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Is this DVD re-release widescreen or pan n scan?

posted 17 years ago by crispy_comments
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Hi, I've just learned about this movie and am interested in seeing it, but it looks like the original Collectors Edition DVD is way out of print, so I'll have to buy the re-release Dragonheart: 2 Legendary Tales ...which also contains the probably-crappy sequel.

Could someone who owns it please tell me if this is a double-sided DVD, and does side 1 include all the extras carried over from the original release? Or was something cut to make room for the sequel?

Most importantly, is the movie widescreen? Amazon lists the aspect ratio as 1.33:1 which means fullscreen not widescreen... but you can't always trust the accuracy of Amazon's descriptions. The original DVD was widescreen so it would be really stupid of Universal to only keep the pan n scan version in print! But I wouldn't put it past them.

So is it safe to buy the 2 movie re-release, or do I have to track down an over-priced used copy of the original Collectors Edition (which I'm reluctant to do for a movie I've never even seen!) Help please. :)

http://www.amazon.ca/Dragonheart-2-Legendary-Tales/dp/B0000WN0SW/ref=pd_bowtega_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1216858791&sr=1-1

[–] 17 years ago

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[–] LemonVampire 17 years ago

I had the re-release, before the painful aberration on the other side of the disc drove me to seek out the original untainted version of the film, and yes, it is widescreen and it does include all the original bonus material. So yeah, it is a two-sided disc, but take my advice and never even look at the second side. Dragonheart is a beautiful, fantastic film. It never had a sequel. Besides, even attempting to make a sequel would undermine the entire point of the original. I am absolutely, one hundred percent not joking about this; there was NEVER a sequel to Dragonheart, and there never ever will be.