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Underground
(1928)
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This British drama, directed by Anthony Asquith, features Brian Aherne, Elissa Landi, Cyril McLaglen and Norah Baring.
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 British Film Institute
2013 Blu-ray Disc / DVD edition
Underground (1928), black & white, 93 minutes, BBFC Classification PG.
British Film Institute, BFIB1036, UPC 5-035673-01036-5.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround sound encoded at 448 Mbps audio bit rate and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 320 Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; and one single-sided, dual-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 5.1 surround sound encoded at 448 Kbps audio bit rate and Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 320 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc BD keepcase; £19.95.
Release date: 17 June 2013.
Country of origin: England
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This all-region Blu-ray Disc / PAL DVD edition has been mastered from a very-good to excellent 35mm print restored by the British Film Institute.
The film is presented with a music score performed on piano by Neil Brand, and with an alternative music score by Chris Watson.
The supplemental material includes previously unseen footage of Anthony Asquith as a child; The Premier and His Little Son (1909-12) (1 minute); A Trip on the Metropolitan Railway (1910) (13 minutes, DVD only); Scenes at Piccadilly Circus and Hyde Park Corner (1930-32) (6 minutes, DVD only); Seven More Stations (1948) (12 minutes, DVD only), a film about the expansion of the Central Line beyond Stratford; a documentary about the tube’s nightshift workers, Under Night Streets (1958) (20 minutes); the featurette Restoring Underground (2009) (9 minutes); and an illustrated booklet featuring film notes and new essays by Christian Wolmar and Neil Brand.
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