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Features: DVD
Editor's Note
CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST was for years reviled as one of the most repugnant and morally questionable of the 1970s spate of cannibal films--and possibly the most horrifying ever. But director Ruggero Deodato embarked upon the project with the intention of criticizing the very violence he was portraying. Set in the Amazonian jungles, the film is a pseudo-documentary that follows Professor Harold Moore (Robert Kerman) into the "Green Inferno" as he searches for a documentary crew that came to the jungle the previous year to make a film about the storied cannibals that lived there, and never made it back. Now, Moore meets some natives and discovers the footage from the crew's expedition, and upon returning to New York, he watches it to find out what really happened. The truth is too horrible for words, proving that savagery is not limited to indigenous peoples, and the morally outrageous film proceeds to indict the exploitative practices of certain documentary practices. However, the extremity of the violence portrayed was enough to put Deodato in hot water with the law, and with censors who claimed it was far too realistic. The career of the promising director, who had worked under a list of Italian luminaries that included Roberto Rossellini (ROME: OPEN CITY, PAISAN, VOYAGE IN ITALY), was essentially ended with this brutal, seminal film--for which he will nonetheless always be remembered.
| Features | 2-Disc Set | | Region 0 | | Director's Cut | | Unrated | | Widescreen - 1.78 | | Audio:
| Dolby Digital Mono - English | | Dolby Digital Stereo - English | | Additional Release Material:
| Behind the Scenes: "The Making of CANNIABAL HOLOCAUST" | | Music Video: Necrophaghia - "Cannibal Holocaust" | | Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer | | Audio Commentary: Ruggero Deodato - Director, Robert Kerman - Star | | Production Interviews:
| 1. Ruggero Deodato - Director | | 2. Robert Kerman - Star | | 3. Gabriel Yorke - Star | | Text/Photo Galleries:
| Liner Notes | | Additional Text: Original Shooting Script | | Stills/Photos:
| 1. Stills | | 2. Poster Art | | Additional Products:
| Fold-Out Insert in English - Original Poster Art, Liner Notes, Track Listings | | Slipcover | | Tracks:
| 1. Opening Credits | | 2. "Man is omnipotent" | | 3. Amazonia | | 4. Return to the Camp | | 5. Arrival of Monroe | | 6. Chacko | | 7. On the Trail | | 8. Leeches! | | 9. Discovering Filipe | | 10. "Tonight we eat meat!" | | 11. The Adultress | | 12. Miguel's Peace Offering | | 13. The Yacumo Village | | 14. Dinner with the Yacumos | | 15. Back on the Trail | | 16. The Shamatari vs. the Yacumos | | 17. Token of Gratitude | | 18. Experiment in Psychology | | 19. The Ghastly Remains | | 20. Monroe Makes a Move | | 21. Dinner with the Yanomamo | | 22. Back in New York | | 23. The Last Road to Hell | | 24. Terrible Prima Donnas | | 25. Colleagues and Family | | 26. Reel One | | 27. Sea Turtle | | 28. Reel Two | | 29. The Death of Filipe | | 30. Fame | | 31. Reel Three / Saved by the Anaconda | | 32. First Yacumo Encounter | | 33. The Yacumo Village | | 34. The Massacre of the Yacumos | | 35. In the Mood | | 36. "People want sensationalism" | | 37. Reel Four | | 38. Nature Recycles Everything | | 39. Social Surgery | | 40. Alan's Dream | | 41. Money from Misery | | 42. The Final Reels | | 43. Little Monkey | | 44. The Impalement | | 45. "They're all around us!" | | 46. Jack | | 47. Trapped | | 48. Faye | | 49. Alan | | 50. The Real Cannibals / End Credits |
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| Technical Info
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Rhino |
| Release Date: 10/25/2005 |
| Running Time: 96 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1980 | | Catalog ID: 003 | | UPC: 00652799000329 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
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