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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Blu-ray) (1999)
All assassins live beyond the law... only one follows the codeDirector: Jim Jarmusch
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:Isolated Music Score in Dolby Digital 2.0
"Q&A with Jim" (2020) (84:08)
2020 Interview with Forest Whitaker and Isaach De Bankolé, moderated by film scholar Michael B. Gillespie (29:57)
"Casting with director Ellen Lewis" 2020 interview (15:32)
Shifu Shi Yan Ming 2020 interview (5:37)
Archival interviews
- Jim Jarmusch, Forest Whitaker, and RZA - 1999 (15:08)
- "The Odyssey: A Journey into the Life of a Samurai" 2000 featurette (21:30)
"Flying Birds: The Music of “Ghost Dog”" 2020 video essay by filmmaker Daniel Raim (14:47)
Deleted Scenes and Outtakes (5:25)
Trailer (1:06) -
Subtitles:English (for French portions), English HoH (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English/French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes a booklet with essays by critics Jonathan Rosenbaum and Greg Tate, a 2000 interview with Jarmusch, and a small booklet with quotations from Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, by the early-eighteenth-century monk Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
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Extras:Isolated Music Score in Dolby Digital 2.0
"Q&A with Jim" (2020) (84:08)
2020 Interview with Forest Whitaker and Isaach De Bankolé, moderated by film scholar Michael B. Gillespie (29:57)
"Casting with director Ellen Lewis" 2020 interview (15:32)
Shifu Shi Yan Ming 2020 interview (5:37)
Archival interviews
- Jim Jarmusch, Forest Whitaker, and RZA - 1999 (15:08)
- "The Odyssey: A Journey into the Life of a Samurai" 2000 featurette (21:30)
"Flying Birds: The Music of “Ghost Dog”" 2020 video essay by filmmaker Daniel Raim (14:47)
Deleted Scenes and Outtakes (5:25)
Trailer (1:06) -
Subtitles:English (for French portions), English HoH (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English/French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes a booklet with essays by critics Jonathan Rosenbaum and Greg Tate, a 2000 interview with Jarmusch, and a small booklet with quotations from Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, by the early-eighteenth-century monk Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
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Extras:"Ghost Dog: The Odyssey" featurette (21:21)
Deleted Scenes (5:05)
Original Trailer (0:52)
4K Restoration Trailer (1:20) -
Subtitles:English HoH, German
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English/French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Transfer from a 4K restoration.
The French portions are not subtitled. -
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Subtitles:French (forced on English track)
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English/French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Some French dialogue which in English versions is presented with subtitles is presented in this release without any English subtitles.
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Amazon France
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
Interview with Forest Whitaker and Isaach De Bankolé, moderated by film scholar Michael B. Gillespie (29:56)
"Casting with director Ellen Lewis" interview (15:30)
"The Odyssey: A Journey into the Life of a Samurai" featurette (21:30)
Deleted Scenes and Outtakes (5:24)
Jim Jarmusch, Forest Whitaker, and RZA - 1999 (15:07)
2022 conversation with Philippe Azoury on Ghost Dog and Jim Jarmush (42:13) -
Subtitles:French
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English/French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 -
Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Includes a reprint of "Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai" by the early-eighteenth-century monk Yamamoto Tsunetomo, in French.
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Amazon France
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Extras:Deleted Scenes (5:05)
Music Video (4:09)
Start-up Trailers
- Inside Llewyn Davis (1:55)
- No Turning Back (1:47)
- The Place Beyond the Pines (2:24
Jim Jarmusch Trailers
- Permanent Vacation (1:31)
- Stranger Than Paradise (2:42)
- Down by Law (2:19)
- Mystery Train (0:52)
- Night on Earth (2:22)
- Dead Man (English) (1:57)
- Dead Man (German) (2:16)
Bonus Trailers
- Can a Song Save Your Life? (1:51)
- Chinese Puzzle (1:32)
- Serena (2:01)
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Subtitles:German (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English/French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Some French dialogue which in English versions is presented with subtitles is presented in this release without any English subtitles.
Also available in the 12-film 11-Blu-ray & 1-DVD "Jim Jarmusch: The Complete Collection" which includes "Permanent Vacation", "Stranger Than Paradise", "Down by Law", "Mystery Train", "Night on Earth", "Dead Man", "Ghost Dog", "Coffee and Cigarettes", "Broken Flowers", "The Limits of Control", "Only Lovers Left Alive" on Blu-ray, and "Neil Young : Year of the Horse" on DVD, with a 32 page booklet. -
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Extras:"Ghost Dog: The Odyssey" featurette (21:21)
Deleted Scenes (5:05)
Original Trailer (0:52)
4K Restoration Trailer (1:20) -
Subtitles:English HoH, German
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English/French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Transfer from a 4K restoration.
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Extras:"Ghost Dog: The Odyssey" featurette (21:21)
Deleted Scenes (5:05)
Original Trailer (0:52)
4K Restoration Trailer (1:20) -
Subtitles:English HoH, German
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English/French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Transfer from a 4K restoration.
The French portions are not subtitled. -
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OVERALL: Draw
The North American Criterion releases have the most extras with exclusive interviews and an exclusive video essay.
The French Le Pacte release has an exclusive French language interview.
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray A America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (116:03).
- Blu-ray A Canada- Criterion Collection - No cuts (116:03).
- Blu-ray B Australia- Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts (116:04)
- Blu-ray B France- BAC Films - No cuts (111:13)
- Blu-ray B France- Le Pacte - No cuts (116:12).
- Blu-ray B Germany- Arthaus - No cuts (116:04)
- Blu-ray B Germany- Studio Canal - No cuts (116:04)
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Studio Canal - No cuts (116:04)
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Comparison added by Paul_Lewis on 27/09/17
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 29/12/23UPDATE LOG:
27/09/17 - initial entry
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25/10/20: Added US.
01/12/22: Added France Le Pacte.
15/11/22: Added Germany 2023, UK.
29/12/23: Added Australia
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