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24 July, 2001

Hannibal

Hollyfeld filed this report on the upcoming DVD release of Hannibal that was previewed at the San Diego Comic Con.

Hannibal: We were treated to a special preview of Disc 2 of the anticipated 2-Disc set, which currently includes the following extras (and perhaps more - we didn't have time to see the whole thing):

"Making Of" Featurette
Multi-Angle Vignettes
Deleted/Alternate Scenes
Windtalkers Teaser
Marketing Gallery

The "Making Of" featurette can be shown in two ways, either as a complete mini-film, or in chapters. The current length of the complete featurette runs at 1 hour, 16 minutes and 8 seconds, and is comprised of the following chapters:

Development: 16 minutes, 43 seconds
Production: 20 minutes, 29 seconds
Special Make-Up Effects: 13 minutes, 55 seconds
Music: 14 minutes, 51 seconds
Reaction (including footage from the premiere/after party): 13 minutes, 9 seconds

Apparently the times don't add up (I'll take their word for it - I'm a lazy bastard and don't want to do the math), but they are aware of this and will fix it for the completed version.

Some notes follow about the Multi-Angle Vignettes, which will allow the viewer to re-edit the fish market shoot-out sequence. The producer of the disc (didn't catch his name, sorry) mentioned that alternate angles were a feature long-promised on DVDs, but up till now were only used on porn. "You turned it into a porno movie?" someone quipped. Well, not quite. Here's the lowdown.

The Multi-Angle Vignettes button takes you to another menu, featuring three items - "Anatomy of a Shoot-out," "Ridleygrams," and "Title Design." Selecting "Anatomy" takes you to yet another menu where you can select Takes, Lenses, FPS, Camera Mount and even Exposure. For those casual movie fans who don't know what these terms mean, exactly, there will be definitions available.

From here you will be able to select between four camera angles that simultaneously shot the fish market scene, and multiple takes thereof. Some takes did not involve certain cameras, or certain cameras all the time, so not every angle will always be available. The producer of the disc also accidentally let slip a potential Easter Egg - a fifth camera angle enabling you to see all four cameras at once. Cool stuff.

"Ridleygrams" is a feature that will enable the viewer to look at storyboards with a (presumably optional, I didn't catch it) commentary from Ridley Scott. I also heard mention of a scene-by-scene comparison, but either I didn't catch it or they didn't go into much detail.

There were too many deleted scenes to jot down in the short amount of time I had (they said "No recording devices," and true to my sense of honor I didn't use any), but I did note four that seemed interesting, entitled, "Fish Market Aftermath," "Alternate Ending," "Planning the Meal," and "Dear Clarice." Again, there seemed to be at least 20 alternate or deleted scenes, and they didn't show ANY of them, so my information in this regard is somewhat limited.

The Marketing Gallery section of the Disc will include over 600 photos, many of which never before seen, as well as heretofore unseen poster work.

The 2 Disc Special Edition of Hannibal hits the streets August 21st.

You can read the entire report from the Con here.

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