The King of Kings (1927) [The Criterion Collection #266] (Reupload)

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The King of Kings (1927) [The Criterion Collection #266] (Reupload)
A Film By Cecil B. DeMille
2xDVD9 | Untouched | VIDEO_TS | Black & White / Colour | NTSC 1.33:1 4:3 720x480 VBR 29.97 fps | 155mn | 7.5 GB + 6.86 GB
Audio: Silent - Music Scores AC-3 Dolby Digital 2.0 & 1.0 @ 192 kbps w/ English Intertitles
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Classics | Country: USA

The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in Hollywood history, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into a silent-era blockbuster. Featuring text drawn directly from the Bible, a cast of thousands, and the great showman’s singular cinematic bag of tricks, The King of Kings is at once spectacular and deeply reverent—part Gospel, part Technicolor epic. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this beloved film in a two-disc edition featuring both the 112-minute general-release version and the rarely seen 155-minute cut that premiered at the grand opening of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.

SPECIAL-EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET:

New, restored digital transfers of both versions of The King of Kings: DeMille’s 155-minute roadshow version and his subsequent 112-minute general release
New Dolby Digital 5.1 scores by composers Donald Sosin (1927 version) and Timothy J. Tikker (1931 version), plus the original score for the 1931 release by Hugo Riesenfeld
Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of The King of Kings
Cast portraits by photographer W.M. Mortensen
Production and costume sketches by renowned artist Dan Sayre Groesbeck
Stills gallery of rare production and publicity photos
Original illustrated program and press book featuring photographs from the film’s gala premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and studio correspondence from DeMille
Original theatrical trailers
Plus: a booklet featuring a 1927 essay by DeMille, an excerpt from Robert S. Birchard’s book Cecil B. DeMille’s Hollywood, production notes, and a new essay by film critic Peter Matthews

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