Rewind @ www.dvdcompare.net - Oblong Box (The) AKA Dance, Mephisto AKA Edgar Allan Poe's The Oblong Box (1969)

Oblong Box (The) AKA Dance, Mephisto AKA Edgar Allan Poe's The Oblong Box (1969)

Aristocrat Julian Markham keeps his disfigured brother, Sir Edward, locked in a tower of his house..
Director: Gordon Hessler

OVERALL: R2
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R1 America - Kino Lorber
R1 America - MGM Home Entertainment - Double Feature
R1 Canada - Kino Lorber
R2 Austria - NSM Records - Limited Edition
R2 Germany - E-M-S
R2 Germany - NSM Records - Limited Edition
R2 United Kingdom - Optimum Releasing
R2 United Kingdom - Simply Media

OVERALL: R2

Kino and NSM have exclusive commentaries and extras.

There´s also R2 Japanese-release, but no proper reviews.

This film like several others made by AIP exists in two different edits:

The AIP release version runs 91 minutes.

The director's cut runs 96 minutes.
CUTS:
- R1 America- Kino Lorber - No cuts - Director's cut (96:12 NTSC)
- R1 Double Feature America- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - Director's cut (96:06 NTSC).
- R1 Canada- Kino Lorber - No cuts - Director's cut (96:12 NTSC)
- R2 Limited Edition Austria- NSM Records - No cuts - director's cut (92:08 PAL)
- R2 Germany- E-M-S - No cuts - Director's cut (92:11 PAL).
- R2 Limited Edition Germany- NSM Records - No cuts - director's cut (92:08 PAL)
- R2 United Kingdom- Optimum Releasing - No cuts - Director's cut - BBFC theatrical cuts for volence are restored (92:17 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Simply Media - No cuts - Director's cut - BBFC theatrical cuts for volence are restored (92:17 PAL).
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Comparison added by Jari_Kovalainen on 30/09/05
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 19/02/21

UPDATE LOG:

2/12/12 - R2 UK added
18/05/15 - R2 UK (Simply Media) added + extras/film RTs on US/German releases
27/02/17: Added notes about versions.
19/02/21: Added Kino and NSM.
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