'Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair' Coming to DVD
Filed under: Action, Home Entertainment, Remakes and Sequels
It's about bloody time! If you're like me, you refrained from getting the DVD releases of Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Kill Bill Vol. 2 because it was completely inevitable and obvious that something else was coming out. And, it wasn't just the opportunity for a box set (or rather special box set, since a simple one already exists) -- the releases were ridiculously bare-bones -- especially for QT. The first had a brief featurette with some interview clips from major players, some music videos and Quentin Tarantino trailers, and the second had its own featurette and one deleted scene. As much as I wanted to see the films again, I wasn't about to fork over money just to have to spend it again in a few months. Unfortunately, months turned into years, but finally there is a big box set on the way, which Amazon lists as Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair.They don't even have a picture up of the cover yet, but nevertheless, there are a number* of things worth noting. First, it will come out in less than five months -- on November 6th, so we know how long we have to wait. Secondly, it should be a hell of a lot better than the previous DVD offerings, and this isn't just the words of hope. There is no list of features or specs yet, but the set includes four discs -- which I assume means two per movie. I think it's safe to say that we should get ready for a crap ton of features. As for the last two tidbits -- it's run-time is listed at 247 minutes (4+ hours long) and that's probably why its rating is NC17. I can only imagine what this extra footage holds! Now if you'll please excuse me, I feel an incredible urge to whistle.
*Edited to add what readers below noticed.
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6-21-2007 @ 8:46PM
Chuck said...
Ummm...How about fact that it is over 4 hours (247 Minutes) long? The previous versions combined were about 3 hours if I am not mistaken. Thats an HOUR of added footage.
I have never bought the other versions because I knew that this was eventually coming out.
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6-21-2007 @ 9:36PM
Bob Mc said...
Did you notice it was NC-17?
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6-21-2007 @ 10:11PM
Tommy said...
yay this is great news. as soon as I saw the dvd special features I knew that this would come out. I actually started to lose hope because it's been years, like you said.
the first day both dvds came out for both movies I bought them. I couldnt wait. truthfully, I'd gladly throw out the other two discs in exchange for what is sure to be a glorious set.
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6-21-2007 @ 10:58PM
Jay said...
IMBD has KBV1 listed at 111 minutes and KBV2 listed at 136 minutes.
Add those two together and you get: 247 minutes.
I think many usually think that the second one was way longer than the first, but the first one was almost 2 hours on its own.
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6-22-2007 @ 4:06AM
Ian said...
The store at the Turner Classic Movies website, where you can pre-order this disc, says the two KILL BILLs will be "edited into the single epic martial arts saga it was originally conceived as".
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6-22-2007 @ 10:24AM
matriculated said...
I'm hoping that the two movies are joined into one movie as it was originally intended.
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6-23-2007 @ 3:40AM
Jhon said...
see http://photo2text.com/
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6-23-2007 @ 9:00AM
fiber0pticjesus said...
what the nc17 means is the black and white scenes such as the crazy 88 fight will be in color. things that had to be altered to make the rating r. i had both copies and i lost them. im glad for this
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6-23-2007 @ 5:37PM
Nicholas said...
The Crazy 88 fight scene will be in colour with probably those few extra bits of violence that the Japanese DVD had... a few extra snippets of nastiness in the anime sequence... and slightly different angles on some shots... all adding up to... less than a minute...
I have the Japanese DVD so no biggy for me... and the only difference between the US and foreign release of Volume 2 is a shot of Uma walking up to Estaban... seriously... like 3 seconds...
*shrugs*
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7-07-2007 @ 5:51AM
Bob Rooney said...
It is just like The Godfather Parts 1 & 2 combined. It will probably fill in the missing parts.
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7-17-2007 @ 7:12PM
DKelly said...
Actually, the combined running time of Vols. 1 and 2 always added up to over FOUR hours. There will NOT be an hour of added footage. It will likely contain a few little snippets of violence that were cut from the U.S. version. A most glaring example is, originally, when The Bride has Sofie in her trunk, and Sofie calls her a bitch, she cuts Sofie's OTHER arm off! This was deemed TOO cruel by the MPAA. Plus, the Crazy 88 fight scene in color (hence, more red blood flying around), and a couple of alternate angles,etc. No major difference is expected other than that the two films will now be one big long film, instead of two.
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