Proposal: The James Cameron Project

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BTW for the hell of it, I pulled the DV from the Aliens Web-DL and it matches the previously posted UHD BD's DV plot

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And the HDR10+ plot

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Anyone interested, I found this completely weird release of The Abyss that escaped my radar before:

https://www.suruga-ya.com/en/product/133002591

This is a 1998 Japanese DVD release of The Abyss, predating the 2000 Special Edition DVD release by two years.

This release has the TC, however, it's not the SE master cut down to match, it's the 1990 LD master that was in 1.95:1, with the longer version of the end credits (10mn version) and a 5.1 track.

There are different versions of the end credits depending on the releases so I think it's good to gather the data here in this post.

For the TC: "Version A"[140 min] and "Version B" [145 min].

- 1990 CBS/FOX VHS First pressing has the 5-min credits "Version A" [140 min]

- 1990 CBS/FOX VHS [Second Pressing] and LaserDisc have the 10-min credits "Version B" [145 min]

- 2000 Fox DVD have the 10-min credits "Version B" [145 min] shared with the SE via seamless branching.

- 2024 Walt Disney Home Entertainment 4K UHD/BD have the 5-min "Version A" [140 min] with correct sound mix unlike the Cinemax HD master from 2014 (which trims the 5.1 track on the end credits to fit the 5-min Version A credits).

This Japanese 1998 DVD is thus an oddity, as it's the first time, it seems, that the TC was released with a 5.1 mix (all the other releases on LD or VHS before that being Dolby Surround).

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Cool find

Do you have the disc in hand?