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The King of Kings
(1927)
on

2004 Criterion Collection edition

The King of Kings (1927 roadshow version), black & white and color, 155 minutes, not rated, with The King of Kings (1931 rerelease version), black & white and color, 112 minutes, not rated.

Criterion Collection, KIN190, UPC 0-37429-18732-6.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, two single-sided, dual-layered DVD discs, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 5.1 stereo and 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 27 chapter stops, keep case, $39.95.
DVD release date: 7 December 2004.
Country of origin: USA

Our first look at this 2004 DVD reveals a definite improvement over the Voyager laserdisc of the 1990s (which was prepared from a Paul Killiam print), this new edition of The King of Kings contains two complete versions of the film: the 155-minute 1927 roadshow version and the 112-minute 1931 rerelease version.

Accompanying both versions of the films are new music scores by Donald Sosin (1927) and Timothy J. Tikker (1931), plus the original mono Hugo Riesenfeld score for the 1931 rerelease.

 

 
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.
Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.
Other silent era Cecil B. DeMille films available on DVD home video:
The Affairs of Anatol (1921)
Carmen (1915)
The Cheat (1915)
The Clinging Vine (1926)
Don’t Change Your Husband (1919)
The Godless Girl (1928)
The Golden Chance (1916)
Joan the Woman (1917)
The Little American (1917)
Male and Female (1919)
Manslaughter (1922)
Old Wives for New (1918)
The Road to Yesterday (1926)
A Romance of the Redwoods (1917)
The Squaw Man (1914)
The Ten Commandments (1923)
The Virginian (1914)
The Volga Boatman (1926)
The Whispering Chorus (1918)
Why Change Your Wife? (1920)

Other silent era religious films available on DVD home video:
Ben-Hur (1925)
Christus (1915)
From the Manger to the Cross (1912)
Joan the Woman (1915)
The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (1905)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Ten Commandments (1923)
 
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