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CHE: PART ONE AND PART TWO (2008)
complete 2-disc set

Criterion Collection # 496

DVD RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 19, 2010

Director: Steven Soderbergh


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Far from a conventional biopic, Steven Soderbergh's film about Che Guevara is a fascinating exploration of the revolutionary as icon. Daring in its refusal to make the socialist leader into an easy martyr or hero, Che paints a vivid, naturalistic portrait of the man himself (Benicio del Toro, in a stunning, Cannes-award-winning performance), from his overthrow of the Batista dictatorship to his 1964 United Nations trip to the end of his short life. Composed of two parts, the first a kaleidoscopic view of the Cuban Revolution and the second an all-action dramatization of Che's failed campaign in Bolivia, Che is Soderbergh's most epic vision.


Format: BluRay 1080p Dual-Layered

DVD Size: 44.8 + 46.3 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 269 minutes (part 1 = 134 min; part 2 = 135 min)

Type: Color

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (part 1) | 1.78:1 (part 2)

Sound (main feature): DTS-HD Master Audio English | DTS-HD Master Audio Spanish

Subtitles: optional English



DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL 2-DISC EDITION:

# High-definition digital masters, supervised and approved by director Steven Soderbergh, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition.
# New audio commentaries featuring Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
# Making 'Che,' a new documentary featuring Soderbergh, producer Laura Bickford, actor-producer Benicio del Toro, and writers Peter Buchman and Ben van der Veen.
# Interviews with participants in and historians of the Cuban Revolution and Che's Bolivian campaign.
# End of a Revolution, a short documentary made in Bolivia right after Che?s execution in 1967 (25:52).
# 'Che' and the Digital Cinema Revolution, an original video piece looking at the RED camera and its effect on modern film production.
# Deleted scenes (15:30 + 5:22).
# Theatrical trailer (2:30).



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