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99 Women AKA 99 Mujeres AKA 99 donne AKA Les Brulantes AKA Der heisse Tod AKA Sex im Frauengefängnis AKA Island of Despair AKA Isle of Lost Women AKA Women's Penitentiary XII (1969)
99 WOMEN... behind bars -- without men!Director: Jess Franco
Year of Copyright: 1968
Year of Production: 1968
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:"Jess' Women" 2005 interview with director Jess Franco (17:32) (in French with optional English subtitles)
Deleted & Alternate Scenes (with "Play All" option):
- "Scene 1: Marie's Flashback" (4:41)
- "Scene 2: Zoie's Flashback" (16:11) (with burnt-in Greek subtitles)
- "Scene 3: Extended Ending" (1:21)
Theatrical Trailer (1:43)
Poster & Stills Gallery:
- Posters (4 images)
- Lobby Cards (8 images)
- Black & White Stills (18 images)
- Color Stills (12 images)
- Pressbook (16 images)
Credits (1 page)
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.76:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Reissued in 2012 with a different cover after Blue Underground changed distributors.
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):French Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:"Jess’ Women Interview with director Jess Franco" featurette (17:31)
Deleted and alternate scenes
- "Scene 1: Marie`s flashback" (4:40)
- "Scene 2: Zoe's flashback" (16:10)
- "Scene 3: Extended ending" (1:20)
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.75:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also part of the 5-disc "The Jess Franco Collection" which includes "Eugenie", "99 Women", "Venus in Furs", "Vampyros Lesbos", and "She Killed in Ecstasy"
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Extras:*The Film - Reconstructed Long Version (99:09)
*The Film - Director's Cut (85:53)
Spanish Alternate Ending (0:46)
U.S. Theatrical Trailer (1:38)
Trailer Show -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Long Version
German Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Director's Cut
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:4260497429241
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Notes:Some scenes in the long version revert to English with optional German subtitles. The English version has no subtitles.
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Extras:Original US Trailer (1:41)
Bonus trailer for Venus in Furs (2:53)
Biographies for Jess Franco and Maria Rohm (in English) -
Subtitles:Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegean (XXX Version only)
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English dolby Digital 2.0 Mono (Director's Cut only)
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono (XXX Version only) -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:NTSC-PAL Transfer(s).
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:"Jess' Women" 2005 interview with director Jess Franco (17:33) (in French with burnt-in English subtitles)
Deleted & Alternate Scenes:
- "Scene 1: Marie's Flashback" (4:39)
- "Scene 2: Zoie's Flashback" (16:11) (with burnt-in Greek subtitles)
- "Scene 3: Extended Ending" (1:20)
Stills Gallery (10 images)
Theatrical Trailer (1:41)
Redemption/Salvation contact details (1 page)
Bonus Trailer: "Venus in Furs" (2:51) -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.74:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Reversible cover.
NTSC-to-PAL conversion. -
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OVERALL: Draw
- R0 DC offers the preferred version of Jess Franco uncut, with a proper transfer and the best set of extra-features.
- R0 X-Rated "French version" includes X-rated scenes which were not made by Franco (the shorter version is the "Director�s Cut") and it's English-friendly.
GENERAL NOTES:
The film exists in a number of versions:
- The so-called director's cut (on disc one of the Blue Underground set), which is actually the X-rated American version with some footage added from the West German version by Blue Underground;
- the X-rated American version;
- The Spanish version (99 Mujeres); a differently edited version with none of the sexually explicit material.
- The 1974 French hardcore version which adds just over eight minutes of hard material shot by Claude Sendron (on disc two of the Blue Underground set).
- The U.S. TV version which contains an expansion of Zoie's flashback scene shot in the USA by Don Hulette (this material is in the deleted scenes section of disc one).
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CUTS:
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R0 Director's Cut America- Blue Underground - No cuts - X-rated American version (89:29 NTSC) with some fragments from the German version in an attempt to reconstruct Franco's original cut.
It is said to be the re-edited US version (with a few additional fragments from a German negative). BU left out footage from the far longest German negative. - R0 X-Rated Limited Edition America- Blue Underground - No cuts - "X-Rated French Version" (98:10 NTSC).
- R0 Australia- Umbrella Entertainment - No cuts - "Unrated Director’s Cut" (89:27 NTSC).
- R0 Germany- Pidax Film - No cuts - "director's cut" (85:53 PAL) and the composite cut (99:09 PAL), reconstructed long version featuring material from different versions.
- R2 Scandinavia- Another World Entertainment - No Cuts. Includes both the Director's cut (89:28 - PAL) and the XXX version (98:03 - PAL).
- R2 Spain- Suevia Films - No cuts - shorter Spanish domestic covered version (78:45 PAL)
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R2 United Kingdom- Redemption Films - Yes, the following cut has been made: (88:33 NTSC-to-PAL)
- sight of animal cruelty (a snake being stabbed and hacked at by a women using a knife) as per BBFC Policy based on the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937 (1:00).
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R0 Director's Cut America- Blue Underground - No cuts - X-rated American version (89:29 NTSC) with some fragments from the German version in an attempt to reconstruct Franco's original cut.
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Comparison added by Jari_Kovalainen on 17/01/05
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 13/02/25UPDATE LOG:
16/05/11: Addition of the R2 Scandanavia release.
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24/03/14: Noted other releases.
13/02/17: Notes on versions added.
05/03/17: Added Australia.
12/06/21: Dates
21/06/21: Added Spain.
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