I was just wondering if anybody knows if Fritz Langs Metropolis is available on region 1 DVD with the rock soundtrack(the one with bonnie tyler,freddy mercury,pat benatar ect...)?

This is usually referred to as "The Moroder version", which was scored with contemporary songs by Giorgio Moroder in the early 1980's. This is one of the more elusive and valuable laserdiscs. Any Region 1 DVD would be a bootleg.

Darn,so one can almost assume that it will never be released due to music rights issues i suppose

It's just another reason I stll have some VHS tapes sitting on my shelf.....

Damn. I saw this version on TV and was wondering what the hell was up with the soundtrack. I think I'll try n find a bootleg DVD just to have that soundtrack, I thought it was pretty great.

I'd really like to see this version but the laserdisc is so ****ing expensive.

I saw it in the theater back in the day. I was too young to drive so my dad took me. He must have been thinking "Good lord, why did they have to trash this film with that awful music!"

I loved it though (at the time), and I even still have the vinyl LP soundtrack!

For what it's worth, the current restoration of the film on Kino is a more complete version of the film. The Morodor version also took some liberties with the original editing to accomodate some of the musical choices (that's my theory).

I remember seeing this version once in Philadelphia, but with the sound off and a live piano accompaniment!

The Morodor version will never ever see the light of day again. The rights to the music will be a gordian knot to untangle, and the movie is no longer in the public domain. (the rights being renewed because of the restored version from a couple of years ago).

I'm glad I picked up the laser version for a song. The movie is totaly worth it, even with the tinting.

I believe the film still is public domain. It's just that the restored version is copywrited because it has been digitally cleaned up, so its technically a new film/print that only Kino can use. Older prints could still be used by other companies. This is similar to the Universal and Criterion versions of Charade which use their restored prints, and the public domain versions available elsewhere which use older prints.

The soundtrack is available on CD, one of my friends has it. The first time I ever saw this movie was with the rock soundtrack.

I would love to have this on DVD with DTS