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The Mummy (Widescreen Collector's Edition)

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Region: 1 (USA, Canada and US territories)

ASIN: B00000JQB5

UPC: 002519206362

Rating: Rating: PG-13

Runtime:125 Minutes

Label: Universal

Studio: Universal Pictures

Release Date: 1999-09-28

DVD Format: Keep Case, Widescreen Anamorphic, 2.35:1, 0, Color, Sides:1 (SS-RSDL)

DVD Features: Subtitles: English, Audio Track 1: English, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 2: French, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Audio Track 3: Commentary by writer/director 'Stephen Sommers (I)' and editor Bob Ducsay, Dolby Digital 2.0, Audio Track 4: Commentary by Musical score by Jerry Goldsmith on alternate audio track (as a hidden feature), Dolby Digital 2.0

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Michel Hafner (17 October 1999):
This widescreen DVD edition of _Mummy, The (1999)_ by Universal is among their better looking discs. It's not quite state of the art, but very nice.
The quality of the film master used is uneven. Most of the time it's pristine, but a couple of shots have speckles, and some, rather inappropriately for a brand new film, have even vertical scratches. Image steadiness is very good. Color and contrast rendition are first rate. Sharpness is very good too. Not quite up there with the sharpest NTSC DVDs we have seen, but close. I can't complain about the noise and grain level either. It's low and never distracting. Not as good as we like it are our last two quality aspects, video artifacts and compression. While there is hardly any aliasing or noise processing artifacts, there are overenhanced edges in a couple of shots. Not really bad ones, but enough to draw attention.
There are many supplements including a 40 (!) minutes full screen documentary. While these supplements have good quality and are certainly interesting and an asset, they come with a price. They need quite some bits that are now missing for the main feature. DVCC had to compress it with an average bit rate around 5 Mbit/s, and it's not enough to avoid compression artifacts in many scenes. The bit rate is very variable, going from 2.5 up to over 8, but what you invest in some shot to avoid the ugly is then missing in another to avoid the bad. Pity, but you can't have it all, extensive supplements and an immaculate compression of the feature, at least not with single side dual layer technology and current MPEG software. The full screen version will have even more problems here. Remains to be seen if a DTS version without supplements will become available and fix this problem. I certainly hope so.
Universal's widescreen DVD of "The Mummy" is of good quality and is likely to please on any kind of display system. Good quality systems will show you some compression problems and overenhanced edges. If best quality is your goal you will probably be better served with the DTS version that might become available sometime later.

Die Mumie

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ASIN: B00008WVKG

Studio: Universal/DVD

Release Date: 2005-10-06

Die Mumie (Special Edition, 2 DVDs)

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ASIN: B000BEVE28

Studio: Universal/DVD

Release Date: 2005-12-01

The Mummy Collector's Set (The Mummy (1999)/ The Mummy Returns/ The Scorpion King)

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Region: 1 (USA, Canada and US territories)

ASIN: B000ASATYY

UPC: 025192829925

Label: Universal

Studio: Universal Studios

Release Date: 2005-11-29

DVD Format: Widescreen Anamorphic, 2.35:1, Color

DVD Features: Subtitles: English, Audio Track 1: English, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 2: French, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Audio Track 3: Commentary by Director Stephen Sommers and Editor Bob Ducsay ("The Mummy"), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Audio Track 4: Commentary by Director / Writer Stephen Sommers and Executive Producer / Editor Bob Ducsay ("The Mummy Returns"), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Audio Track 5: Commentary by Director Chuck Russell ("The Scorpion King"), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround

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Titles in this Product

The Mummy (1999), The Mummy Returns (2001), The Scorpion King (2002)

The Mummy (Full Screen Collector's Edition)

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Region: 1 (USA, Canada and US territories)

ASIN: B00000JQB6

UPC: 025192067822

Rating: Rating: PG-13

Runtime:125 Minutes

Label: Universal

Studio: Universal Pictures

Release Date: 1999-09-28

DVD Format: Keep Case, Pan & Scan , 1.33:1, 0, Color, Sides:1 (SS-RSDL)

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The Mummy [Region 2]

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ASIN: B00004RYWF

Studio: Universal Pictures

Release Date: 2002-09-03

Die Mumie (Special Edition, 2 DVDs, OmU)

