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Giorgio Moroder Presents Metropolis Special Edition
Blu-ray
Actors: Gustav Frohlich, Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Pat Benatar, Freddie Mercury
Directors: Fritz Lang, Giorgio Moroder

NR 2011 1hr 22min

Freder Fredersen (Gustav Frohlich) is the son of Joh Fredersen (Alfred Able), who reigns over the great city of Metropolis. Freder is surprised to discover his lifestyle has been built on the unseen but backbreaking labor ... more »of an entire class of unseen workers who tend the machines that make the city run--and he descends to the subterranean levels of Metropolis in an effort to understand their lives... and, not incidentally, to find the mysterious but beautiful woman Maria (Brigitta Helm) who has inspired his interest in the workers' plight. But his father is concerned by both Freder's interest and Maria's activities among the workers, and he turns to scientist C.A. Rotwang (Rudolf Klein-Rogge) for aid. Rotwang has created a robot, and he agrees to give it the likeness of Maria in order to undermine both Freder's love for the girl and her own activities. But Rotwang has a hidden agenda of his own: once the robot has been unleashed, he will use her to destroy Metropolis and thereby exact revenge on Joh Fredersen for past transgressions against him.

In 1981, 3-time Academy Award Winning composer Giorgio Moroder began a three-year endeavor to restore the science fiction classic, Metropolis. During this restoration Moroder made the controversial decision to give a film a new, contemporary score and added a pop music soundtrack featuring songs from some biggest pop and rock stars of the early MTV era including Pat Benatar, Billy Squier, Freddie Mercury, Bonnie Tyler, Adam Ant, Jon Anderson and more! In addition, to the new score, missing footage was re-edited into the film, intertitles were removed and replaced with subtitles and sound effects and color was added, creating an all new experience... and an all new film. For more than a quarter century, this version of the film has remained out of print, until now. A new HD transfer was created from one of the few remaining prints available and Kino Lorber is presenting the film in the best possible quality, as it was seen in its original release in August 1984.

SPECIAL FEATURES: ''The Fading Image'' Produced by Giorgio Moroder, this rare 1984 short subject documentary chronicles Moroder's restoration of Metropolis (never before available on any home video format and not seen in 27 years), The Original Theatrical Trailer, Photo Gallery, and a special liner notes introduction written by Giorgio Moroder in 2011 for this special edition. New 5.1 audio mix (in addition to the original 2.0 stereo mix)

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Movie Details

Actors: Gustav Frohlich, Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Pat Benatar, Freddie Mercury
Directors: Fritz Lang, Giorgio Moroder
Studio: KINO INTERNATIONAL
Format: Blu-ray
DVD Release Date: 11/15/2011
Release Year: 2011
Run Time: 1hr 22min
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 2
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 9
Edition: Special Edition
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Languages: English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Member Movie Reviews

K. K. (GAMER)
Reviewed on 5/15/2024...

A silent black and white film that takes sci-fi to another level!

Jennifer S. from STUART, FL
Reviewed on 9/4/2020...

By far the most outstanding Art Deco Cinema production ever. Metropolis is and shall remain a timeless classic masterpiece for centuries. The message it send is appropriate for then, now yet hopefully not the future. The costumes and acting are beyond 100% given the time and the cinematography was light-years ahead of its time. it is and will remain one of my top 10 piece of cinema and my #1 choice of silent movies!

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