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Originally Posted by TrakMastaTom
How about all these different versions of Army Of Darkness? I had no idea which one to get, so I got "Bruce Campbell Vs. Army Of Darkness: Official Bootleg" Was that a good choice? I know nothing of what it has opposed to other versions or editions.
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There are, at last count, four different DVDs floating around for
Army of Darkness. In order of release, there's: the original, plain-Jane theatrical release
(which has the movie poster as the cover); the Limited Edition "Director's Cut"
(which features gold-foil accenting on a different painted cover); the "Bootleg Edition"
(which looks like a paper bag); and the "Boomstick Edition"
(which just has a photo of Ash on the cover).
As far as I can tell, "Bootleg" and "Boomstick" are just less-flashy packaged versions of the LE "Director's Cut" DVD. Being that Universal released AoD, they simply like to re-release this movie from time to time to try and line their pockets will a little more Bruce money. As long as your DVD has the "Theatrical Cut" and the "Director's Cut" on it, then you're all covered. Basically, there are two differnent endings to the movie
(the "S-Mart" ending and the "slept too long" ending). This is the major factor between the two versions. If you've seen both endings, then there's not much else to see.
Evil Dead 1 & 2 are owned by Anchor Bay, while AoD is owned by Universal. This is why you see some merchandise that is labelled as "Evil Dead" and some that's "Army of Darkness". It all depends on who said merchandising company got the rights from. Over the last couple of years, Anchor Bay released the "Book of the Dead" editions of both original ED movies. They are really impressive and come packaged in full-scale replicas of the Necronomicon as it appeared in the respective movie. If you can track those down, they're a real treat and a nice collector's item. Alas, even with how re-release happy Universal has been, there are no plans to release a "Book of the Dead" edition of AoD. :luigi: