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Pianist (The) (2002)
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.Director: Roman Polanski
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Extras:Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer (1:32, burnt-in Chinese subtitles)
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Subtitles:Chinese Traditional and English
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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 6.1 Matrix
English Dolby Digital 5.1 EX
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:DTS track is half bitrate.
Menus are in English and Chinese.
Case doesn't state the DTS track is ES encoded. It also gives an incorrect runtime of 153 minutes.
English subtitles run for the whole film only or not at all. To have English subtitles for German audio only, you must put them on manually. -
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Extras:Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer (1:32, burnt-in Chinese subtitles)
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Subtitles:Chinese (Traditional), English
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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 6.1 Matrix
English Dolby Digital 5.1 EX
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo -
Case type:Special Case
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Notes:DTS track is half bitrate.
Menus are in English and Chinese.
English subtitles run for the whole film only or not at all. To have English subtitles for German audio only, you must put them on manually.
Comes with a crystal piano and a numbered certificate. -
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Extras:"A Story Of Survival: The Making Of The Pianist" - featurette
Theatrical Trailer
Soundtrack CD Trailer
Production Notes - text
Cast and Crew: Biographies -
Subtitles:English HoH, French and Spanish
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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 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also available as a 4:3 'Full Screen' version, with the same extras.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
"A Story Of Survival: The Making Of The Pianist" - featurette
2 Bonus Tracks from the CD Soundtrack
Photo Gallery
Poster Gallery
3 Theatrical Trailers
CD Soundtrack Trailer
8 TV Spots (including interviews with actor Adrien Brody)
Director's Notes - text
Q And A with Roman Polanski - text
The Warsaw Ghetto: Historical Background - text
About Wladyslaw Szpilman - text
Cast and Crew: Biographies and Filmographies -
Subtitles:French
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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 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also available in a 3-Disc set, with the CD soundtrack.
A PAL (25 fps) to NTSC (30 fps) transfer - to see image quality, click-on the DVDbeaver link. -
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Extras:"A Story Of Survival: The Making Of The Pianist" - featurette
Photo Gallery
Poster Gallery
Theatrical Trailer
Cast and Crew: Biographies
DVD-ROM Features:
- The Ghetto
- Bac Films/Wild Side homepage -
Subtitles:French (Forced on English track)
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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 Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
"A Story Of Survival: The Making Of The Pianist" - featurette
Photo Gallery
Poster Gallery
Original Theatrical Trailer
German Theatrical Trailer
Cast and Crew: Biographies and Filmographies
DISC THREE
Soundtrack CD (24 min) -
Subtitles:English and German HoH
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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 Dolby Digital 5.1
German DTS 5.1
German Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:3-Disc Digipack Set, with Soundtrack CD.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
"A Story Of Survival: The Making Of The Pianist" - featurette
Photo Gallery
Poster Gallery
Theatrical Trailer
Preview Trailers:
- "Bowling For Columbine", "Underground" and "Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers"
Cast and Crew: Biographies and Filmographies -
Subtitles:Dutch and French
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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 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
"A Story Of Survival: The Making Of The Pianist" - featurette (39.43)
Photo Gallery
Poster Gallery
Theatrical Trailer
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Subtitles:Portuguese
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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 Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Digipak
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Notes:Digipack with cardboard slipcase.
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film
DVD-ROM content: Web links for the movie and Studio Canal.
DISC TWO
"A Story of Survival: The Making of The Pianist" featurette (39:43)
Photo gallery (14 images)
Poster gallery (4 images)
Theatrical trailer (1:31)
Three cast & crew filmographies
CD soundtrack trailer (0:37). -
Subtitles:Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish (FORCED)
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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 Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
"A Story Of Survival: The Making Of The Pianist" - featurette (39:43)
Photo Gallery
Poster Gallery
Theatrical Trailer
CD Soundtrack Trailer
Cast and Crew: Biographies and Filmographies -
Subtitles:English HoH
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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 Dolby Digital 5.1
German Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
"A Story Of Survival: The Making Of The Pianist" - featurette
2 Bonus Tracks from the CD Soundtrack
Photo Gallery
Poster Gallery
3 Theatrical Trailers
8 TV Spots (including interviews with actor Adrien Brody)
Director's Notes - text
"Q And A With Roman Polanski" - text
"The Warsaw Ghetto: Historical Background" - text
"About Wladyslaw Szpilman" - text
Cast and Crew: Biographies and Filmographies -
Subtitles:English, Korean and French
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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 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also available as a 3-Disc "Ultimate Edition" set, with the CD soundtrack.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
"A Story Of Survival: The Making Of The Pianist" - featurette (39.43)
Photo Gallery
Poster Gallery
Theatrical Trailer
Cast and Crew: Biographies and Filmographies
CD Soundtrack Trailer
DVD-ROM Features:
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Subtitles:English HoH
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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 Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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OVERALL: Draw
Between the R1 Canadian, R2 Dutch and R3 Korean, for including an English DTS audio track. Do note that the Canadian and Korean include additional minor extras; mostly text based and are also available in a 3-Disc set with the CD soundtrack. However, the Canadian disc is a PAL (25 fps) to NTSC (30 fps) transfer - to see image quality, click-on the DVDbeaver link.
Also note the DTS track on the Hong Kong releases is 6.1.
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CUTS:
- R0 Hong Kong- Panorama Entertainment - No cuts (148:42 NTSC).
- R0 Limited Edition Hong Kong- Panorama Entertainment - No cuts (148:42 NTSC).
- R1 America- Universal Pictures - No Cuts.
- R1 Canada- TVA - No cuts.
- R2 Collector's Edition France- Wild Side Video - No Cuts.
- R2 Germany- Universum Film - No Cuts.
- R2 Holland- A-Film - No Cuts.
- R2 Special Edition Portugal- LNK - No Cuts.
- R2 Special Edition Scandinavia- Universal Pictures - No cuts (142:50 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Universal Pictures - No Cuts.
- R3 Korea- Starmax - No Cuts.
- R4 Collector's Edition Australia- Universal Pictures - No Cuts.
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Comparison added by David on 19/06/03
Comparison last updated by Samuel_Scott on 03/08/12UPDATE LOG:
03/08/12 - Added standard HK release.
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