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Since Drive never got a theatrical release in the US, the only way most folks here have been able to see the movie is on video. To date, the version of the film edited to 98m at the direction of producer Robbie Little is all that's legitimately available on this side of the pond, but a glimmer of hope sparkles from across the Atlantic...
If you have information about releases we don't know about, or more information about releases we do know about, please let us know! You'll be credited for your scoops on the site if you like. (I'd especially like a good-quality scan of the "Mark & Kadeem" UK DVD cover -- the best of the bunch, as far as I'm concerned!)
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Danish DVD (February 2001)Thanks to Anne Petersen for details! |
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Jupiter DVD J4495 (DVD - PAL/Region 2) |
| Version/Running Time: | "Robbie Little" cut? (~90m) |
| Features: | Widescreen transfer (2.35:1); scene selection; theatrical trailer; "sneak preview"; cast & crew biographies; movable subtitles (Danish, perhaps Swedish and Norwegian). Rated "unfit for children 15 and younger." |
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Danish VHS (2001)Thanks to Anne Petersen for details! |
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Kavan 4495 (VHS - PAL) |
| Version/Running Time: | "Robbie Little" cut? (~90m) |
| Features: | Widescreen transfer (2.35:1); Danish subtitles. Rated "unfit for children 15 and younger." |
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French VHS/DVD (July 5, 2000)Thanks to Anne Petersen for details! |
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TF1 Video ?? (VHS - SECAM) |
| Version/Running Time: | "Robbie Little" cut (~100m) |
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VHS: Widescreen transfer (2.35:1), French soundtrack. |
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UK Special Edition DVD (May 2000)UK specialty video label Medusa Pictures went to great lengths to put together this definitive release of the film, including not just a video transfer but a full restoration of Steve Wang's original cut including a Dolby Digital 5.1 remix of the original soundtrack. Unfortunately while Medusa had the foresight to release the DVD as a Region 0 disc -- theoretically allowing it to be played worldwide -- it is encoded in the PAL video standard, which prevents most home DVD players in the US from reading the disc. Computer DVD-ROM users will have better luck; others can only hope that some entrepeneurial company in the US decides to take advantage of the legwork already done by Medusa and release it here. |
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Medusa Video MDV 367 (DVD - PAL/Region 0) |
| Version/Running Time: | Original Director's Cut (117m 33s) |
| Features: | Widescreen transfer (2.35:1); original theatrical soundtrack in Dolby Digital 5.1; feature-length audio commentary with Steve Wang, Mark Dacascos, Kadeem Hardison and Koichi Sakamoto; three photo galleries; interview gallery; cast and crew biographies; 8m of deleted and extended scenes; 48m making-of documentary "The Force Behind the Storm"; theatrical trailer. |
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Dragon's
Den UK (Phil Mills) DVDfever (Dom Robinson) |
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UK Special Edition VHS (May 2000)Of course, you can't get all those DVD goodies onto a VHS tape... |
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Medusa Video MR 0372 (VHS - PAL) |
| Version/Running Time: | Original Director's Cut (117m 33s) |
| Features: | Widescreen transfer, original theatrical soundtrack. |
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UK VHS (May 2000)No details available. |
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| Catalog Number: | Medusa Video MR 0353 (VHS - PAL) |
| Version/Running Time: | Original Director's Cut (117m 33s) |
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UK Director's Cut DVD (2000?) |
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Unknown (Medusa?) |
| Version/Running Time: | Original Director's Cut (117m 33s) |
| Features: | Widescreen transfer (2.35:1); further details unknown. |
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UK VHS (1998)No details available. |
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| Catalog Number: | Columbia/Tri-Star ?? (VHS - PAL) |
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Malaysian Video CD (1998)Nothing remarkable about this (pirate?) edition -- it's the full-frame US version. But if you don't have a DVD-ROM drive and want a copy of the movie to play on your computer's desktop, this is the place to look! Encoding quality is unremarkable but acceptable for the format. The running time is about five minutes shorter than the US DVD; this may be a transfer artifact but that's unconfirmed at this point. |
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| Catalog Number: | Golden Satellite GSE 004 (VCD - MPEG1; 2 discs, change at 46:05) Golden Satellite MR 0372 (VHS - unknown format) |
| Version/Running Time: | "Robbie Little" cut (94:47) |
| Features: | Movie only, full frame (unmatted). |
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US VHS/DVD (Sep. 4, 1998)This movie-only release is, once again, the heavily-edited "Robbie Little" cut of the film. But we were mighty surprised to see it come out on DVD at the time, so even this was a bit of a blessing. The cover seems to be a reshoot specifically for this release -- dig Kadeem's wiggy "Eddie Murphy" look, which bears no resemblance whatsoever to his appearance in the film... | |
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Simitar 7240 (DVD - NTSC/Region 0) |
| Version/Running Time: | "Robbie Little" cut (99m 19s) |
| Features (DVD): | Movie only, letterbox, 9 chapters, Dolby Digital 5.1 |
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German LaserDisc (1998)The only LaserDisc release I've confirmed to date. Further details wanted! |
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| Catalog Number: | Laser Paradise, cat # unknown (PAL - CLV) |
| Version/Running Time: | Original Director's Cut (112m) |
| Features: | Letterboxed, digital sound. |
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Korean DVD (1998?)No details available. |
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German VHS (1997?)No details available. |
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Italian VHS Tape (1997?)No details available. |
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Japanese VHS (1997?)No details available. |
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