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Journey to the Beginning of Time AKA Cesta do pravek AKA Journey to Prehistory (Blu-ray) (1955)
Youngest of four boys one day finds a fossil of trilobite. So his older friend take him on journey through prehistory, up to beginning of time, to see real live trilobites.Director: Karel Zeman
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
The US and UK releases have 1080p transfers, uncompressed audio and differing exclusive extras.
Note the Czech release has its own exclusive extras but uses a 25fps transfer and lossy audio.
The film exists in at least two versions:
- the original Czech release (~84 minutes)
- the American, dubbed version (~82 minutes) with roughly twelve and a half minutes of prologue and epilogue footage
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray A Three Fantastic Journeys by Karel Zeman America- Criterion Collection - No cuts - includes the original Czech version (87:45) and the English version (83:36).
- Blu-ray ALL The Best of Karel Zemen Czech Republic- Karel Zeman Museum / Bontonfilm - No cuts (80:55 - 25fps)
- Blu-ray ALL United Kingdom- Second Run - No cuts - Includes the original Czech version (85:51) and the English version (83:09)
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Comparison added by Eric_Cotenas on 14/11/18
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 29/01/20UPDATE LOG:
23/10/19 : added DVDBeaver
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29/01/20: Added US.
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