By | Published November 3, 2009

RED CLIFF (2008)

Magnolia Pictures is gearing up for the limited theatrical release of John Woo’s critically acclaimed war epic RED CLIFF on November 20th and has put out a preview video where Woo describes the significance of the film. Magnolia has already made the film available in the States ahead of its theatrical run as a VOD release on Pay-Per-View, On Demand and HDNet Movies.

I’m looking at Comcast’s listing for RED CLIFF and it looks like Magnolia is releasing the entire two-part saga on VOD beginning with PART 1, as opposed to releasing the shortened international version. Hopefully, we’ll also be able to get both parts when the film comes to DVD and Blu-ray.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Daniel-Zelter/1352966720 Daniel Zelter

    His English is fine. No need to sub it. -_- But at least Tarantino is not mentioned once in that clip…

  • http://www.facebook.com/musicvibes Kevin Celebi

    So this won't be the significantly shortened version? I saw the full version and don't understand how any of that could have been left out, except maybe for some of the love stories…

  • http://www.kungfucinema.com Mark Pollard

    My current understanding is that Magnolia is releasing the shortened version in select theaters while the longer cut will be made available to audiences at home, either through VOD or DVD.

  • websheriff

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    Hi Mark,

    On behalf of Magnolia Pictures and the movie’s producers, many thanks for plugging “Red Cliff” … .. thanks also, on behalf of the distributors and producers, for not posting any pirate copies or non-trailer clips of “Red Cliff” and if you / your readers want good quality, non-pirated, previews, then the official trailer for “Red Cliff” is available for fans and bloggers to post/ host / share etc at http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/redcliff/ … .. for further details of on-line promotions for this movie and Magnolia releases generally, check-out http://www.magpictures.com and their official YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/MagnoliaPictures .

    Thanks again for your plug.

    Regards,

    WEB SHERIFF

  • Rhythm-X

    I admire the inherent optimism here, it's touching… but optimism and the discussion of Chinese/Hong Kong cinema releases in the US don't mix. It's safe to assume we're getting screwed, because we almost always get screwed. There's nothing whatsoever on the Six Shooter Film Series website, or the Magnolia website, or the Magnet website, or the American RED CLIFF website about the PPV version being the uncut two-film version. Only one film named RED CLIFF has been rated by the MPAA, and we already know the short cut is rated R. Admittedly, the real version might very well go unrated as there's no plans to send it to theaters. There's also nothing about Red Cliff Part II on Fancast.com, either. You'd think that if they were running Part I that they'd at least have a date for Part II but if they do, they've hidden it quite well.

    I hope it really is the uncut version but that seems exceedingly unlikely. More likely someone at Fancast.com got confused and entered the wrong title.

  • Rhythm-X

    Replying to myself here, but it should be noted that Amazon.com is now listing a March 30, 2010 Magnolia release of what's being called the “Two Disc International Version” of RED CLIFF on both Blu-ray and DVD. Never mind the nitpicky detail that it's the short cut of the film that's actually the “International Version” – I'll be picking this up. Congratulations to Magnolia for not being complete idiots. It's all too rare to see something pertaining to Asian cinema handled correctly by an American company.

    Now watch, just because I said that, it'll have closed captions instead of subtitles or some other sort of idiocy along those lines.

  • Rhythm-X

    Replying to myself here, but it should be noted that Amazon.com is now listing a March 30, 2010 Magnolia release of what's being called the “Two Disc International Version” of RED CLIFF on both Blu-ray and DVD. Never mind the nitpicky detail that it's the short cut of the film that's actually the “International Version” – I'll be picking this up. Congratulations to Magnolia for not being complete idiots. It's all too rare to see something pertaining to Asian cinema handled correctly by an American company.

    Now watch, just because I said that, it'll have closed captions instead of subtitles or some other sort of idiocy along those lines.