM Home Entertainment - No Cuts (116:20 PAL)
- R6 China- Excel Media - No cuts (121:14 NTSC)
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Comparison added by Craig on 17/07/01
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 13/06/23UPDATE LOG:
24/02/13: Updated Japanese specs.
Please ensure you read our disclaimer.
14/12/13: Added the German SE.
06/04/14: Added UK Definitive Edition.
18/05/21: Dates.
13/06/23: Typo fix.
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