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Touch (The) AKA Tian mai chuan qi (2002)
A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sect to retrieve an artifact that their ancestors have protected throughout the ages.Director: Peter Pau
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film
Audio commentary by director Peter Pau, Michelle Yeoh, and Brandon Cheng (in Cantonese with no subtitles)
DISC TWO
Story Synopsis
"Making Of" featurette (4:35)
Music Video by Kelly Chan (3:58)
Asia Promotional Tour (16:25, with English subs)
Cast and Credits
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Subtitles:Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional) and English
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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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
Mandarin Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Extras are in English (apart from commentary).
Initial pressings come packaged with a slipcover. -
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Extras:"Making Of" featurette (20 mins)
"The Genesis" B-roll footage (10 mins)
Storyboards
Photo Gallery
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Subtitles:French
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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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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Notes:French title - "Le Talisman".
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Extras:"Making Of" featurette (in Cantonese with optional German subtitles) (20:22)
Filmographies
- Michelle Yeoh (Yin Fei) (1 page)
- Ben Chaplin (Eric) (1 page)
- Richard Roxburgh (Karl) (1 page)
Bonus Trailers (with "Play All")
- The Touch (2:59)
- Girls on Top 2 (1:58)
- Mother's Elling (1:46)
- Downfall (2:40)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (1:24)
- Alexander (2004) (1:40)
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Subtitles:German HoH
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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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:The trailers are in German.
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray Copy)
DISC TWO (DVD)
* The Film - Uncut Version (99:05)
* The Film - US Version (80:20)
"Making Of" featurette (20:23)
Trailers
- German Trailer 1 (2:59)
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Subtitles:German (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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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:Mediabook
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Notes:
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Extras:Bonus Trailers:
- "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"
- "Dirty Dancing 2"
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Subtitles:Dutch (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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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:"The Making of The Touch" featurette (20:30) [in Cantonese with optional English subtitles]
"The Genesis" B-Roll footage (4:34) [music only, no speech]
Cast & Crew Biographies (English text):
- Michelle Yeoh [Yin] (4 pages)
- Ben Chaplin [Eric] (3 pages)
- Richard Roxburgh [Karl] (3 pages)
- Dane Cook [Bob] (3 pages)
- Peter Pau [Director & Cinematographer] (4 pages)
Production Notes (32 pages in English)
Bonus Trailers:
- "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" (1:50)
- "Bad Santa" (2:18)
- "Inkasso" (0:48)
- "The Butterfly Effect" (2:18)
- "Belly of the Beast" (1:28)
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Subtitles:Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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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
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:DTS track is full bitrate.
English menus.
All trailers are in English without any subtitles.
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OVERALL: Draw
The Hong Kong release has a DTS track and the most extras with the uncut version of the film.
The German Nameless release has both the uncut version and the US version of the film.
Note there are two versions of the film:
- The uncut original version (103 minutes)
- The Miramax US version, with updated CGI effects (83 minutes) -
CUTS:
- R0 Hong Kong- Mega Star - No cuts - Uncut version (102:36 NTSC).
- R2 France- Pathe - No cuts - Uncut version.
- R2 Germany- Constantin Film - No cuts - Uncut version (99:26 PAL).
- R2 Blu-ray+DVD Germany- Nameless Media - No cuts - includes the uncut version (99:05 PAL) and the US version (80:20 PAL).
- R2 Holland- RCV - No cuts - Uncut version.
- R2 Scandinavia- Scanbox - No cuts - Uncut version (103:19 NTSC->PAL).
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Comparison added by Goran_Andersson on 05/08/05
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 17/04/25UPDATE LOG:
01/08/12 - Added runtimes to Scandinavian release.
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05/05/20: Added Germany Constantin.
17/04/25: Added Germany Nameless.
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