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Leopard (The) AKA Il gattopardo (1963)
Luchino Visconti’s enduring romantic adventure.Director: Luchino Visconti
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
Between the R1 American and R2 French edition for the best extras. Note that only the American edition is English-friendly, and only the French edition has 5.1-channel audio track.
Note that the R0 Scandinavian and R2 UK have a different audio commentary and one interview (found on the French release) not found on R1, so you might need both releases.
Also note that the R4 Australian edition has a commentary and a documentary of its own, as well as 5.1-channel audio.
The R2 German SE has a documentary on the film’s composer Nino Rota, but this edition isn’t English-friendly.
GENERAL NOTES:
The film was shot in Super Technirama 70 format in which 35mm film was run through a camera sideways (like VistaVision) with an eight-perf width made wider with anamorphic lenses. The 2.55:1 image was then blown up to 70mm and cropped to 2.20:1 while the 35mm Cinemascope-compatible prints were cropped to 2.35:1. The 2013 Italian and 2018 German Blu-rays feature a newer scan of the film exposing the entire width of the frame.
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CUTS:
- R0 Scandinavia- Atlantic Film - No cuts – Italian version (177:51 PAL).
- R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts – contains both the Italian (185:52 NTSC) and the American version (161:23 NTSC).
- R2 Collector’s Edition France- Fox Pathe Europa - No cuts – contains both the French (170 min PAL) and the Italian version (180 min PAL).
- R2 Limited Edition Germany- Koch Media - No cuts – Italian version (177:49 PAL).
- R2 Italy- Medusa - No cuts – Italian version (177:42 PAL).
- R2 Spain- Filmax - No cuts - Italian version (177:49 PAL)
- R2 United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts - Italian version (177:51 PAL).
- R4 Australia- Madman Entertainment - No cuts – Italian version.
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Comparison added by The Rewind Team on 06/08/04
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 10/12/20UPDATE LOG:
20/12/13: Addition of the R0 Scandinavian, R2 German and R4 Australian edition.
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10/12/20: Added Spain.
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