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The Abyss Special Edition $9.99 - Black cover, $24.99 White cover, what's the difference?
These prices are at Amazon.com, are there any differences in the editions? I couldn't find any at the site.
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"By the descrption on various websites it seemed like the white cover version and the dark cover versions are the same DVD, just with different release dates. So I bought the dark one (because of the $), and man, did I missed out! The white one is actually a double disc version with making off and tons of featurettes, the dark one has nothing but the text commentary (although a very cool one). Anyone who has the white version knows if theres an AUDIO commentary from James?"
http://www.jamescamerononline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10
Strangely, I also checked out the digitalbits, (http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews/abyssse.html) and they also have a black edtition cover, but are discussing it as having two disks. It seems that the US black edition is only the 1-disc, with the text commentary, and the US white one is the 'all in' one.
Digitalbits reviewed the UK version, which I presume is the US White Edition.
When checking at Amazon, the black one indeed states:
Number of discs: 1
White edition
Number of discs: 2
check http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews/abyssse.html to see whether you want the extras too...
Disc One: The Films
145 mins (theatrical version)/171mins (special edition), PG-13, letterboxed widescreen (2.35:1), THX-certified, 2 dual-layered discs, dual-disc Amaray keep case packaging , single-sided, RSDL dual-layered (theatrical version layer switch at 1:05:04, at the start of chapter 26 - special edition layer switch at 1:22:21, at the start of chapter 29), full-length text commentaries for each film version (via subtitle track), cast and crew bios, production notes, DVD-ROM features (including the ability to access the screenplay and storyboards while watching the film), animated film-themed menu screens with sound and music, scene access (theatrical version has 44 chapters, special edition has 52 chapters), languages: English (DD 5.1 & 2.0 Surround), subtitles: English, Spanish and English commentary, Closed Captioned
Disc Two: Special Edition Content
Single sided, dual-layered, 6 trailers (3 for The Abyss and 1 each for Aliens, Strange Days and True Lies), "behind-the-scenes" featurette (10 mins), Under Pressure: Making The Abyss documentary (59 mins), complete story treatment and complete special edition screenplay, all 773 original storyboards, cast and crew bios, gallery of production photographs and artwork, "making of" featurettes including: motion control timelapse, miniature rear-projection, deepcore timelapse, videomatics montage, Montana bridge flooding, engine room flooding, surface shoot montage, crane crash shoot, visual effects reel and pseudopod multi-angle (which allows you to select from up to 4 different angles which show the storyboards, 2 camera angles and the final sequence), The Abyss: In Depth (extensive production notes including 28 chapters of text on the writer/director and screenplay, the production team, the design team, the storyboarding process, character development and casting, costume design, training for the production, filming underwater, ROVs and video in The Abyss, a production chronology, the wave, Benthic Explorer, Cab Three, Deepcore2, Cab One, Pseudopod, Flatbed, Little Geek, U.S.S. Montana, NTI Scout, NTI Manta, Deep Suit, NTI Being, Big Geek, NTI Ark, editing, sound and music, publicity advertising and marketing, the restoration, closing commentary and acknowledgments and credits), DVD-ROM features (including 3 interactive games: Sonar Spy, Valve Control and ROV Pilot)
http://www.jamescamerononline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10
Strangely, I also checked out the digitalbits, (http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews/abyssse.html) and they also have a black edtition cover, but are discussing it as having two disks. It seems that the US black edition is only the 1-disc, with the text commentary, and the US white one is the 'all in' one.
Digitalbits reviewed the UK version, which I presume is the US White Edition.
When checking at Amazon, the black one indeed states:
Number of discs: 1
White edition
Number of discs: 2
check http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews/abyssse.html to see whether you want the extras too...
Disc One: The Films
145 mins (theatrical version)/171mins (special edition), PG-13, letterboxed widescreen (2.35:1), THX-certified, 2 dual-layered discs, dual-disc Amaray keep case packaging , single-sided, RSDL dual-layered (theatrical version layer switch at 1:05:04, at the start of chapter 26 - special edition layer switch at 1:22:21, at the start of chapter 29), full-length text commentaries for each film version (via subtitle track), cast and crew bios, production notes, DVD-ROM features (including the ability to access the screenplay and storyboards while watching the film), animated film-themed menu screens with sound and music, scene access (theatrical version has 44 chapters, special edition has 52 chapters), languages: English (DD 5.1 & 2.0 Surround), subtitles: English, Spanish and English commentary, Closed Captioned
Disc Two: Special Edition Content
Single sided, dual-layered, 6 trailers (3 for The Abyss and 1 each for Aliens, Strange Days and True Lies), "behind-the-scenes" featurette (10 mins), Under Pressure: Making The Abyss documentary (59 mins), complete story treatment and complete special edition screenplay, all 773 original storyboards, cast and crew bios, gallery of production photographs and artwork, "making of" featurettes including: motion control timelapse, miniature rear-projection, deepcore timelapse, videomatics montage, Montana bridge flooding, engine room flooding, surface shoot montage, crane crash shoot, visual effects reel and pseudopod multi-angle (which allows you to select from up to 4 different angles which show the storyboards, 2 camera angles and the final sequence), The Abyss: In Depth (extensive production notes including 28 chapters of text on the writer/director and screenplay, the production team, the design team, the storyboarding process, character development and casting, costume design, training for the production, filming underwater, ROVs and video in The Abyss, a production chronology, the wave, Benthic Explorer, Cab Three, Deepcore2, Cab One, Pseudopod, Flatbed, Little Geek, U.S.S. Montana, NTI Scout, NTI Manta, Deep Suit, NTI Being, Big Geek, NTI Ark, editing, sound and music, publicity advertising and marketing, the restoration, closing commentary and acknowledgments and credits), DVD-ROM features (including 3 interactive games: Sonar Spy, Valve Control and ROV Pilot)
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