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Edge of the World, The (1937)

A way of life is dying on a Shetland island fishing port, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
Director: Michael Powell

OVERALL: Draw
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R1 America - Milestone Films
R2 United Kingdom - British Film Institute

R1 America - Milestone Films

Audio commentary by Ian Christie (film critic and historian) and Thelma Schoonmaker Powell (Michael Powell's widow and Martin Scorsese's editor), including extracts from Powell’s book about making the film, '200,000 Feet on Foula', read by Daniel Day-Lewis

"Return to the Edge of the World" 1978 featurette (22:55)
"An Airman's Letter to His Mother" 1941 wartime propaganda short (5:36)
Stills gallery (16 images in slideshow format)
DVD-ROM: Original 1937 press kit (28 page PDF file) and Milestone press kit (14 page PDF file)

Picture Format:

English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono

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R2 United Kingdom - British Film Institute

Audio commentary by Ian Christie (film critic and historian) and Thelma Schoonmaker Powell (Michael Powell's widow and Martin Scorsese's editor), including extracts from Powell’s book about making the film, '200,000 Feet on Foula', read by Daniel Day-Lewis

"Return to the Edge of the World" featurette (22:58)
St Kilda: Britain's Loneliest Isle tourist films (no dialogue, with optional commentary Kathryn Howden) (16:54)
Michael Powell's home movies (6:53)
Stills gallery from "Return to the Edge of the World" (4 stills)
Text biographies of Michael Powell and of Joe Rock, producer of "The Edge of the World")
Material from Michael Powell's collection (poster designs, film reviews, newspaper cuttings, etc)

Picture Format:

English Dolby Digital 1.0

Featurettes are in English with optional English subtitles, except the tourist films.

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OVERALL: Draw

Both releases have differing exclusive extras.
CUTS:
- R1 America- Milestone Films - No cuts (75:15 NTSC)
- R2 United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts (71:52 PAL)
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Comparison added by Pat_Pilon on 25/10/06
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 09/01/18

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09/01/18: Added US, DVDBeaver.
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