Complete Metropolis (Blu-ray)

Fritz Langs Sci-Fi MasterpieceWith 25 Minutes of Restored Footage2010 Restoration Now Available!One of the most celebrated movies in cinema history...For the first time, Langs vision... which has influenced contemporary filmslike Blade Runner and Star Wars, seems complete. The New York TimesIncorporating more than 25 minutes of newly discovered footage, this 2010 restoration of METROPOLIS is the definitive edition of Fritz Langs science fiction masterpiece. Backed by a new recording of Gottfried Huppertzs 1927 score (presented here in 5.1 Stereo Surround), the films dazzling visual design and special effects are more striking than ever. And the integration of scenes and subplots long considered lost endows METROPOLIS with even greater tension and emotional resonance, as it dramatizes the conflict between wealthy ber-capitalists and rebellious subterranean laborersorchestrated by a diabolical scientist capable of destroying themboth.