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Big Red One (The) AKA Samuel Fuller and the Big Red One AKA The Big Red One: The Reconstruction (1980)
The story of a sergeant and the inner core members of his unit as they try to serve in and survive World War II.Director: Samuel Fuller
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Subtitles:English, French
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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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
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Case type:Snapper Case
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Notes:Mediocre transfer.
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film: Reconstructed Version
Audio commentary with Richard Schickel
DISC TWO
"The Real Glory: Reconstructing The Big Red One" documentary (47:24)
"The Men Who Made The Movies: Samuel Fuller" documentary (55:04)
"Anatomy of a Scene" (with Play All) (18:20)
- Sam Directs: Squad Sleeps (1:43)
- Sam Directs: General Tavernier (0:37)
- Ampitheatre: Before Restoration (4:18)
- Ampitheatre: After Restoration (4:18)
- Tank Baby: Before Restoration (3:48)
- Tank Baby: After Restoration (3:35)
Alternate scenes with forced audio commentary by the editor and post-production supervisor (with Play All) (31:38)
- Battle Reservations (2:00)
- Vichy French (8:13)
- Minonow's Death (0:30)
- Zig Zag (0:16)
- Sandstorm (2:00)
- Airborne (1:20)
- Shep's Death (1:02)
- On Patrol (0:59)
- Vinci's Grandmother (3:33)
- Doppelgangers (0:31)
- Belgian Underground (2:26)
- Palm Trees? (0:48)
- Rensonnet's Plea (0:24)
- Bulge Infiltrator (2:12)
- Schnapps (0:48)
- Samantha Fuller (1:54)
- Barney (0:33)
- War Is Over (2:01)
"The Fighting First" 1946 featurette (12:18)
"Original promo reel" featurette (29:57)
Photo gallery
Trailers
- Fuller's Story (0:32)
- Sergeant (0:31)
- Reconstruction (2:18)
Radio Spots
- The Critics Applaud (0:29)
- A New Classic (0:28) -
Subtitles:English, French, Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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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 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Region 1/2/3/4 coded. Also in the "World War II Collection: Battlefront Europe" box set, with Battleground, The Dirty Dozen, Where Eagles Dare and Battle of the Bulge.
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film: Reconstructed Version
Audio commentary with Richard Schickel
DISC TWO
"The Real Glory: Reconstructing The Big Red One" documentary (47:24)
"The Men Who Made The Movies: Samuel Fuller" documentary (55:04)
"Anatomy of a Scene" (4 scenes 18:19):
- 1 (with audio commentary by the editors)
- 2 (with Fuller off-camera directing an actor)
- 3 (demonstration of the reconstruction, with audio commentary by the editors)
- 4 (the reconstructed sequence shown in full)
18 deleted scenes with audio commentary by the editor and post-production supervisor (31:35)
"The Fighting First" 1946 featurette (12:18)
"Original promo reel" featurette (29:57)
Photo gallery
Original theatrical trailer
2004 reconstruction trailer
2 TV-spots
Radio Spots
- The Critics Applaud (0:29)
- A New Classic (0:28) -
Subtitles:Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English HoH, French, Romanian
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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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 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:DVD title "Au-Dela De La Gloire".
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film: Reconstructed Version
Audio commentary with Richard Schickel
DISC TWO
"The Real Glory: Reconstructing The Big Red One" documentary (47:24)
"The Men Who Made The Movies: Samuel Fuller" documentary (55:04)
"Anatomy of a Scene" (4 scenes 18:19):
- 1 (with audio commentary by the editors)
- 2 (with Fuller off-camera directing an actor)
- 3 (demonstration of the reconstruction, with audio commentary by the editors)
- 4 (the reconstructed sequence shown in full)
18 deleted scenes with audio commentary by the editor and post-production supervisor (31:35)
"The Fighting First" 1946 featurette (12:18)
"Original promo reel" featurette (29:57)
Photo gallery
Original theatrical trailer
2004 reconstruction trailer
2 TV-spots
Radio Spots
- The Critics Applaud (0:29)
- A New Classic (0:28) -
Subtitles:Danish, English HoH, Finnish, German HoH, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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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
German Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Both discs are also encoded for R5.
