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The Last Emperor · Limited Edition

Best Release

Arrow Video

Released 2023-02-13 · United Kingdom

Genre

Drama, History

Sub-Genre

Biopic

Box Office

$43,984,230

Runtime

2 hours and 43 minutes (163 minutes)

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What's in the box

Packaging
Keepcase
In the box
Comes in a rigid slipcase containing a keep case with a reversible sleeve
eight double-sided postcard-size art cards
a double-sided fold-out poster and a 60-page booklet with writing by film critics Kat Ellinger and Philip Kemp
plus select archival material.
Discs
3 discs — DISC ONE | DISC TWO | DISC TWO
Video
2.39:1 · Dolby Vision + HDR10
Audio
other other
other other
+ 1 more
other other
Subtitles
English HoH

Restoration

The 35mm camera negative was scanned in 4K at Technicolor Rome. Graded in SDR, HDR10 and Dolby Vision by Jan Frederik Kuhn and Benjamin Albrecht at LSP Medien in Uelzen. Restoration supervised by Christian Bartsch at Turbine. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches and film wear were repaired or removed; image stability and flicker were also improved.

Special features

DISC ONE (Blu-ray 4K)

  • The Film - Theatrical Version (2160p)
  • First to Last: The Road to the Forbidden City (2022 visual essay by film critic David Cairns) (19:54)
  • Open the Door (2022 visual essay by film critics David Cairns & Fiona Watson) (23:02)
  • Archive Interviews from 1987 [SD 1080i/60]
  • director Bernardo Bertolucci (8:19)
  • actor John Lone (8:34)
  • + 4 more
    actor Joan Chen (9:14)
    Postcard from China (video footage [SD 1080i/60, in Italian, with optional English subtitles]) (7:40)
    Theatrical Trailer (2:35)
    Stills Gallery (13 images)

DISC TWO (Blu-ray)

  • The Film - Extended Version (1080p)

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