"The Road Warrior" - special edition DVD? (1 Viewer)

[Michael Allred]

Forgive me if this has been mentioned already but.....I got the new Columbia House DVD catalog today and listed in it is the following;

"The Road Warrior" Special Edition (Note: This title will be available to ship on 5/18/04)

Well May 18th came and went...I certainly didn't see this mentioned anywhere. There's no new DVD listed on www.amazon.com and I sure don't remember any announcement from Warner Brothers about this.

So was this a Columbia House screw-up or did they let the cat out of the bag early (but only have the release date wrong)?

 

[Gary->dee]

Hmmmmm.... I'm a bit skeptical but damn I sure hope it's true!

 

[Shawn_KE]

I hope that is true, my favorite movie.

 

[Mike Wadkins]

and mine anyone got any contacts to check this???

 

[Rolando]

be nice to have a release to match the Mad Max release...

maybe the proper title too.

Does the current release have the original audio or is it a dub job like the original Mad Max?

 

[Charlie O.]

If its the same old R rated cut and not the unrated version that's on the Jap DVD then there's nothing special about it.

 

[Shawn_KE]

The Road Warrior is a dub job.

 

[Jeff D Han]

Hey Charlie-

What are the differences between the R-rated
and the Japanese unrated DVDs? Thanks.

 

[Chris PC]

I don't recall Road Warrior as a dub job. The original theatrical NA release, and the subsequent VHS tapes of Mad Max were a dub job, but my Road Warrior DVD and VHS tape both have accents on all the actors.

 

[Shawn_KE]

Some character voices are clearly dubbed. Humungus and Wez are for sure and a few others. I have a vhs of Mad Max 2, and there are different voices for cast members in Road Warrior.

It's not a full dubbing like Mad Max was, but they are sprinkled throughout Road Warrior.

 

[Charlie O.]

Taken from http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=392

R1 (America): R-rated theatrical cut (missing several brief scenes, including the close-up of Wez twisting an arrow from his arm and the shot of the feral kid with the boomerang embedded in someone's forehead.)
R2 (Japan) No cuts: This is the complete uncut version which includes the missing scenes from the US theatrical cut.

 

[Mark_Wilson]

Can you verify the catalog number? Is this the uncut version you have? Road Warriors

 

[Charlie O.]

Pictures of cut shots
http://www.christophkirsch.de/madmax/


The original Japanese unrated release is long OOP. Its non-anamorphic and only has 2.0 surround sound The other Japanese which is one found in the link you post, is anamorphic, has 5.1 sound and some extras but is the R rated cut.

 

[Mark_Wilson]

Thanks for clearing that up. Any idea if this unrated cut was ever on LD?

 

[ThomasTreasure]

Amazon and DVDEmpire both show the current Road Warrior disc as out of print.

 

[Harold Wazzu]

is there still a 4th mad max movie in the works? If so, a new release might coincide with that.

 

[Jeffrey Nelson]

So some voices were dubbed in the American release version?

Crazy...I never knew that.

This film needs to be restored, fully uncut, and un-re-dubbed!!!

Oh, and a heaping helping of extras would be nice, like a commentary from George and Mel, interviews (I'd love to know what the Feral Kid is up to nowadays), trailers, posters, stills, etc.

 

[Shawn DuHast]

Can someone ask when this is coming out, on the Warner On-Line chat as it's past my bedtime being in England!

 

[DwayneH]

If you watch the trailer on the dvd you can hear the original voices for some people.

 

[PatW]

I don't believe the Road Warrior was ever dubbed not unless you mean the first movie Mad Max. Fortunately they released a SE version of this a few years ago that restored the original Australian track.