Product Details

• Actors: William L. Petersen, Karen Sillas, Charles Martin Smith, Missy Crider, Jeff Bleckner
• Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, HiFi Sound, NTSC, Surround Sound, THX, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Timeless Media Group
• DVD Release Date: June 3, 2008
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00153ZR8G
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,433 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
SPECIAL EXTENDED EDITION! Peter Benchley, the master of sea terror, returns with another tale of aquatic mayhem in this three hour uncut version. With almost 80 minutes of restored scenes previously edited from earlier release, this is the original version, nominated for two Prime Time Emmys. Stars William L. Petersen (CSI).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Peter Benchley's The Beast, June 19, 2008

By	Brett R. Dick "the Cheese" (GOLDEN VALLEY, MN United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Wow, waited a long time for this one, and finally it is here. This is the complete unedited Mini-Series that was first broadcast on NBC. Time to get rid of the short VHS and previous DVD releases as this one is the real deal. If you bought the first DVD release I'm sure you found out it was severely edited, missing about 64 previous minutes from the original mini-series. Rejoice it is all restored here in a very nice package for a very good price. This is one of the classic rubber monster flicks of the late 1990's and is terrific fun to watch, just buy it.

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This dvd version I rated 3 stars because it in cut and not the entire movie, August 22, 2007

By	Golden Dragon (OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Beast (DVD)

I really loved this movie in its original TV mini series form which was played in two days when it was first shown on TV. This dvd shows that is it 120 mins, which means it is the direct transfer from the vhs version and has some really good scenes cut out of it. Like when William Petersen's character Whip Dalton gets drunk. They also cut out most of the relationship between Whip Dalton and Lt. Kathryn Marcus played by Karen Sillas which added to the story to make it well rounded. Thus, my rating of 3 stars instead of 5 stars. It is more choppy and you can see something is missing from the story.

**** To Those who distrabute and own the rights to the movie please release the UNCUT version for those of us who enjoy a well rounded story. ****

Thank you. I hope this review helps.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I won't buy this version, August 29, 2007

By	Greg Anderson (Raleigh, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Beast (DVD)

MGM did a great job on "Creature" which I just purchased. I will wait and buy "Beast" when a decent production is released on DVD. This won't see any of my dollars.