Product Details

• Actors: Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli
• Directors: Luchino Visconti
• Format: NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: Italian
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Criterion
• DVD Release Date: June 29, 2010
• Run Time: 185 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (115 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003D3Y660
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,023 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Leopard (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 06/29/2010 Run time: 131 minutes Rating: Nr

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121 of 126 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS DVD IS NOT CUT!!! SOME OF THE REVIEWS ARE ALL WRON, September 26, 2004

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valediggler "valediggler" (istanbul, turkey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Leopard (The Criterion Collection) (DVD)

criterion gives a real royal treatment to this movie and it is higly earned by it...in some reviews people say that the movie is cut and italian version is better blah blah...what they dont know is this 3 disc set has all two of them...check that out yourself:
DISC ONE
*The Film - Visconti's original Italian version (185:52)
Audio commentary by Peter Cowie (film scholar)
English HoH subtitles (removable)
2.21:1 Anamorphic NTSC (Super Technirama OAR)
Italian Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono

DISC TWO
"A Dying Breed: The Making of The Leopard", a new documentary featuring interviews with Claudia Cardinale, screenwriter Suso Ceccho D'Amico, cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno, filmmaker Sydney Pollack, and many others (61:31)
Interview with producer Goffredo Lombardo (19:30)
Video interview with professor Millicent Marcus of the University of Pennsylvania on the history of the Risorgimento (13:36)
Promotional Materials:
- Stills gallery of rare behind-the-scenes production photos
- Italian newsreel footage (3:11)
- Italian theatrical trailer (3:40)
- American theatrical trailers (2) (3:46)

DISC THREE
*The Film - alternate American release (161:23)Subtitles:NonePicture format:2.35:1 Anamorphic NTSC Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 1.0 MonoCase type:Special CaseNotes:Black Triple Alpha case
Disc 1 is region-free (R0); discs 2 and 3 are encoded R1

173 of 184 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Panoramic View of Sicily during Its Unification, June 23, 2001

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Bruce Frier (Ann Arbor, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Leopard (The Criterion Collection) (DVD)

It is incomprehensible to me why this movie has not yet made it to DVD. I think it is easily Visconti's greatest work, and one of the masterpieces of Italian film from a great era in general; and it is also a flawless adaptation of one of the finest Italian novels of the twentieth century. The film is a close study of a noble Sicilian family, and especially of its Prince (played by Burt Lancaster in what I think is also his best role), as they interact with the new middle-class parvenus of revolutionary Italy. The cinematic values of the film itself are stunning, from the vast panoramas of the desolate Sicilian countryside, to the stifling intimacy of the final ball (which lasts nearly an hour on film without once being boring). What is most amazing is the depth of the film. Even small gestures are carefully observed and capture the nuances of an aristocracy in decline. I loved "Death in Venice" as well, but this film should justly be considered Visconti's most tightly controlled and haunting.

59 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER PRODUCED IN ITALY, March 6, 2000

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Vicente P. T. Adorno (São Paulo, Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Leopard (The Criterion Collection) (DVD)

I waited for years to see the director's cut of this magnificent movie. In the early 80's, after Visconti's heirs regained possession of the rights to it, they ordered it to be edited according to the master's wishes. I had then the privilege of watching "Il Gattopardo" in a movie theater in all its splendor, exactly as Visconti wanted it to be. Forget the ugly and stupid English-dubbed version that was released before. The true meaning of this movie can only be completely grasped when you see the Italian-spoken version, in spite of a central character, the one played by Burt Lancaster, having to be dubbed in Italian. I hope that when this is released on DVD we get the real thing, with its full lenght and the delightful cinematography by the great Giuseppe Rotunno. Please don't be insensitive to those who love true cinema: give us the real "Il Gattopardo" in its original widescreen format, its entire lenght and the melodious sounds of the original Italian dialogue. And, last but not least, the stunning beauty of the young Claudia Cardinale...