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film: Reconstructed Version
Audio commentary with Richard Schickel
DISC TWO
"The Real Glory: Reconstructing The Big Red One" documentary (47:24)
"The Men Who Made The Movies: Samuel Fuller" documentary (55:04)
"Anatomy of a Scene" (4 scenes 18:19):
- 1 (with audio commentary by the editors)
- 2 (with Fuller off-camera directing an actor)
- 3 (demonstration of the reconstruction, with audio commentary by the editors)
- 4 (the reconstructed sequence shown in full)
18 deleted scenes with audio commentary by the editor and post-production supervisor (31:35)
"The Fighting First" 1946 featurette (12:18)
"Original promo reel" featurette (29:57)
Photo gallery
Original theatrical trailer
2004 reconstruction trailer
2 TV-spots
Radio Spots
- The Critics Applaud (0:29)
- A New Classic (0:28) -
Subtitles:Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English HoH, French, Romanian
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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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 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with Richard Schickel
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Subtitles:English, English HoH, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Italian HoH, Russian, Turkish
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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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
Italian Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:DVD title "Il Grande Uno Rosso".
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film: Reconstructed Version
Audio commentary with Richard Schickel
DISC TWO
"The Real Glory: Reconstructing The Big Red One" documentary (47:24)
"The Men Who Made The Movies: Samuel Fuller" documentary (55:04)
"Anatomy of a Scene" (4 scenes 18:19):
- 1 (with audio commentary by the editors)
- 2 (with Fuller off-camera directing an actor)
- 3 (demonstration of the reconstruction, with audio commentary by the editors)
- 4 (the reconstructed sequence shown in full)
18 deleted scenes with audio commentary by the editor and post-production supervisor (31:35)
"The Fighting First" 1946 featurette (12:18)
"Original promo reel" featurette (29:57)
Photo gallery
Original theatrical trailer
2004 reconstruction trailer
2 TV-spots
Radio Spots
- The Critics Applaud (0:29)
- A New Classic (0:28) -
Subtitles:English HoH, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Russian, Turkish
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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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
Italian Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:DVD title "Il Grande Uno Rosso".
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film: Reconstructed Version
Audio commentary with Richard Schickel
DISC TWO
"The Real Glory: Reconstructing The Big Red One" documentary (47:24)
"The Men Who Made The Movies: Samuel Fuller" documentary (55:04)
"Anatomy of a Scene" (4 scenes 18:19):
- 1 (with audio commentary by the editors)
- 2 (with Fuller off-camera directing an actor)
- 3 (demonstration of the reconstruction, with audio commentary by the editors)
- 4 (the reconstructed sequence shown in full)
18 deleted scenes with audio commentary by the editor and post-production supervisor (31:35)
"The Fighting First" 1946 featurette (12:18)
"Original promo reel" featurette (29:57)
Photo gallery
Original theatrical trailer
2004 reconstruction trailer
2 TV-spots
Radio Spots
- The Critics Applaud (0:29)
- A New Classic (0:28) -
Subtitles:Danish, English HoH, Finnish, German HoH, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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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
German Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Both discs are also encoded for R5.
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with Richard Schickel
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Subtitles:Croatian, Czech, English HoH, Hungarian, Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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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
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:DVD title "Uno Rojo Division De Choque".
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film: Reconstructed Version
Audio commentary with Richard Schickel
DISC TWO
"The Real Glory: Reconstructing The Big Red One" documentary (47:24)
"The Men Who Made The Movies: Samuel Fuller" documentary (55:04)
"Anatomy of a Scene" (4 scenes 18:19):
- 1 (with audio commentary by the editors)
- 2 (with Fuller off-camera directing an actor)
- 3 (demonstration of the reconstruction, with audio commentary by the editors)
- 4 (the reconstructed sequence shown in full)
18 deleted scenes with audio commentary by the editor and post-production supervisor (31:35)
"The Fighting First" 1946 featurette (12:18)
"Original promo reel" featurette (29:57)
Photo gallery
Original theatrical trailer
2004 reconstruction trailer
2 TV-spots
Radio Spots
- The Critics Applaud (0:29)
- A New Classic (0:28) -
Subtitles:Croatian, Czech, English HoH, Hungarian, Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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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
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:DVD title "Uno Rojo Division De Choque".
