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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: ALIEN QUADRILOGY
EAN: 0024543098478
Format: DTS Surround Sound, Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, Dolby, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 9
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 02, 2003
Running Time: 145 minutes
Sales Rank: 539
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: July 18, 1986
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Four movies tracing Ripley's battle against a deadly alien.
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Media Type: DVD
Artist: ALIEN QUADRILOGY
Title: ALIEN QUADRILOGY
Street Release Date: 10/17/2006
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The Alien Quadrilogy is a nine-disc boxed set devoted to the four Alien films. Although previously available on DVD as the Alien Legacy, here they have been repackaged with vastly more extras and with upgraded sound and picture. For anyone who hasn't been in hypersleep for the last 25 years, this series needs no introduction, though for the first time each film now comes in both original and "special edition" form.
Alien (1979) was so perfect it didn't need fixing, and Ridley Scott's 2003 director's cut is fiddling for the sake of fiddling. Watch it once, then return to the majestic, perfectly paced original. Conversely, the special edition of James Cameron's Aliens (1986) is the definitive version, though it's nice to finally have the theatrical cut on DVD for comparison. Most interesting is the alternative Alien 3 (1992). This isn't a "director's cut"--David Fincher refused to have any involvement with this release--but a 1991 work-print that runs 29 minutes longer than the theatrical version, and has now been restored, remastered, and finished off with (unfortunately) cheap new CGI. Still, it's truly fascinating, offering a different insight into a flawed masterpiece. The expanded opening is visually breathtaking, the central firestorm is much longer, and a subplot involving Paul McGann's character adds considerable depth to story. The ending is also subtly but significantly different. Alien: Resurrection (1997) always was a mess with a handful of brilliant scenes, and the special edition just makes it eight minutes longer.
The Alien Quadrilogy offers the first and fourth films with DTS soundtracks, the others having still fine Dolby Digital 5.1 presentation. All four films sound fantastic, with much low-level detail revealed for the first time. Each is anamorphically enhanced at the correct original aspect ratio, and the prints and transfers are superlative. Every film offers a commentary track that lends insight into the creative process--though the Scott-only commentary and isolated music score from the first Alien DVD release are missing here.
Each movie is complemented by a separate disc packed with hours of seriously detailed documentaries (all presented in full-screen with clips letterboxed), thousands of photos, production stills, and storyboards, giving a level of inside information for the dedicated buff only surpassed by the Lord of the Rings extended DVD sets. A ninth DVD compiles miscellaneous material, including an hourlong documentary and even all the extras from the old Alien laserdisc. "Exhaustive" hardly beings to describe the Alien Quadrilogy, a set that establishes the new DVD benchmark for retrospective releases and looks unlikely to be surpassed for some time. --Gary S. Dalkin
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What can I say - not the directors cut, but more stuff than any other Aliens pack available- and with a GREAT price from Amazon.
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Every disk has two versions of each movie! I am not sure how more complete a collection you can get. Bonus features are great as well.
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One of the CDs was damaged in the first shipment so it had to be sent back. The second one was damaged in the same way. Must be a factory defect. Since it was a gift, I'm assuming the receiver got a gift card instead. So for the first time, I'm not happy with the service.
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This quadrilogy is still scary in my book even though I have seen it many times ...........it keeps on giving!!! The first two sequels are better from this aspect than the later two. No question that the "alien" is not only the star but a true killing machine and it is smart along with a beautiful set of teeth.
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If you are truly an Aliens fan you will have to add this to your collection. I own all of them including those disappointing Alien vs. Predator movies.
Aliens and Alien are still the best of the four "Alien" movies - and in that order. Even if this package only consited of Alien and Aliens, it would still be worth the price even without Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection.
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