BANNED IN OKLAHOMA (30-minute version) is included in
the new Criterion
Collection DVD release of The Tin Drum (2-disc collection).
DIRECTOR APPROVED DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES:
- New digital transfer, with restored image and sound and enhanced for
widescreen televisions
- Audio commentary by director and cowriter Volker Schlöndorff
- Remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack
- Isolated score by Maurice Jarre
- Rare deleted scenes,featuring commentary by Schlöndorff
- An illuminating collection of video interviews: with Schlöndorff
and actor David Bennent at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival; co-writer Jean-Claude
Carrière and actor Mario Adorf; Schlöndorff and author Günter
Grass during filming; and Schlöndorff after winning the Palme d’Or
at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival
- Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum,
a montage featuring Schlöndorff’s thoughts and recollections
about the film, along with on-set photos, storyboards, and images not
included in the final film
- The Platform, a rare 1987 German recording
of Günter Grass reading an excerpt from his novel The Tin Drum, accompanied
by the music of famed improvisational percussionist Günter “Baby”
Sommer
- Banned in Oklahoma, a documentary by Gary
D. Rhodes following the child pornography lawsuit revolving around The
Tin Drum
- Production sketches, designs and promotional art
- Reprinted excerpt of the screenplay’s original, unfilmed ending
- Original theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
