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8½ AKA 8 1/2 AKA Federico Fellini's 8½ AKA Eight and a Half AKA Otto e mezzo (1963)
A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.Director: Federico Fellini
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
The 2-disc Criterion release has the most extras including a commentary track.
Note the German R2 Arthaus Premium edition contains two documentary films (not English-friendly, though), and the Spanish R2 Edicion Limitada which contains the unique documentary "Fellini: I'm a Born Liar" (not English-friendly, though), or UK R0 Argent Films, Australian R4 and Scandinavian R2, which include the "The Last Sequence" documentary (note, that the Scandinavian release doesn't have English subtitles, and Australian release has "burned-in" subtitles and non-anamorphic transfer). -
CUTS:
- R0 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (138:35 NTSC).
- R0 United Kingdom- Argent Films - No cuts (138:09 NTSC->PAL).
- R1 America- Image Entertainment - No cuts.
- R1 Essential Art House America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (138:35 NTSC).
- R2 Premium Edition Germany- Kinowelt / Arthaus - No cuts (132:29 PAL).
- R2 Special Edition Germany- Kinowelt - No cuts (132:29 PAL).
- R2 Scandinavia- Pan Vision/Scanbox/Sandrew Metronome - No cuts (132:35 PAL).
- R2 Edicion Limitada Spain- Cameo Media - No cuts (132:33 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Nouveaux Pictures - No cuts (133:14 PAL).
- R4 Australia- AV Channel - No cuts.
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Comparison added by Noor_Razzak on 12/06/03
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 21/12/24UPDATE LOG:
12/06/03: Initial entry.
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03/02/11: Addition of the German and Spanish editions.
24/03/14: Noted additional release.
25/02/16: Additions of US EAH, UK Argent.
27/06/18: Updated title with original name, minor typos.
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