Touch of evil
DVD - 2008
A narcotics officer and a corrupt cop are involved in a murder investigation in a small border town. See all three versions of the film: the theatrical version, the preview version, and the restored version. Features include commentaries and featurettes.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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Universal City, Calif. :
Universal Studios
[2008]
- Language
- English
French
Spanish - Other Authors
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- Edition
- Fiftieth anniversary edition, widescreen
- Item Description
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958.
Includes 3 versions of the film: restored version, 1998 cut restored to Welles' vision based on a memo to the studio; theatrical version, original version seen by audiences in 1958; preview version, created prior to the theatrical version and incorporating some of Orson Welles' requests.
Based on the novel "Badge of evil" by Whit Masterson.
Bonus Materials: Bringing evil to life, retrospective documentary on the production of the film including interviews with Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, crew members and film historians; Evil lost and found, behind-the-scenes of the restoration; preview version feature commentary, with Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, restoration producer Rick Schmidlin and film historians; restored version feature commentary, with Rick Schmidlin; theatrical version feature commentary, with writer/filmmaker F.X. Feeney. - Physical Description
- 2 videodiscs (DVD)(approximately 316 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- Anamorphic widescreen 1.85:1 aspect ratio presentation ; Region 1 ; NTSC ; Dolby Digital 2.0.
- Audience
- Theatrical and preview version: Not rated ; restored version PG-13.
- Production Credits
- Director of photography, Russell Metty ; editors, Virgil Vogel, Aaron Stell ; music, Henry Mancini.
- ISBN
- 9780783230610
- Disc 1. Restored version (1 hr., 51 min.)
- Disc 2. Theatrical version (1 hr., 36 min.); preview version (1 hr., 49 min.).