Planet Earth runtimes issue

[quexos]

Can someone clarify why the runtime for the english version of planet earth is 420 minutes while the American version is 550 minutes ???
To add more confusion, the DVD version is 660 minutes ???????

[TheDoc46]

Originally Posted by quexos

Can someone clarify why the runtime for the english version of planet earth is 420 minutes while the American version is 550 minutes ???
To add more confusion, the DVD version is 660 minutes ???????

not sure about the English and US Blu-ray versions.. BUT I do know that the DVD version has a lot of extra's in the way of how they made the whole series that the blu-ray versions do not have...

Sucks dunnit !

[ranma]

I can't understand why BBC can't put extras in high-def version.

[cathexist]

Originally Posted by quexos

Can someone clarify why the runtime for the english version of planet earth is 420 minutes while the American version is 550 minutes ???
To add more confusion, the DVD version is 660 minutes ???????

The BBC edition is 530 minutes.

The American, Discovery Channel edition is 480.

The American version is shorter because of footage that they originally cut to allow for commercials on the Discovery Channel broadcast.

I don't know about the DVD version, but it definitely does have extras that both the BBC and Discovery Channel HD version don't have.

There is some explanation to this in the Movie section of the HD Digest Review
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/983/planetearth_us.html

[Zaphod]

Originally Posted by quexos

Can someone clarify why the runtime for the english version of planet earth ...

I am assuming you mean British?

[Rustmonsteru]

Originally Posted by cathexist

The American version is shorter because of footage that they originally cut to allow for commercials on the Discovery Channel broadcast.

Discovery Channel makes no sense to me. First they localize the show with Sigourney Weaver and then they leave the show chopped for home release? I'm just glad I've got the BBC version.