The Grandmaster - Plain edition - Korean (international version)

[Mansinthe]

the plain edition is already listed at some retailers like yesasia

picture of the first release


http://www.yesasia.com/global/the-gr...0-en/info.html

english subs and most likely it will be region A locked.
its the 122 min international cut.

highly recommend picking up the soundtrack as well
http://www.yesasia.com/global/the-gr...0-en/info.html


soundtracks from wkw movies just increase crazy in price !

[Ray O. Blu]

Wonder what the difference is?
Right now, the packaging pics look identical on Yesasia between this and the First Pressing.

[Mansinthe]

Originally Posted by Ray O. Blu

Wonder what the difference is?
Right now, the packaging pics look identical on Yesasia between this and the First Pressing.

the booklet will be missing most likely. i got a few of these "plain" edition releases of other movies. some are missing the slipcovers if you order late , and most have no booklets.

but i dont really care since i will put the disc in my own boxset with the HK and US cut. Probably gonna use the Korean slipcover for that box

i wouldnt hold back with ordering for a long time ! these may be plain editions but some of these did sell out before in days.

[PGW]

From the description, it looks like the booklet is no longer included. Not exactly a deal breaker... I don't know about you folks, but I almost always look through those things once (for about 5 seconds) then ignore them.

I did a little A/B'ing of "The Grandmaster" last night. I might be mistaken, but my impression was that the U.S. copy has had some of the grain taken out (after WKW went through the trouble of putting it in). I preferred the look of the Korean disc.

Can someone list the differences between the versions, or is there a site that does that? IMDB is useless - it just kind of says that three versions exist and gives the times, but doesn't tell you how they differ.

[Mansinthe]

checking this out might be interessting for you

http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/20...-turning-back/


there is a lot of different footage in all 3 cuts. if you are a wkw fan its worth to check out all 3 versions.
its not just that there are 7 or 8 minutes missing from the international cut to the HK cut. even the shortest cut in the US has a few minutes of footage (really beautifull stuff with gong er) that isnt in the other 2 cuts.

the US release is loaded with bonus features. (CA release is the same as the U.S)

Both the European and American versions of The Grandmaster feature a credit cookie lasting about a minute in which Ip, on a stylized staircase, leads us through a flurry of fights and then cocks an eye at the camera: “What’s your style?

and it looks like the german release has some bonus features (in english) that are not on these other 3 releases as well.

worth to mention as well: the theatrical HK/China release had a different soundtrack as well, it was changed for the HK bluray release.