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film: Reconstructed Version
Audio commentary with Richard Schickel
DISC TWO
"The Real Glory: Reconstructing The Big Red One" documentary (47:24)
"The Men Who Made The Movies: Samuel Fuller" documentary (55:04)
"Anatomy of a Scene" (4 scenes 18:19):
- 1 (with audio commentary by the editors)
- 2 (with Fuller off-camera directing an actor)
- 3 (demonstration of the reconstruction, with audio commentary by the editors)
- 4 (the reconstructed sequence shown in full)
18 deleted scenes with audio commentary by the editor and post-production supervisor (31:35)
"The Fighting First" 1946 featurette (12:18)
"Original promo reel" featurette (29:57)
Photo gallery
Original theatrical trailer
2004 reconstruction trailer
2 TV-spots
2 Radio spots -
Subtitles:Danish, English HoH, Finnish, German HoH, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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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
German Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Both discs are also encoded for R5.
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film: Reconstructed Version
Audio commentary with Richard Schickel
DISC TWO
"The Real Glory: Reconstructing The Big Red One" documentary (47:24)
"The Men Who Made The Movies: Samuel Fuller" documentary (55:04)
"Anatomy of a Scene" (4 scenes 18:19):
- 1 (with audio commentary by the editors)
- 2 (with Fuller off-camera directing an actor)
- 3 (demonstration of the reconstruction, with audio commentary by the editors)
- 4 (the reconstructed sequence shown in full)
18 deleted scenes with audio commentary by the editor and post-production supervisor (31:35)
"The Fighting First" 1946 featurette (12:18)
"Original promo reel" featurette (29:57)
Photo gallery
Original theatrical trailer
2004 reconstruction trailer
2 TV-spots
Radio Spots
- The Critics Applaud (0:29)
- A New Classic (0:28) -
Subtitles:English, English HoH, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Italian HoH, Russian, Turkish
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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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
Italian Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Region 2,4,5 encoded.
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OVERALL: Draw
Between "The Reconstruction" versions for the longer version of the film with the most extras.
About the "The Reconstruction" version:
"What you have is this (with the help of director’s notes, shooting script, and unprinted stored negatives and sound rolls): 15 entirely new sequences, as well as inserts and extensions added to another 23 sequences.
A film that went out 24 years ago at 113:11 minutes, is now 162:56 minutes (NTSC).
Producer Richard Schickel has gotten what he believes is 90% of the "Director´s cut” of the film (every scene in Fuller's script, with two exceptions - which he may not have shot - is now present and accounted for).
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CUTS:
- R1 America- Warner Home Video - Yes - Original US theatrical version (113:16 NTSC)
- R1 The Reconstruction America- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Reconstructed version (162:25 NTSC)
- R2 2-Disc Collector's Edition France- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Reconstructed version (156:05 PAL)
- R2 The Reconstruction Germany- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Reconstructed version (156:05 PAL)
- R2 2-Disc Special Edition Holland- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Reconstructed version (156:05 PAL)
- R2 1-Disc Edition Italy- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Reconstructed version (156:05 PAL)
- R2 2-Disc Special Edition Italy- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Reconstructed version (156:05 PAL)
- R2 The Reconstruction Scandinavia- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Reconstructed version (156:05 PAL)
- R2 1-Disc Edition Spain- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Reconstructed version (156:05 PAL)
- R2 2-Disc Special Edition Spain- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Reconstructed version (156:05 PAL)
- R2 The Reconstruction United Kingdom- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Reconstructed version (156:05 PAL)
- R4 The Reconstruction Australia- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Reconstructed version (156:05 PAL)
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Comparison added by Noor_Razzak on 13/05/03
Comparison last updated by Mark_Meakin on 24/04/20UPDATE LOG:
06/03/13 - R2 Germany added.
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24/06/18: Added Amazon links.
27/06/18: Updated US, capsaholic.
24/04/20: Added R2 France S.E, Holland S.E, Italy (x2), Scandinavia & Spain (x2).
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