The Patriot - Blu-ray Forum

dean1700 · 08-17-2011, 02:03 PM

I've got two different copies of Mel Gibson's The Patriot and each one is a different running time, being 158 mins and the extended version at 168 mins. I'v e seen the Blu-Ray disc and it says it is 175 mins. Can anyone tell me what is different about this version over the DVD's?

MacEachaidh · 08-17-2011, 07:19 PM

Hi Dean, the Blu-ray is the same cut of the film as the extended DVD. The reason for the time difference is that the DVDs are encoded as PAL, and run shorter because of the PAL speedup, whereas the Blu-ray runs at the same speed as the original film.

The Blu-ray has a couple of short background features ("The Art of War" and "The True Patriots"), and also has an uncompressed PCM 5.1 audio track in English, in addition to the bog-standard Dolby 5.1 track.

sean19 · 08-17-2011, 10:29 PM

Well that makes sense about the pal speed up, because i have the Partriot on Blu and was buggered to know where all the extra footage was

apart from a couple of small extra scenes that I hadn't seen before, I was thinking to myself...where's the rest of it. Thanks for the info

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dean1700 · 08-18-2011, 02:02 AM

Many thanks for that.

08-17-2011, 02:03 PM	#1
dean1700 Active Member Member since:Mar 2011 Location:Sydney, NSW, Australia. Blu-ray collection:140 DVD collection:3	The Patriot I've got two different copies of Mel Gibson's The Patriot and each one is a different running time, being 158 mins and the extended version at 168 mins. I'v e seen the Blu-Ray disc and it says it is 175 mins. Can anyone tell me what is different about this version over the DVD's? Last edited by dean1700; 08-17-2011 at 02:07 PM.

08-17-2011, 07:19 PM	#2
MacEachaidh Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Aug 2011 Location:Edge of the Accretion Disc Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Trading Score:4	Hi Dean, the Blu-ray is the same cut of the film as the extended DVD. The reason for the time difference is that the DVDs are encoded as PAL, and run shorter because of the PAL speedup, whereas the Blu-ray runs at the same speed as the original film. The Blu-ray has a couple of short background features ("The Art of War" and "The True Patriots"), and also has an uncompressed PCM 5.1 audio track in English, in addition to the bog-standard Dolby 5.1 track. Last edited by MacEachaidh; 08-17-2011 at 07:21 PM.

08-17-2011, 10:29 PM	#3
sean19 Active Member Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Mt Annan, NSW, Australia. Home Theater Gallery:10 Blu-ray reviews: 2	Well that makes sense about the pal speed up, because i have the Partriot on Blu and was buggered to know where all the extra footage was apart from a couple of small extra scenes that I hadn't seen before, I was thinking to myself...where's the rest of it. Thanks for the info. Last edited by sean19; 08-17-2011 at 10:31 PM.

08-18-2011, 02:02 AM	#4
dean1700 Active Member Member since:Mar 2011 Location:Sydney, NSW, Australia. Blu-ray collection:140 DVD collection:3	Many thanks for that.

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