UK 1999 DVD Review
[BMG] [2:35:1 Letterbox] [Region 2] [PAL] [119 minutes]

The first DVD of Manhunter to be made commercially available.
  1999 UK  DVD cover 1999 UK DVD

FEATURES

The Menu system is simple and offers a short biography of Thomas Harris
and info on his books. There is also some  trivia on Manhunter and a single
page describing 'The Great Red Dragon'.

It also comes with a pamphlet listing the 26 chapter stops.
 

  PICTURE QUALITY

The picture is presented in 4:3 letterboxed non-anamorphic widescreen. The
colour pallete is as presented at the cinema unlike later iterations of this film.

The 4:3 presentation limits the picture quality somewhat but this was early
days for the DVD format. Sound is PCM Stereo only 
 

  EXTRAS

Only the trivia stuff, no trailer, no subtitles
     
SUMMARY

The one thing this disc has going for it is that it presents the original cinema
version of the film, along with the French DVD, the only discs that do. The
US and new European disc contain extra scenes and some sorely
missed omissions.
 

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