The two-disc edition of Sin City easily makes the earlier single-disc theatrical-cut release obsolete by including the regular theatrical cut on the first disc, recutting the movie into four extended segments on the second disc (separated by story line), then piling on an impressive load of bonus features. But there's a catch. Billed as "Recut, Extended, Unrated," with "over 20 minutes" of new footage, the new set's four separate stories are extended by only about 6.5 total minutes of movie action (see details below in "What's New"); the rest of the added running time is the splashy new title shots (named by the title of the story or book) and the four minutes of credits that run at the end of each segment. Each addition makes the movie even closer to the comic books, and these extended segments are generally preferable to the theatrical equivalents (unfortunately, there's no Play All option), but don't expect the same impact as Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings extended editions. And although this version is unrated, the only risqu'8e addition is a bit of violence from Miho that's no worse than the rest of the crazy violence in the film. pardpardeftab720sa240qlqnatural f2b cf0 How Are the Bonus Features? f0b0 uc0u8232 Robert Rodriguez has always loved DVDs, so the bonus features are extensive. On the first disc, there is somehow room for the theatrical cut of the film with its DTS track (the extended versions have only Dolby 5.1), two commentary tracks, an alternate audio track with a live audience in Austin, Texas, an interactive map of characters and locations, and 47 minutes of featurettes covering Frank Miller, Quentin Tarantino, cars, costumes, props, and special effects. The first commentary is Rodriguez and Miller discussing the concepts and the cast. The second commentary is mostly by Rodriguez, but Tarantino drops in briefly for the scene he directed (with Clive Owen and Benicio Del Toro in the car), as does an enthusiastic Bruce Willis for his segment. The Tarantino scene gets a lot of attention on the second disc as well, in a 14-minute take in which he can be heard coaching the actors. Also on the disc are Rodriguez's usual "flic school" (among the topics is how scenes were created by merging footage of actors who never actually met), footage of Bruce Willis's band performing in Austin at the time of the shooting, and another Rodriguez cooking school (this time it's breakfast tacos). But the most interesting feature is the "green screen version" of the film: the entire film as it was shot in front of the green screen, sped up to play in only 12 minutes. You can see the actors (in color!) interacting only with the props and each other. Last, there's a DVD-sized complete comic book of The Hard Goodbye. f2b What's New in the Extended Version? f0b0 uc0u8232 "The Customer Is Always Right" (the opening sequence with Josh Hartnett and Marley Shelton) has no new footage, but now goes straight into the one-minute epilogue with Hartnett and Alexis Bledel that closed the theatrical cut. "The Hard Goodbye" (with Mickey Rourke as "Marv" ) has two new sequences totaling about two minutes: Marv encounters his mother and finds his gun, and talks to Weevil in the club. In "The Big Fat Kill" (with Clive Owen and Benicio Del Toro), some short dialogue is restored, along with another wicked slice by Miho (Devon Aoki)--about a minute total. "That Yellow Bastard" (with Bruce Willis and Jessica Alba) has about 3.5 new minutes: there are more visitors to Hartigan's hospital bed, including his wife and a nurse; Carla Gugino's Lucille character comes to assist Hartigan when he wants to get out of jail (probably the best addition); and Mr. Shlubb and Mr. Klump have some more lines. --David Horiuchi f2b More f3i Sin City f2i0 at Amazon.com f0b0 itap1trowd taflags0 trgaph108trleft-108 trwWidth15380trftsWidth3 trbrdrtbrdrnil trbrdrlbrdrnil trbrdrrbrdrnil tapadt160 tapadb160 clvertalt clshdrawnil clwWidth4860clftsWidth3 clmarl40 clmarr40 clbrdrtbrdrnil clbrdrlbrdrnil clbrdrbbrdrnil clbrdrrbrdrnil clpadl160 clpadr160 gaphcellx2880 clvertalt clshdrawnil clwWidth4860clftsWidth3 clmarl40 clmarr40 clbrdrtbrdrnil clbrdrlbrdrnil clbrdrbbrdrnil clbrdrrbrdrnil clpadl160 clpadr160 gaphcellx5760 clvertalt clshdrawnil clwWidth4860clftsWidth3 clmarl40 clmarr40 clbrdrtbrdrnil clbrdrlbrdrnil clbrdrbbrdrnil clbrdrrbrdrnil clpadl160 clpadr160 gaphcellx8640 pardintblitap1pardeftab720qc cf0 The Graphic Novels and Bookscell pardintblitap1pardeftab720qc cf0 Films by Robert Rodriguezcell pardintblitap1pardeftab720qc cf0 Our interview with Frank Millercell row itap1trowd taflags0 trgaph108trleft-108 trwWidth15380trftsWidth3 trbrdrlbrdrnil trbrdrtbrdrnil trbrdrrbrdrnil tapadt160 tapadb160 clvertalt clshdrawnil clwWidth4860clftsWidth3 clmarl40 clmarr40 clbrdrtbrdrnil clbrdrlbrdrnil clbrdrbbrdrnil clbrdrrbrdrnil clpadl160 clpadr160 gaphcellx2880 clvertalt clshdrawnil clwWidth4860clftsWidth3 clmarl40 clmarr40 clbrdrtbrdrnil clbrdrlbrdrnil clbrdrbbrdrnil clbrdrrbrdrnil clpadl160 clpadr160 gaphcellx5760 clvertalt clshdrawnil clwWidth4860clftsWidth3 clmarl40 clmarr40 clbrdrtbrdrnil clbrdrlbrdrnil clbrdrbbrdrnil clbrdrrbrdrnil clpadl160 clpadr160 gaphcellx8640 pardintblitap1pardeftab720qc cf0 The Soundtrackcell pardintblitap1pardeftab720qc cf0 From Graphic Novel to Big Screencell pardintblitap1pardeftab720qc cf0 Films by guest director Quentin Tarantinocell lastrowrow pardpardeftab720sa240qlqnatural cf0

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title:	Frank Miller's Sin City (Recut, Extended, Unrated)
theatricalDate:	01-04-2005
stars:	Frank Miller (II) Jessica Alba Devon Aoki Alexis Bledel Powers Boothe Jude Ciccolella Jeffrey J. Dashnaw Rosario Dawson Jesse De Luna Benicio Del Toro Jason Douglas (IV) Michael Clarke Duncan Tommy Flanagan Christina Frankenfield Rick Gomez (II) Carla Gugino Josh Hartnett Arie Verveen
purchase date:	07-09-2006
publisher:	Dimension
published:	13-12-2005
price:	$39.99
net Rating:	4
MPAA Rating:	Unrated
minutes:	147
number of media:	2
last lookup time:	179361440
genre:	Film Noir Del Toro, Benicio Dimension Films Neo-Noir
fullTitle:	Frank Miller's Sin City (Recut, Extended, Unrated)
features:	Closed-captioned Color Dolby Widescreen NTSC 1.85:1
director:	Frank Miller (II) Robert Rodriguez
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