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Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition) |  | Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.95
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Rating:  313 reviews
Sales Rank: 5291
Format: Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, Silent, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Dubbed)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 117 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: KICD02752D
UPC: 738329027520
EAN: 0738329027520
ASIN: B00007L4MJ
Theatrical Release Date: March 13, 1927
Release Date: February 18, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Fritz Lang's Metropolis belongs to legend as much as to cinema. It's a milestone of sci-fi and German expressionism. Yet the story makes minimal sense, and the "theme" belongs in a fortune cookie; to experience the film's pagan power, you have to see the movie. But for decades we couldn't, not really--not with so many versions, all incomplete, often in public-domain prints like smudged photocopies. This Murnau Foundation restoration changes all that. Some shots, scenes, and subplots may be lost forever, but intertitles indicate how they fit into the original continuity and the characters' individual trajectories. Most crucially, the images are crisp, vibrant, and three-dimensional instead of murky and flattened. The composite sequences (the Tower of Babel, a sea of lusting eyes) have been restored to their hallucinatory ferocity. And there's one moment when you can see a bead of sweat roll down a man's cheek--in medium long-shot. --Richard T. Jameson
Product Description
It is the future & humans are divided into two groups: the thinkers who make plans (but dont know how anything works) & the workers who achieve goals (but dont have the vision). One man from the thinkers dares visit the underground where the workers toil & is astonished by what he sees.. Studio: Kino International Release Date: 11/09/2004 Run time: 124 minutes
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 Metropolis (w/ original 1927 score) Kino Video November 19, 2009
Matthew J. Trageser
This film is the roots of movie Sci-fi, The only way this DVD could be better is if they ever find the missing footage, (about 20 min's). the restoration on the dvd is more that anyone could hope for. This is probably as close to the original release as possible.
 Newly Restored Copy September 19, 2009
Catalina (Memphis, TN)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Do we know when the newly found copy will be restored and available for sale?
 Wait for it......... August 1, 2009
Dr. C. (Springfield, Missouri)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
a MUCH better version is in the works from the print found in South America. I'm waiting for it. (I already have two other versions.)
5 stars in honor of Fritz Lang's creation & Moroder's presentation. July 15, 2009
Greg Purdy (Atlanta, GA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I do not believe that I could add any more to the praise for Fritz Lang's ground-breaking SciFi classic. Instead I will just add a bit of information for someone that is trying to track down a copy of Giorgio Moroder's fantastic version with his Rock based soundtrack.
The Giorgio Moroder version of Metropolis was released on VHS by Vestron Video, PO Box 4000, Stamford, Ct 06907. The VHS tape has a part number of VA5090 and a UPC of 0-28485-15090. I was lucky enough to buy this from a Video store clerk for $85 about 18 years ago. This version has a fantastic sound track and is really fun to watch. The Moroder version was also released on Laser Disc. Both versions are 87 minutes.
This version would of course be perfect for re-mastering to Blu-ray. One can only hope.
A true classic July 13, 2009
Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
There are many movies that are termed "a classic" or (God help us!) "an instant classic," but there are some movies that rise so high above all others that it becomes undeniable that they are indeed true classics. This is one of those movies.
Fritz Lang's 1927 movie, Metropolis, tells the story of a dystopian future in which the working class lives below ground, even below the machines that they work that supports the lifestyle of the rich and blessed who live in huge, beautiful buildings. And, one of the most blessed is Freder, whose father runs the entire city of Metropolis. But, Freder's world is rocked when he meets Maria, a beautiful working class girl, through whom he sees that the dualistic world of Metropolis must be made one. There are those who would see Metropolis go up in smoke, either through hatred or ignorance - is Freder and Maria's love enough to win through?
Like I said, this is a true classic, and as you watch it you will see scenes that you have seen before - the workers marching off to work, the workers toiling at their gigantic machines, and the transformation of Rotwang's robot among them. Even though the movie is very old, and incredibly primitive by today's standards, watching it is a very moving and meaningful experience. Indeed, Fritz Lang worked hard to make every image in the movie a work of art, from the Pleasure Garden scene, to the sermons of Maria in the grotto, to the corruption of the image of Maria, to Freder hanging on the clock, and so on with all of the scenes.
This is a great movie, that everyone should watch, and I highly recommend it to everyone!
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