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Troy (Director's Cut) [2004] | ![Troy (Director's Cut) [2004]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vggxwKk1L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Actors: Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, Brian Cox, Brendan Gleeson
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  9 reviews
Format: Box Set, Director's Cut, Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 188 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.2
EAN: 7321902545035
ASIN: B000UVGXSC
Release Date: October 1, 2007
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At last, now available in epic cut January 10, 2008
Mr. Stephen Kennedy (Doha, Qatar)
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
The new director's cut of Troy might at over 3 hours be rather long to have been sitting in a cinema, but for home theatre, this is now finally the movie punters wished it could be when it first came out. The extra scenes - a mixture of character moments and action scenes, truly change it from a bit of a muddle, to something approaching classic status.
The battle scenes add little, but the character scenes change and explain the dynamics of the characters, in particular Sean Bean's Odysseus, and the tension between King Agamemnon and Achilles.
There is still a problem with the casting... no-one really looks that comfortable in their roles, neither Eric Bana, Brad Pitt and certainly not Orlando Bloom. Only Peter O'Toole really fits the part, at least as much of a part as he is given. Diane Kruger looks pretty, but whether it is the script, or her acting, it is difficult to say - but she never quite seems worth putting a thousand ships to sea for.
That aside, the battle scenes are visceral, and if this movie added anything new, it was the mano-a-mano battles with Achilles, which are terrifically well choreographed to make you really believe in his invincibility.
Extras are prolific - I gave up before I managed to exhaust all the topics, which are conveniently arranged in segments a few minutes long, so you can either watch all together or search for just the parts which interest.
A worthy package which goes some way to restoring the reputation of this previously maligned movie.
 Dissapointed no more October 15, 2007
Homer
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
What a let down the original movie was,slow, ponderous,shallow and completely forgettable.
I'm very much a fan of historical epics and my expectations of troy were high,particularly with the cast and crew they had on board.It was however a complete let down and seemed a view shared by many people i spoke to who had watched the movie.The score was dreadful,the characters were lacking in exposition and cause,the mtv style editing,particularly of the battle scenes was a mess ,i could go on and on but now i don't need to.
This new version is terrific,its like watching a new movie,the additional 30 minutes have added so much more to the film,character development is improved,the film feels epic,the new musical score fits in like a dream and the extended fight scenes of which there are many,all do justice to wolfgang petersen's desire to produce this new cut.
I can't praise it enough and if you had doubts over the original movie,then buy this,it really is worth having.
A 5 star recommendation.
Much better than the first cut October 10, 2007
Graham (Co Durham England)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Added story, added action , added characters, added music and the result a far better film. Troy the director's cut is much better than the one we all saw on the big screen the story is more vast and with this adds more character depth. The music has been re-edited taking out the more boring pieces and loud parts to add more of a closer feel to the story even though at times i feel James Horner still could have done better in certian sections.
All in all a better movie by far 8/10
 What the Hades!? February 18, 2008
Calvin Scholtz (Cape Town, South Africa)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I'm going to go against the general trend of reviews here and say that, in my humble opinion, this Director's Cut is a huge dissapointment - in addition to that, and perhaps worse, it has massacred my memories of the original film.
I'm a sucker for extended editions of anything, and I've been lucky so far (Lord of the Rings, Kingdom of Heaven), but now that I think about it, I never had a problem with the original version of "Troy" in the first place, so why did I go and purchase this one?
I was swayed by the reviews, I'll admit, but I was also interested in hearing what the new music edit sounded like. To be fair, the visuals and dialogue of the extended scenes in this version are not the problem: it's the music, which carries the tone and emotion of the story.
I've become a lover of film music, and James Horner's "Troy" score was the 2nd one I ever bought (following Howard Shore's "The Two Towers"). Over time, I've found that it is not the strongest score out there, but it has an operatic structure to it, which I always love, and it is able to support the film excellently.
As I said, the new scenes in this version are good: they reveal more character and plot development, but the music edit is atrocious and, for me, spoils the entire picture. The score is the heart, soul and wings of the film, and something strange has been done here that doesn't gel.
All of Tanja Tzarovska's keening that so well encapsulated the spirit of Greek tragedy and that actually convinced James Horner to score the film, has been removed (although the singer does have a cameo in this version). Nearly all of Horner's score from after the Death of Patroclus has been removed and replaced with music from earlier scenes. Josh Groban's strong rendition of "Remember" is also gone!
This may not sound like it makes much difference, but the whole mood of the scenes is altered. They've even had the audacity to edit Edward Shearmur's incidental music from "The Count of Monte Cristo" into the scene where Achilles and Patroclus are training in sword-play.
The Death of Hector is now more brutal and brash than tragic, the arrival of the Trojan Horse is seen as a good thing (celebratory music is played) and the sacking of Troy is just a mass of remixes of the music from the first battle with the Greeks. That is the true tragedy of it!
The Special Features are no different to that on the original 2-disc edition, and I would rather recommend that version to anyone who loved Horner's score and does not want to see it destroyed by some over-zealous music editor: I just feel that sacrificing a perfectly good film score for 30-minutes of extended footage is not worth it. If, however, you don't mind second-rate film music, then get this version and see it for what it's worth.
Much better then before March 25, 2008
adanield (Glasgow United Kingdom)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Troy (Director's Cut) is so much better than the theatrical version that it is almost hard to believe that they are in essence the same movie. That is not to say that this new version is perfect, it isn't. As with the Theatrical version, the acting is in some instances passable at best and it takes quite a few liberties with the accepted version of events according to Homer. However, what it does do is make the film run far more smoothly than it did before. Considering over 30 minutes of footage has been restored it actually seems to make the film a lot tighter than it was before. The rather disjointed, lacking in focus theatrical version is now replaced with a movie that always keeps you engrossed. Not just in the battle scenes which are really quite brilliant but also in the political intrigues and infighting amongst both the Greeks and the Trojans. Brad Pitt always seems to divide people as to his worth as an actor. I happen to think he is actually quite good. In Troy he is the leading man and he does a good job of holding the film together. According to Homer, Achilles was the most beautiful and the deadliest warrior of his age. Pitt is undoubtedly in excellent physical condition but he also manages to convey Achilles coldness and mastery of arms. His Achilles is a killing machine who cares for almost nothing but his own personal glory. He knows what his alternative futures are before he sails to Troy, but he would rather die young covered in glory than live to be old surrounded by love. There is a vacant look in Achilles eyes almost as though he is aware of everything that is happening around him but doesn't really care as long as it does not seem to personally affect him. However, in war, every action has a knock on effect and Achilles discovers this to his own personal loss. Achilles is not an easy role to take on, but Pitt does it well and he makes Troy a better film because of it.
On a side note, why do film companies continue to keep on ripping off the average punter who buys DVD's. If you are a film fan you are always going to want to see exactly what the director wanted to show in the first place. I can accept that for the theatre sometimes you have to trim the film down a little to make it a more palatable running time for people to be prepared to go and see or in some cases to cut down on some of the director's wilder excesses. But surely when they release the DVD they could make both the theatrical and the director's version available at the same time or on the same package. After all it's not like the footage isn't already available. Too many times I have come across extended additions and director's cuts, mere months after they have released the theatrical version. I know it's too much to hope for that they will stop ripping us off, but I would just like them to know that it's pretty poor show from them.
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