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Red Dragon
2-Disc DTS Special EditionDistributed by
Universal
Posted: April 26th, 2003.
- Cert:
- Running time: 120 mins
- Released: 19th May 2003
Let Hannibal Lecter into your living room…
Hannibal Lecter horrified, terrified and shocked in both Silence of the LambsandHannibal,now discover how it all began in Red Dragon released on VHS (£15.99) and adouble disk DVD (£22.99) from 19th May 2003. Find out why Hannibal theCannibal was first imprisoned and how he was finally caught…
Also, for the first time ever, all three films will be available on a 6-discDVD trilogy box set (£39.99) –For more details on all the extras included click here
The Case…
Under full moon, a serial killer known as “The Tooth Fairy” targetssleeping families. With the next full moon drawing nearer, FBI investigatorJack Crawford is no closer to discovering the identity of the killer sodecides to bring the reluctant but gifted investigator Will Graham out ofretirement.
Graham soon realizes that if he is to catch the remorseless murderer he willhave to access the mind of someone equally brilliant and twisted. This meansfacing his nemesis Hannibal Lecter, the man who has left him physically andpsychologically scarred.
Through Hannibal’s mind games Graham begins to piece together the character ofthe disturbed killer, Francis Dolarhyde. The tabloid press dub Dolarhyde as”The Tooth Fairy” due to the unusual tooth marks he leaves on his victims.However, he is eager to be known as “The Red Dragon”, the persona that consumeshim and drives him deeper into insanity.
The film boasts an impressive cast including Anthony Hopkins (The Silenceof the Lambs), Edward Norton (Fight Club), Ralph Fiennes (TheEnglish Patient), Harvey Keitel (The Piano), Emily Watson (GosfordPark) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Talented Mr Ripley).
DVD Extras (Disk 1):
- Feature Commentary with Director Brett Ratner & Ted Tally
- Music Score commentary with composer Danny Elfman
DVD Extras (Disk 2):
The second disk gives you access to the following bonus extras:
- FBI Profile: Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer Hosted by John Douglas (8:15)
- The Burning Wheelchair (3:59)
- A Directors Journey: Brett Ratner’s Video Diary (50:00)
- Makeup (00:40)
- Screen and Film tests (11:47)
- Storyboards to Final Feature comparison (8:36)
- Brett Ratner’s Untitled Student Film (Silent Film)
- The Leeds House Crime Scene (3:38)
- Red Dragon Teaser Trailer (2:01)
- Additional Scenes (Includes Deleted Scenes, Alternate Versions of Scene & Extended Scenes – offered with or without commentary) (13:00)
- Visual Effects (4:24)
- Theatrical Trailer (2:37)
- Teaser Trailer for The Hulk (00:45)
- Anthony Hopkin’s Lecter & Me (4:12)
- Making of Red Dragon (14:30)
News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2003.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.