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Hellboy
Director's Cut
Give Evil Hell

Studio Revolution Alt Title - Hellboy - Director's Cut 3-DVD
Distributed by Columbia Tristar Director(s) Guillermo del Toro
Running Time 127.mins Producer(s) Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Mike Richardson
Prod. Year 2004 Composer(s) Marco Beltrami
Genre(s) Action Writer(s) Guillermo del Toro, Mike Mignola
Screen Format Widescreen 1:85:1
Anamorphic
Prod.Design Stephen Scott
Sound Format(s) DD 5.1 Sound Frank E. Eulner, Robert Shoup
Layer DVD-9

3-DVD
Actors - Ron Perlman
- Selma Blair
- John Hurt
- Rupert Evans
- Karel Roden
- Jeffrey Tambor
Case Type Digi Pack DVD Extras: Disc 1:

- Introduction by Guillermo del Toro (0:25 min)
- Audio commentary by director/co-writer Guillermo del Toro (new to the "Director´s Cut")
- Isolated score, with audio commentary by composer Marco Beltrami (Dolby Digital 5.1)

"Branching DVD comics" -feature (8 comics drawn by Mike Mignola, and written by Guillermo del Toro - you may select them from the "index menu", or as a link out from the film):
-Ragnarok: The Gate Of The Dragon
-Abe Sapien
-The Samaritan
-Pancakes
-Hellboy´s Belt: The Talismans
-Hellboy Scrapbook
-Rasputin: A Short Biography
-Kroenen

"The Right Hand of Doom" -set visits (8 short featurettes, which you may select from the "index menu", or as a link out from the film):
-Abbey Ruins (2:54 min)
-Broom´s Office (2:04 min)
-Machen Library Alley (2:15 min)
-Subway Station (1:58 min)
-Subway Tunnels (2:23 min)
-Kroenen´s Lair (3:10 min)
-Egg Chamber (2:11 min)
-Catacombs (1.35 min)

- Storyboard track (feature, that synchronizes artist Simeon Wilkins´ storyboards - hundreds of new images)

Disc 2:

- Introduction by actress Selma Blair (0:32 min) 
- Egg Chamber

Deleted Scenes (with optional director’s commentary):
- Breaking the Ice Wall (0:30)
- Cab Ride (1:24)
- Russian Warehouse (2:33)

- “Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation” making of.. documentary ("Pre-production", "Principal Photography", "Second Unit", and "Post production" - 142:43 min)
- Cast and Crew Filmographies
- Character Biographies (illustrated and text)
- Kroenen’s Lair
- Scene Progression: Ogdru Jahad (with director’s introduction)

Animatics (fullscreen and comparison with film) (with director’s introduction):
- Hellboy and Sammael (West Side Street)
- Hellboy and Sammael (Subway)
- Hellboy and Abe (Underwater Chamber)
- Behemoth

Board-a-Matics (fullscreen and comparison with film) (with director’s introduction):
- B.P.R.D. Lift
- Bellamie Hospital
- The Bridge
- Hellboy (Rooftop)
- Supporting Beam Tunnel

Storyboards (fullscreen and comparison with film):
- Ragnarok
- Machen Library
- Hellboy and Sammael (Subway Platform)
- The Corpse

Maquette Video Gallery
(as rotating images with optional stills)
- Baby Hellboy
- Abe Sapien
- Sammael
- Ogdru Jahad
- The Corpse
- Behemoth

- Bellamie Hospital
- TV Spots (9)
- Teaser Trailer
- Theatrical Trailer

Print Campaign (stills):
- Poster Exploration 
- Final Campaign

- Trailers

Disc 3:

- Introduction by actor Ron Perlman (0:26 min) 
- Cast video commentary with Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor, and Rupert Evans (for the "Theatrical version" of the film. Their commentary is the same from the "Theatrical cut" DVD release, only here the camera is on them and you watch the four sitting there on chairs (the film is in a small box in the lower left corner))

Production workshops
-Make-up and lighting tests (with audio commentary by Guillermo del Toro - 7:20 min)
-Visual effects how-to´s:
*Bellamie hospital/B.P.R.D. llift miniatures (5:49 min)
*Computer generated sets/behemoth (4:01 min)
*Liz´s fire (2:54 min)

Q&A Archive: Comic-Con 2002, with Guillermo del Toro, Ron Perlman, and Mike Mignola (23:16 min)
A Quick Guide To Understanding Comics, with Scott McCloud (12:18 min)
Galleries:
-Conceptual Art and Production Stills
-Mike Mignola Pre-production Art (you can browse them, or you can choose slideshow with audio commentary by Hellboy´s creator Mike Mignola)
-Director´s Notebook
-Comic Book artist Pin-Ups

Booklet: "Excerpt from the Diary of Grigori Rasputin" (created by Mike Mignola)
IMDB Rating 6.7 DVD-ROM -Printable original screenplay
-Script supervisor´s notebook
-Excerpts from Guillermo del Toro´s director notebook
- Weblinks
Reviewed   MPAA Rating 12
Released Jan 2006 UPC 035822485693
IMDB Link tt0167190 Comments Added 16-Jan-2006

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