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99 Women AKA 99 Mujeres AKA Island of Despair AKA Isle of Lost Women AKA Les Brulantes (1969)
99 WOMEN... behind bars -- without men!Director: Jess Franco
Year of Copyright: 1968
Year of Production: 1968
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:"Jess' Women" interview with director Jess Franco (17:33)
Deleted and Alternate Scenes (with "Play All" option):
- "Scene 1: Marie's Flashback" (4:41)
- "Scene 2: Zoe's Flashback" (16:11)
- "Scene 3: Extended Ending" (1:22)
Poster and Still Gallery:
- Posters (4 pictures)
- Lobby Cards (8 pictures)
- Black & White Stills (18 pictures)
- Color Stills (12 pictures)
- Pressbook (16 pictures)
Credits
Theatrical Trailer (1:44)
DVD-ROM Content: Biography for director Jess Franco (11 page pdf) -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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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 Dual Mono
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):French Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:"Jess’ Women Interview with director Jess Franco" featurette (17:31)
Deleted and alternate scenes
- "Scene 1: Marie`s flashback" (4:40)
- "Scene 2: Zoe's flashback" (16:10)
- "Scene 3: Extended ending" (1:20)
Theatrical trailer (1:43) -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.75:1
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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 Dual Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also part of the 5-disc "The Jess Franco Collection" which includes "Eugenie", "99 Women", "Venus in Furs", "Vampyros Lesbos", and "She Killed in Ecstasy"
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Extras:Original US Trailer (1:41)
Bonus trailer for Venus in Furs (2:53)
Biographies for Jess Franco and Maria Rohm (in English) -
Subtitles:Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegean (XXX Version only)
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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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 (Director's Cut only)
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono (XXX Version only) -
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Notes:NTSC-PAL Transfer(s).
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:"Jess’ Women: Interview with director Jess Franco" featurette
Deleted and alternate scenes
Poster and still gallery
Theatrical trailer
Bonus trailer for "Venus in Furs" -
Subtitles:No
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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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 Dual Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Reversible cover.
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OVERALL: Draw
- R0 DC offers the preferred version of Jess Franco uncut, with a proper transfer and the best set of extra-features.
- R0 X-Rated "French version" includes X-rated scenes which were not made by Franco (the shorter version is the "Director´s Cut") and it's English-friendly.
According to author Stephen Thrower (Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jess Franco) there are four versions of this film:
1.) The director's cut
2.) The Spanish version (99 Mujeres); a differently edited version with none of the sexually explicit material.
3.) The 1974 French hardcore version which adds just over eight minutes of hard material shot by Claude Sendron (X-rated version).
4.) The Greek video release which contains an expansion of Zoe's flashback scene shot in the USA by other hands (this material is in the deleted scenes on the Blue Underground disc).
This has also been released in:
- Holland by Dutch FilmWorks
- United Kingdom by Mediumrare
This film is also known as:
- "99 Donne"
- "Der Heiße Tod"
- "Prostitutes in Prison"
- "Sex im Frauengefängnis"
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CUTS:
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R0 Director's Cut America- Blue Underground - No cuts - X-rated American version (89:29 NTSC) with some fragments from the German version in an attempt to reconstruct Franco's original cut.
It is said to be the re-edited US version (with a few additional fragments from a German negative). BU left out footage from the far longest German negative. - R0 X-Rated Limited Edition America- Blue Underground - No cuts - "X-Rated French Version" (98:10 NTSC).
- R0 Australia- Umbrella Entertainment - No cuts - "Unrated Director’s Cut" (89:27 NTSC).
- R2 Scandinavia- Another World Entertainment - No Cuts. Includes both the Director's cut (89:28 - PAL) and the XXX version (98:03 - PAL).
- R2 Spain- Suevia Films - No cuts - shorter Spanish domestic covered version (78:45 PAL)
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R2 United Kingdom- Redemption Films - Yes, the following cut has been made: (88:30 NTSC->PAL)
- sight of animal cruelty (a snake being stabbed and hacked at by a women using a knife) as per BBFC Policy based on the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937 (1:00).
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R0 Director's Cut America- Blue Underground - No cuts - X-rated American version (89:29 NTSC) with some fragments from the German version in an attempt to reconstruct Franco's original cut.
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Comparison added by Jari_Kovalainen on 17/01/05
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 21/06/21UPDATE LOG:
16/05/11: Addition of the R2 Scandanavia release.
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24/03/14: Noted other releases.
13/02/17: Notes on versions added.
05/03/17: Added Australia.
12/06/21: Dates
21/06/21: Added Spain.
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