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Contamination AKA Alien Contamination (1980)
A ship pulls into New York Harbor with no one on board. The police find a cargo full of green pulsating eggs.Director: Luigi Cozzi
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray Copy)
DISC TWO (DVD)
*The Film
Audio Commentary by Fangoria editor Chris Alexander
"Notes on Fantasy Cinema" behind-the-scenes footage and director Luigi Cozzi on the birth of Contamination (22:55)
2014 Q&A with Cozzi and star Ian McCulloch (41:05)
"Sound of the Cyclops" Maurizio Guarini on the music of Contamination (11:31)
"Luigi Cozzi vs. Lewis Coates" interview with the director (42:55)
"Imitation Is The Sincerest Form of Flattery" critical analysis of the Italian Cash-in a brand new featurette looking at the Italian genre movies which sought to cash-in on popular Hollywood blockbusters (17:26)
Theatrical Trailer (3:14)
Graphic Novel (0:54) -
Subtitles:English (for Italian audio) and English HoH (for dub track)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin, and a fully-illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Chris Alexander
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Extras:"Alien Arrives on Earth" featurette (interview with director/co-writer Luigi Cozzi - in Italian, with optional English subtitles) (17:35)
"Luigi Cozzi on the Creation of Contamination" -featurette (in Italian, with optional English subtitles) (22:54)
US trailer (3:18)
Poster & still gallery (0:34)
Conceptual drawings (0:13)
DVD-ROM: Graphic novel (54 pages) -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-ES Discrete 6.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1 EX
English Dolby Digital 2.0 surround
English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also in a "Sci Fi Two Fer" double feature with "Shape of Things to Come".
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray Copy)
DISC TWO (DVD)
*The Film
Audio Commentary by Fangoria editor Chris Alexander
"Notes on Fantasy Cinema" behind-the-scenes footage and director Luigi Cozzi on the birth of Contamination (22:55)
2014 Q&A with Cozzi and star Ian McCulloch (41:05)
"Sound of the Cyclops" Maurizio Guarini on the music of Contamination (11:31)
"Luigi Cozzi vs. Lewis Coates" interview with the director (42:55)
"Imitation Is The Sincerest Form of Flattery" critical analysis of the Italian Cash-in a brand new featurette looking at the Italian genre movies which sought to cash-in on popular Hollywood blockbusters (17:26)
Theatrical Trailer (3:14)
Graphic Novel (0:54) -
Subtitles:English (for Italian audio) and English HoH (for dub track)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin, and a fully-illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Chris Alexander
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.75:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Part of the 200 film 50 disc Drive-In Cult Cinema Collection: Classic 200 Features set.
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Extras:Trailer
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.80:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):German LPCM 2.0 mono
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Name: "Astaron - Die Brut des Schreckens". Plastic "see-through" case.
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Extras:Galleries:
-Poster
-Press
-Artwork
-Photo
-Storyboards
-Behind-the-scenes
Cast & crew biographies and filmographies
"Making of" -featurette (in Italian)
Text interview with actor Siegfried Rauch
Text interview with director/co-writer Luigi Cozzi
Trailer -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):German Dolby Digital 5.1
German Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Name: "Astaron - Brut des Schreckens".
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Extras:"Alien Arrives on Earth" featurette (interview with director/co-writer Luigi Cozzi - in Italian, with optional English subtitles) (17:35)
"Luigi Cozzi on the Creation of Contamination" featurette (in Italian, with optional English subtitles) (22:54)
US trailer
Poster & still gallery
Conceptual drawings
Cast & crew biographies and filmographies
Film notes
DVD-ROM: Graphic novel -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-ES 6.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1 EX
English Dolby Digital 2.0 surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also available as part of the "Box of the Banned 2" boxset which includes "Tenebre", "Contamination", "Don’t Go Near The Park", "The Witch Who Came From The Sea", "Evilspeak" and "Ban The Sadist Videos 2" (documentary).
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OVERALL: Draw
The identical US and UK Arrow releases have the most extras and the original mono English and Italian audio.
The US Blue Underground and UK Anchor Bay releases have an English DTS-ES track.
This film is also known as:
-Contamination - Alien arriva sulla terra
-Contamination: Alien on Earth
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CUTS:
- R0 America- Arrow Films - No cuts (95:14 NTSC).
- R0 America- Blue Underground - No cuts (95:16 NTSC).
- R0 United Kingdom- Arrow Films - No cuts (95:14 NTSC).
- R1 Drive-In Cult Cinema Collection America- Mill Creek Home Entertainment - Yes - 11 minutes of cuts (83:15 NTSC).
- R2 Germany- CMV Laservision - No cuts
- R2 Germany- Marketing Film - No cuts
- R2 United Kingdom- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts (91:25 PAL).
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Comparison added by Jari_Kovalainen on 08/08/04
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 26/08/18UPDATE LOG:
22/06/15 : Added Arrow releases.
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30/12/15 : R2 UK Anchor Bay RTs of movie added + ASINS. RO Blue Underground RT added + ASIN.
26/08/18: Added US Mill Creek, merged Anchor Bay entries, updated US/UK Arrow runtimes.
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