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Paramount Pictures recently released the When Worlds Collide (1951) MOD Recorded Blu-ray. Read on to find out more about it...

[ SYNOPSIS ]

When scientists discover a distant planet is on a catastrophic collision course with Earth, the government refuses to believe the evidence. It's now up to private citizens to finance and build a spaceship to carry a limited number of people and animals to another planet to begin a new civilization. Massive tidal waves, earthquakes, the impending destruction of our world and deciding who gets to live or die brings out the best and the worst in people.

[ SPECIFICATIONS ]

The movie is presented in a 1.37:1 aspect ratio with a runtime of 1:22:18. The movie has not been rated. Audio languages include English, German, Spanish, French. Subtitle languages include English, English SDH, French, German, Japanese, Spanish.

[ SPECIAL FEATURES ]

All of the content listed below can be found on the Blu-ray disc.

• Theatrical Trailer (2:00)

[ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ]

No digital copy code voucher is included inside the standard one-disc blue Blu-ray case.

[ NOTES ]

When Worlds Collide (1951) is available from Paramount on Blu-ray (MOD Recorded BD-R) and DVD. The only factory-pressed U.S. Blu-ray disc is a two-disc double feature with The War of the Worlds 4K UHD (Paramount Presents #35), which uses the same master as the MOD (Manufacture On Demand) disc I'm reviewing. If you don't have a 4K player, the The War of the Worlds disc in that set will be useless to you. So, if you want When Worlds Collide as a factory-pressed disc without another film (on a different format), and with LOTS of extras, get the (supposedly) region-free Blu-ray from Australian label Imprint/Via Vision. Honestly, the Imprint/Via Vision release looks to be the best overall release of this fantastic sci-fi classic.

As an FYI: The release I'm reviewing is a Manufacture On Demand Recorded Blu-ray, not a factory-pressed disc. If online artwork and the case spine says "Blu-ray Disc" in plain text, it's a BD-R recorded disc. If it has a Blu-ray logo, it's a factory-pressed disc. If you have the disc in hand, a purple bottom is a recorded disc, and a silver bottom is a pressed disc. It is said that factory-pressed discs last longer than recorded discs, aside from those made by Warner Brothers in the late 2000s. I don't know if that's true, but if it matters to you, I'm letting you know.

This item has been provided by Paramount Pictures for review on this site.