Post by captainofbeef on Apr 24, 2006 17:24:44 GMT -5
- New digital transfer, with restored image and sound and enhanced for widescreen televisions
- Audio commentary by director and cowriter Volker Schlöndorff
- Remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack
- Isolated music track, featuring the score by Academy Award®-winning composer Maurice Jarre
- Rare deleted scenes
- Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum, a 21-minute audio/video montage featuring Schlöndorff’s thoughts and recollections about the film, along with on-set photos, storyboards, and images not included in the final film
- An illuminating collection of video interviews, including Schlöndorff and actor David Bennent at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival; cowriter Jean-Claude Carrière and actor Mario Adorf; Schlöndorff and author Günter Grass during filming; and Schlöndorff after winning the Palme d’Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival
- “The Platform,” a rare 1987 German recording of Günter Grass reading an excerpt from his novel The Tin Drum, accompanied by the music of famed improvisational percussionist Günter “Baby” Sommer
- Reprinted excerpt of the screenplay’s original, unfilmed ending
- Banned in Oklahoma, a documentary by Gary D. Rhodes following the child pornography lawsuit revolving around The Tin Drum
- Production sketches, designs and promotional art
- Original theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
