Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:28:43 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Metropolis Found!
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

> dicconf <dicconf at radix.net> 7/7/2008 12:09 AM >>>
>
>On Sun, 6 Jul 2008, Stan wrote:
>
>> It looks like they found a complete, 210 minute original German version =
of
>> Fritz Lang's classic in Argentina.
>>
>> http://www.dougredway.net/blog/?p=36
>
>So when are they going to release it?  It should be a two-volume set
>with the restored version that came out a while ago.

""Metropolis" was reissued in the U.S. in 2002 by Kino International =
Corp., which owns the rights to distribute the film domestically, Kino's =
general manager Gary Palmucci said.

Kino may rerelease the new, complete version of the film."

<http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jwlj6ffCLxJD-PZL8yOBmOR36OPwD91NAR4GA>

Having seen the Kino release a few years ago, this is a film to be seen on =
the big screen in a movie theater. I don't care how big your home "big =
screen" is.

mjw