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About the Film:

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!

About the collection:
THREE VERSIONS OF THE CLASSIC FILM ON ONE DVD

The two-disc DVD includes three versions of the classic film:
- Restored Version: Re-edited in 1998, this definitive cut of the film is restored to Orson Welles' vision based on his detailed 58-page memo to the studio.
- Theatrical Version: This original version of the film was seen by U.S. audiences when it was released in theaters in 1958.
- Preview Version: Created prior to the theatrical version, this cut of the film incorporates some of Orson Welles' requests and was discovered by Universal in 1976. The original rough cut filmed by Welles in 1957 was re-edited and in part re-shot by Universal, to trim down the running time and modify some of the story elements. In late 1957, the director, after viewing that resulting film cut, issued a 58-page memo to the studio's head of production Edward Muhl outlining his recommended changes. However, many of these suggestions were not included in the version eventually released theatrically in early 1958 with additional scenes
added by director Harry Keller, who had been hired to direct the re-shot material. It was not until 1976 that Universal discovered a preview version in its vaults that post-dated Welles' memo and included some but not all of the director's changes and still included Keller's scenes.
In 1998, the film was re-edited by the esteemed Walter Murch based on Welles' memo and working from available materials. The Murch version adhered as closely as possible to Welles' instructions including the removal of the credits and music from the film's opening sequences, one of Welles' biggest complaints. It is this version that is referred to above as the restored version.
Cast:

Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Akin Tamiroff, Dennis Weaver, Mercedes McCambridge, Keenan Wynn
Directed by: Orson Welles
Special Features:
In addition to the original promotional trailer from the film's theatrical campaign, Touch of Evil -
50th Anniversary Edition includes these all-new, behind the scenes bonus features:
- Bringing Evil to Life: This never-before-released "making-of" feature includes interviews with stars Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh, crew members and film historians.
- Evil Lost & Found: A never-before-released documentary explaining the various versions of the film and the restoration featuring interviews with cast, crew members and film historians.
- All-New Audio Commentaries:
- Restored Version Audio Commentary: Featuring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and restoration producer Rick Schmidlin.
- Restored Version Audio Commentary: Featuring restoration producer Rick
Schmidlin
- Theatrical Audio Commentary: Featuring writer and filmmaker F.X. Feeny
- Preview Version Audio Commentary: Featuring Welles historians Jonathan
Rosenbaum and James Naremore

 

  
 
 

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