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City of Lost Children [DVD] [1995]

DVD ~ Ron Perlman
3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (29 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Claude Dreyfus
  • Directors: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
  • Format: Dubbed, PAL
  • Language French
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Entertainment in Video
  • DVD Release Date: 21 Jan 2002
  • Run Time: 108 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005U1ZE
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 14,099 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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The fantastic visions of Belgian film-makers Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet find full fruition in this fairy tale for adults. Evoking utopias and dystopias from Brazil to Peter Pan, Caro and Jeunet create a vivid but menacing fantasy city in a perpetually twilight world. In this rough port town lives circus strongman One (Ron Perlman), who wanders the alleys and waterfront dives looking for his little brother, snatched from him by a mysterious gang preying upon the children of the town. Rising from the harbour is an enigmatic castle where lives the evil scientist Krank (Daniel Emilfork), who has lost the ability to dream and robs the nocturnal visions of the children he kidnaps, but receives only mad nightmares from the lonely cherubs. Other wild characters include the Fagin-like Octopus--Siamese twin sisters who control a small gang of runaways-turned-thieves--Krank's six cloned henchmen (all played by the memorable Dominique Pinon from Delicatessen), and a giant brain floating in an aquarium (voiced by Jean-Louis Trintignant). Caro and Jeunet are kindred souls to Terry Gilliam (who is a vocal fan), creating imaginative flights of fancy built of equal parts delight and dread, which seem to be painted on the screen in rich, dreamy colours. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy the dubbed edition, 11 Jul 2003
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This review is from: The City Of Lost Children [VHS] [1995] (VHS Tape)
Yes I agree with all the above comments this film is brilliant but the poor english dubbed version will spoil it for most.
The answer is to buy the widescreen video version, as this is in the original french with subtitles. But if you buy the standard version (like me) or the dvd you will only hear English.
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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Just say NON!, 19 Jun 2002
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Created by the makers of "Delicatessen", city of the Lost Children is a visual tour de force, and a delightfully surreal fairy tale for adults. It is heartbreaking that all it takes to ruin the experience is the appallingly amateurish DVD version.
Those who are familiar with the works of Jeunet/Caro know that they put great effort into making sound and pictures work well together, a tradition carried over to "Amelie".
Someone ought to have told this to the english actors who dubbed the DVD. The voice acting is as convincing as a primary school play, and sounds as if the actors were picked up from the neighbouring fish-and-chip shop.
There are no extras on the DVD worth mentioning.
Avoid the DVD, but get the original on VHS (or laserdisc) or even better, see it on the big screen where it rightfully belongs.
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40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars ruining a great film., 22 Jul 2002
This is a truly great film from the team behind Delicatessen, I loved it in the cinema I loved it on video and when it came out on DVD I could'nt wait to see it in crystal clear digital glory. I was however horrified to find the picture looked like a cheap Tiawanese rip-off, the sound was worse than my ageing video and to cap matters off you have to listen to the worst dubbing of a film I have ever had the misfortune to hear (the audio track does not have the original French!!!). This is beyond doubt the worst DVD I have ever seen or heard, my advice is don't even think about purchasing this disc wait until they give this brilliant film the release it deserves.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Dubbing
Unwatchable - which is a real shame because I waited months to get it. I'm sorry, but it reminds me of terrible 1970s Godzilla movies with mouths moving at odds with the words.
Published 14 months ago by L Bentley

5.0 out of 5 stars just to add...
i totally agree with all the previous comments, the dubbing brought back memories of watching Dostoevsky dubbed in American English! Read more
Published on 5 Jul 2007 by Mr. Yavuz P. Mutlu

5.0 out of 5 stars french lang
Sorry, but I first watched this in the original french, and it is far superior. My french was sufficient to say that the word content hasn't changed in the dubbing, but I bought... Read more
Published on 13 Jul 2004 by stuartcope203

4.0 out of 5 stars Totally Unique
Directed by Jeune-Pierre Jeunet, now famous thanks to the stunning Amélie, and the similarly bizarre Delicatessen, this film really is unique. Read more
Published on 21 May 2004 by d_j_r

1.0 out of 5 stars City of Lost children
Fabulous film terrible dubbed version don't buy it unless you love thatChateau Vallon look
Published on 26 April 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Get over it !!
.... if, like me, you crave variation in your Dvd collection & just love finding that different from the the top 10 film, then, my friends, this is one for you! Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2004 by M. Esq

4.0 out of 5 stars How to get hold of French version dvd with english subtitles
I read & agreed with all the previous comments, so rather than ruin the experience with bad dubbing I tried to find a DVD version with the original french language and english... Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2004 by michellelondon

5.0 out of 5 stars Bleak and dark City of Hell !
Jeunet and Caro are at their best in that bleak world that looks like some Enki Bilal's comic book for children. Everything is dark, sombre, sad and torturous. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2004 by Jacques COULARDEAU

2.0 out of 5 stars Great Film. Appalling dubbing
Having read some of the other reviews, I thought I'd add my two penny's worth. I caught this film when it first came out in the cinema and loved it. Read more
Published on 11 Nov 2003 by andy_vso

1.0 out of 5 stars Visual effects with a European sensibilty
A visually splendid film with a very un-Hollywood perspective. One of my 10 favorite films, ever, 5+ stars. Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2003 by Nicholas B. Hilligoss

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