Acclaimed Danish filmmaker Lars Von Trier's 1994 supernatural mini-series The Kingdom: Series One is coming to Region 1 DVD from Koch Releasing. The complete five hour series - the basis for Stephen King's Stateside remake "Kingdom Hospital" - will be presented in 1.33:1 fullscreen and Danish Dolby Digital Stereo with English subtitles. Bonus materials will include an audio commentary with Lars Von Trier, behind-the-scenes footage, TV spots directed by Von Trier and a trailer. Look for The Kingdom to street on November 8th with a retail price of $34.98.
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garmonbozia
08-23-05, 05:20 PM
figures.......and I just recently got the Danish release of these from R2. oh well, not complaing as they were excellent releases....and I was able to get 1 and 2 at the same time. no waiting.
animatedude
08-23-05, 05:24 PM
figures.......and I just recently got the Danish release of these from R2. oh well, not complaing as they were excellent releases....and I was able to get 1 and 2 at the same time. no waiting.
yeah man you didn't lose anything as the extras are the same.But,i'll probably wait for the second season to hit R1..me hoping for a complete series set lol.
garmonbozia
08-23-05, 05:38 PM
btw, for anyone interested in the excellent Danish releases, I had a good experience with this place:
http://www.laserdisken.dk/html/index.dna
Ordering was a little confusing as it is not in English (I used translation webpages to figure it all out), but after I placed my order, a guy from the site emailed me in English and told me that if I need help with placing future orders to just email him and let him know.
here is the email he sent me:
Everything on Laserdisken.com is written in the Danish language, so you
probably don't understand a whole lot. If you have any special requests,
please feel free to contact me.
You put DVDs in your basket by clicking on the blue basket symbol. Your
basket is placed on the left side of your screen ("Kurven").
You go to checkout by clicking on the blue "Til kassen" link:
At Trin 2 you confirm your address. Click on "Næste trin".
At Trin 3 you choose "Betalingskort" to pay by creditcard. Click on
"Næste trin".
At Trin 4 you confirm your order by clicking on "Næste trin" and you'll
be forwarded to a secure site to key in your cc info.
At Trin 5 you key in your cc info. "Kontrolcifre" is a 3-digit security
code used in Denmark and some other countries. If your credit card does
not have a security code you leave this field blank. Click on "Betal
..." to finalize the order/payment.
oh great! maybe you can ask him why they stopped releasing the 4-disc set? is there a rerelease of the 4-disc set in the future? :)
garmonbozia
08-23-05, 05:51 PM
Unfortunately the 4 disc set that had both parts 1 and 2 together is out of print and no longer available, but you can still easily order the two parts seperately.
Riget I (2-disc)
http://www.laserdisken.dk/html/visvare.dna?vare=1099406782395069
Riget II (2-disc)
http://www.laserdisken.dk/html/visvare.dna?vare=1099406860396062
Each is listed for 99 kroners which is like $16 USD.
99.00 DKK Denmark Kroner = 16.2319 USD United States Dollars
1 DKK = 0.163959 USD 1 USD = 6.09909 DKK
from: http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi
BUT, it ended up being a cheaper price than that once VAT or whatever taxes were taken out of the price at checkout, then the shipping charges pretty much balanced that out, so both sets were rather cheap in the end....probably cheaper than it will be to buy them both here from Koch when they come out, so people who can play PAL Region 2 dvds might want to consider getting these Danish discs.
garmonbozia
08-23-05, 05:54 PM
I have a list of all available Danish-language movies with optional
English subtitles. Let me know if you're interested.
I asked him for the list, and this is what he sent me.
