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Touch of Evil

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Release Date: Tuesday, 07 October 2008
Country of Release: USA
MSRP: $29.98

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Touch of Evil

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Directed by: Orson Welles

Featuring: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, Joanna Moore, Ray Collins, Dennis Weaver, Marlene Dietrich, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Joseph Cotten, Keenan Wynn

Experience director Orson Welles' masterpiece Touch of Evil like never before in an all-new 50th Anniversary Edition DVD! Starring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and Orson Welles himself, this exceptional film noir portrait of corruption and morally compromised obsessions tells the story of a crooked police chief who frames a Mexican youth as part of an intricate criminal plot. Now for the first time ever, see all three versions of the film – the preview version, the theatrical version and the restored version based on Orson Welles' vision. The Touch of Evil 50th Anniversary Edition commemorates a true cinematic achievement and is an essential addition to the very movie lover's library!

Year: 1958
Time: 95 min.

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Touch of Evil

Theatrical Version

Year: 1958

Time: 95

Aspect Ratios

1.85:1

Audio

English Dolby Digital Mono 2.0

Touch of Evil

Reconstructed Version

Year: 1958

Time: 111

Aspect Ratios

1.85:1

Audio

English Dolby Digital Mono 2.0

Touch of Evil

Preview Version

Year: 1958

Time: 108

Aspect Ratios

1.85:1

Audio

English Dolby Digital Mono 2.0

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Technical Specifications

Format:

DVD

Discs:

DVD-9 (2 Discs)

Total: 2 Discs

Regions:

1 (DVD)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85:1

Audio Options:

English Dolby Digital Mono 2.0

Resolution:

480p/29.97

Subtitles:

English

French

Spanish

Supplements

Types of Supplements Included: Theatrical Trailer, Featurette, Audio Commentary, Insert

Bringing Evil to Life
Evil Lost & Found
Audio Commentary for Restored Version featuring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and Restoration Producer Rick Schmidlin
Audio Commentary for Restored Version featuring Restoration Producer Rick Schmidlin
Theatrical Trailer
Audio Commentary for Theatrical Version featuring Writer / Filmmaker F. X. Feeney
Audio Commentary for Preview Version featuring Welles Historians Jonathan Rosenbaum and James Naremore
Reproduction of Orson Welles' 58-page Memo to Universal After Viewing Studio's Rough Cut

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