The Pianist (Blu-ray SteelBook + DVD Audio) (Kimchidvd Exclusive #14)[Korea]

[PunkNinja]

Release date: May 25th 2014
Price: US$36.99; No limit on order quantity
Buy links:
The Pianist - Full Slipcover (OOS)
The Pianist - Lenticular cover (OOS)
The Pianist - 1/4 slipcover (non exclusive) live !

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Pre-order date and time:
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Pre-order gift:

if you pre order full slipcover (if poll result is option#1), you can get full slipcover option#2 as free, pre-order gift. (vise versa)

Print run info:
- lenticular slipcover 1.5K
- full slipcover 1.5K
- 1/4 slip 0.5K (non-exclusive)

Notes: full high glossy with embossed title and hands, 2-disc edition - 1x blu-ray and 1x dvd audio
subtitles: Korean, English, Chinese (Both), French, Finnish, Swedish.

List of Kimchidvd Exclusive SteelBook Editions

Full Slipcover Package:

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Lenticular cover artwork and package:

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Detailed Info:

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Publisher :Contents Zone
ReleaseDate :
List Price :USD
Our Price :USD
You Save :USD
Year :2003 (국내개봉)
Stock Status:Coming Soon
Weight :g

Technical Information
Genre: Drama
Directors: Roman Polanski
Actors: Adrien Brody / Thomas Kretschmann / Frank Finlay
Aspect Ratio & Format: High Definition 1080p Widescreen Presentation 1.85:1
Language: English / French / Italian
Sound Mix: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1ch/DD 5.1
Subtitles: Korean / English / Chinese / French / Finnish / Swedish
Rating: 18
Region Code: all
Run Time: 148 mins
Number of discs: 2

Special Features
- Behind Story
- Piano performance
- Interview with Director & Cast
- Behind Scene
- Trailer

Additional information:
A brilliant pianist, a Polish Jew, witnesses the restrictions Nazis place on Jews in the Polish capital, from restricted access to the building of the Warsaw ghetto. As his family is rounded up to be shipped off to the Nazi labor camps, he escapes deportation and eludes capture by living in the ruins of Warsaw.

 

[Man on 1Wire x 6 3]

Saw the lenticular version of this go on eBAY last night for under £16! lol

And still, the bay chumps continue to list it for £50+

 

[UpsetSmiley]

Saw the lenticular version of this go on eBAY last night for under £16! lol

Same here, I asked the seller why it was listed as "Used - Good" but didn't reply. Front looked mint, but you never know there might be a very noticeable dent on the back

 

[Flash]

I did wonder about that, seemed to go very cheap?

 

[adrianwright]

It was mine that was sold. I was quite surprised to see it go for such a low price, but it is unwatchable due to the subtitle error and only useable for display purposes anyhow. £16 is a lot of money for an Empty Case and a bit of Cardboard, that is the way I am looking at it

 

[Flash]

What is the subtitle error? :/

 

[adrianwright]

If you watch the film, it does not display the German speaking parts with Subtitles. You have to wait until the German Language is spoken, rewind to the point is started and turn on the English Subtitles to understand what they are saying. To make it worse, the dialog is very important and as you can imagine it is very distracting to have to do this. It seems Kimchi have used the same disc knocked out by Optimum in 2009.

 

[Flash]

Is this the same with all kimchi releases or just this one?

 

[adrianwright]

Is this the same with all kimchi releases or just this one?

Not sure about other Kimchi releases my friend, could not believe it as I have waited 5 years to buy this again and it is still not fixed

I tried messing about with the settings on my Oppo BDP-103D, but nothing corrected it.

 

[Zyrin]

To clear this up a little, The Pianist has english subs but it doesn't have partial english subs. Meaning you can turn on the english subs at the start of the movie and not have to mess with it further but they display for everything, not just non-english speaking parts.

Kimchi's Rush is the same way, Snowpiercer is very likely to also be the same way.

 

[Flash]

What about Leon?

Or Amelie which is French obviously?

 

[Zyrin]

Not sure, I don't have a copy of Leon to personally say.

Amelie, to my knowledge, is 100% french so it wouldn't have a problem. It's films with multiple spoken languages where it gets a little tricky.

 

[adrianwright]

To clear this up a little, The Pianist has english subs but it doesn't have partial english subs. Meaning you can turn on the english subs at the start of the movie and not have to mess with it further but they display for everything, not just non-english speaking parts.

Kimchi's Rush is the same way, Snowpiercer is very likely to also be the same way.

I did discover this myself and found it to be very distracting. I now have the standard UK version and this works fine with Subtitles displayed only when the German is spoken, not all the time. Personally, much preferable and better than the Kimchi version which would have been for me an expensive ornament

 

[lgans316]

Unfortunately subtitles are authored this way by small scale distributors in non-english speaking countries. This is not a fault with Kimchi. Next you will expect English SDH / HoH which is irrelevant in non-english speaking territories.

 

[Flash]

So are you saying the subtitles play throughout? In English?

 

[Zyrin]

Yes, if you select english subs they play for everything. It's either on for everything or off for everything, there's no halfway.

 

[Flash]

Oh I thought it was something strange, that doesn't really bother me, I was g going to but I may invest in one

 

[paulboland]

If you watch the film, it does not display the German speaking parts with Subtitles. You have to wait until the German Language is spoken, rewind to the point is started and turn on the English Subtitles to understand what they are saying. To make it worse, the dialog is very important and as you can imagine it is very distracting to have to do this. It seems Kimchi have used the same disc knocked out by Optimum in 2009.

The Kimchi Blu-ray is the 2010 Studio Canal Collection Disc with most of those extras but not all
Note the extras are listed in Korean and bit hard to tell what each extra is unless of course you understand Korean
The extras themselves are in English
The 2009 Optimum Blu-ray version has no extras

The best version for picture and extras is the UK 2010 disc which hopefully is in the zavvi version
I have this on Pre-Order and will put in the special gift full slip you get with the kimchi Full Slip

 

[lgans316]

HD DVD version to me had a slightly better Picture due to less DNR.

 

[Leo31291]

Got my copy of the lenticular earlier this week from ebay

 

[Noodles]

I finally made my mind up and decided to get this version over Zavvi's cheaper exclusive, and I'm glad I did! I went with the full slip edition and it's absolutely gorgeous... worth every penny. This has probably already been asked and answered on one of the existing 64 pages in this thread, but ain't nobody got time for that - I'm a bit confused about the extra slip that's included... is it meant for the steelbook? And if so, why are we given two slips when there's only one steelbook? I'm not complaining, just curious.