Danish language (region 2 / PAL):
2 ryk og en aflevering (English title: 2 Moves and a Pass)
At kende sandheden (English title: Facing the Truth)
At klappe med een hånd (English title: One Hand Clapping)
Bagland (English title: Scratch)
Bleeder (English title: Bleeder)
Brødre (English title: Brothers)
Dansen med Regitze (English title: Waltzing Regitze / Memories of a
Marriage)
De grønne slagtere (English title: The Green Butchers)
Den som frygter ulven (English translation: The one who fears the
wolf)
Elsker dig for evigt (English title: Open Hearts)
En kort, en lang (English title: Shake It All About)
En som Hodder (English title: Someone Like Hodder)
En kærlighedshistorie (English title: Kira's Reason: A Love Story)
Et rigtigt menneske (English title: Truly Human)
Festen (English title: The Celebration)
Forbrydelser (English title: In Your Hands)
Fukssvansen (English title: Chop Chop)
Gamle mænd i nye biler (English title: Old Men in New Cars: In China
They Eat Dogs II)
Halalabad blues
Humørkortstativsælgerens søn (English title: The Man Who Couldn't Say
No)
Idioterne (English title: The Idiots)
Italiensk for begyndere (English title: Italian for Beginners)
Jolly Roger (2001) (English title: Jolly Roger)
Kald mig bare Aksel (English title: Wallah Be)
Klatretøsen (English title: Catch That Girl)
Kongekabale (English title: King's Game)
Lykkevej (English title: Move Me)
Lad de små børn.... (English title: Aftermath)
Larger than Life (Bollywood documentary)
Manden bag døren (English title: The Man Behind the Door)
Martha (English title: Martha)
Monas verden (English title: Mona's World)
Olsen Banden Junior (English title: Olsen Gang Junior)
Oh Happy Day (English title: Oh Happy Day)
Okay (English title: Okay)
P.O.V. Point of View
Polle Fiction (English title: Polle Fiction)
Rembrandt (English title: Stealing Rembrandt)
Pusher (English title: Pusher)
Riget 1 & 2 (English title: The Kingdom)
Silkevejen (English translation: Silk Road)
Sult (1966) (English title: Hunger)
Tvilling (English title: Gemini)
Terkel i knibe (Computeranimated comedy)
Tid til forandring (English translation: Time for a change)
Tæl til 100 (English title: Count to 100)
Valhalla (1986 / animated) (English title: Valhalla)
Vildspor (1998) (English title: Wildside)
Ørnens øje (English title: Eye of the Eagle)
Silent Classics: Alfred Lind (Den flyvende Circus/Bjørnetæmmeren, 1912)
(English title: The Flying Circus)
Silent Classics: Benjamin Christensen (Det hemmelighedsfulde X / Hævnens
Nat, 1914/1915) (English title: Sealed Orders / Blind Justice)
Silent Classics: Carl Th. Dreyer (Der var engang, 1922) (English
title: Once Upon a Time)
Silent Classics: Carl Th. Dreyer (Præsidenten, 1919) (English title:
The President)
Silent Classics: Valdemar Psilander (Ved fængslets port / Dødsspring til
hest fra cirkuskuplen / Evangeliemandens liv, 1911-1915)
Silent Classics: Asta Nielsen (Afgrunden / Livets storme / Den sorte
drøm / Balletdanserinden, 1910-1911)
Silent Classics: A.W. Sandberg (David Copperfield / Klovnen, 1922/1926)
Silent Classics: The First Film Archive (70 documentaries, 1899-1913)
Norwegian language (region 2 / PAL):
Elling (2001) (English title: Me, My Friend and I)
Mors Elling (2003) (English title: Me, My Friend and I)
Swedish language (region 2 / PAL):
Den tredje bølge (2003) (English title: The Third Wave)
Detaljer (2003) (English title: Details)
Kops (2003) (English title: Kopps)
Ondskan (2003) (English title: EviI)
Røverne (Rånarne/2004) (English translation: The Robbers)
Danish language (region 1 / NTSC):
Babettes gæstebud (English title: Babette's Feast)
Blinkende lygter (English title: Flickering Lights)
Mifunes sidste sang (English title: Mifune)
Pelle Erobreren (English title: Pelle the Conqueror)
Zappa / Tro, håb & kærlighed (Zappa / Twist & Shout)
Hope someone finds that helpful.
marty888
08-23-05, 11:28 PM
I'm surprised it took this long for a Region 1 release - but nice to see it's finally happening.
garmonbozia
08-24-05, 05:15 AM
I'm surprised it took this long for a Region 1 release - but nice to see it's finally happening.
well there's been a Canadian release of The Kingdom 1 for quite some time.
pro-bassoonist
08-24-05, 12:38 PM
For what is worth the Danish set is SUPERB and I won't worry about anything. Let me even go on record here and say that when all is said and done Koch Lorber will not be the winner here. PROVE ME WRONG!! and I will publicly apologize on this forum. With other words there is so much care in these Danish sets (design, package, audio/video quality, etc). that I can not worry about anything.
The above Scandinavian list needs updating, maybe we should bring it back up in the International forum.
Pro-B
Richard Malloy
08-24-05, 12:49 PM
Given that I also just ordered the Danish discs (on Monday!), I'm glad to read your post, Pro-B!
animatedude
08-24-05, 06:44 PM
you know iam quite surprised that tvshowsondvd still didn't report anything about this...
pagansoul
08-26-05, 01:09 PM
Does this mean I should sell my 3 case set I purchased 4 years ago from a link off this site?
garmonbozia
08-26-05, 07:14 PM
Does this mean I should sell my 3 case set I purchased 4 years ago from a link off this site?
if you mean the region 0 asian discs.....i traded mine away when i decided to get the Danish discs. If nothing else, I wanted to have the episodes divided into their seperate episodes properly with subtites over von Trier's narration at the end of each episode. Those asian discs make 2 episodes into 1 episode on each disc side. This cuts out the end credits of the first episode, and the opening credits of the second episode. Also, von Trier's narration during the end credits of each episode is not subtitled.
I have no idea what the new Koch discs will be like, so you might want to wait and see before making a decision, of course unless you can watch R2 PAL dvds. In that case, it would be safe to sell the asian discs now, and then when the Koch discs come out, decide between those and the Danish discs (or just get the Danish discs now).
renaldow
08-27-05, 07:53 AM
well there's been a Canadian release of The Kingdom 1 for quite some time.
Yeah, I don't see how people don't know about it. It was put by Warner in 2003, costs $35 Canadian, and is a really good set. Very easy to get from Canada.
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