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ASIN: B001AAKF1I

Studio: Universal/DVD

Release Date: 2008-07-03

The Mummy [Region 2]

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ASIN: B00005Q4DP

Studio: Universal Pictures

Release Date: 2001-11-08

The Mummy [Region 2] (Collector)

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Region: 2 (Western Europe, Japan, South Africa, Middle East, Egypt)

ASIN: B00004VY16

Rating: Rating: G

Runtime:119 Minutes

Studio: Universal Pictures

Release Date: 2000-04-21

DVD Format: Snap Case, Widescreen Anamorphic, Pan & Scan , 2.35:1, Color, Sides:1 (SS-DL)

DVD Features: Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Audio Track 1: French, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 2: English, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 3: Spanish, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 4: Italian, Dolby Digital 5.1

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The Mummy [Region 2]

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ASIN: B00005NZIP

Studio: Universal Pictures

Release Date: 2001-12-01

Titles in this Product

The Mummy (1999), The Mummy Returns (2001)

The Mummy (Ultimate Edition)

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Region: 1 (USA, Canada and US territories)

ASIN: B000059ZZJ

UPC: 025192125829

Rating: Rating: PG-13

Runtime:125 Minutes

Label: Universal Studios

Studio: Universal Studios

Release Date: 2001-04-24

DVD Format: Box Set, Widescreen Anamorphic, Pan & Scan , 2.35:1, Color, Sides:1 (SS-DL)

DVD Features: Audio Track 1: English, DTS, Audio Track 2: English, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 3: Commentary by director Stephen Sommers and editor Bob Ducsay, Unknown

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The Mummy Collection: The Mummy / The Mummy Returns (Widescreen Edition)

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Region: 1 (USA, Canada and US territories)

ASIN: B00005Y6ZS

UPC: 025192197321

Rating: Rating: PG-13

Runtime:255 Minutes

Label: Universal

Studio: Universal Pictures

Release Date: 2002-04-09

DVD Format: Keep Case, Widescreen Anamorphic, 2.35:1, Color, Sides:1 (SS-DL)

DVD Features: Subtitles: English, Audio Track 1: English, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 2: French, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Audio Track 3: Commentary by writer/director Stephen Sommers (I) and editor Bob Ducsay, Unknown, Audio Track 4: Commentary by director Stephen Sommers, Unknown

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Titles in this Product

The Mummy (1999), The Mummy Returns (2001)

The Mummy Collection - The Mummy / The Mummy Returns (Full Screen Edition)

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Region: 1 (USA, Canada and US territories)

ASIN: B00005Y6ZR

UPC: 025192197222

Rating: Rating: PG-13

Runtime:255 Minutes

Label: Universal

Studio: Universal Pictures

Release Date: 2002-04-09

DVD Format: Keep Case, Pan & Scan , Color, Sides:1 (SS-DL)

DVD Features: Subtitles: English, Audio Track 1: English, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 2: French, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Audio Track 3: Commentary by writer/director Stephen Sommers (I) and editor Bob Ducsay, Unknown, Audio Track 4: Commentary by director Stephen Sommers, Unknown

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Titles in this Product

The Mummy (1999), The Mummy Returns (2001)

The Mummy & The Mummy Returns

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ASIN: B0001CNRK2

UPC: 025192502729

Studio: Universal Pictures

Release Date: 2004-04-27

Titles in this Product

The Mummy (1999), The Mummy Returns (2001)

The Mummy/Tremors

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ASIN: B0000520SR

UPC: 025192120725

Studio: Universal Studios

Release Date: 2000-12-26

Titles in this Product

The Mummy (1999), Tremors (1990)

The Mummy [Region 2]

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Region: 2 (Western Europe, Japan, South Africa, Middle East, Egypt)

ASIN: B00004D2X8

Certificate: 15

Runtime:120 Minutes

Label: Columbia Tri-Star Home Video

Studio: Universal Pictures

Release Date: 2000-01-31

DVD Format: Snap Case, 2.35:1, 0, Color, Sides:1 (SS-DL)

DVD Features: Subtitles: English, German, Swedish, he, Danish, Polish, Dutch, Finnish, nb, Czech, Greek, Audio Track 1: English, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 2: German, Dolby Digital 5.1

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