Dragon Tattoo Trilogy Extended Edition

Product Description Available in Swedish with English subtitles and with English dub track. Review Millenium Trilogy Extended Versions The Salander saga gets reformatted for the small screen. 4 Stars By Richard Jordan | Sep 15th 2011 Read more: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo review | TotalFilm.com Adapting a worldwide bestseller is a tricky prospect be too slavish and you risk alienating new audiences; cut too much out and you ll anger the faithful. The solution? Two versions! So the producers of the Stieg Larsson-inspired Millennium Trilogy follow up their leaner, cinematic cuts with an extended mini-series. Here we have the three movies re-edited into six episodes, as shown on Swedish telly complete with a natty new title sequence and handy Previously On... catch-ups. First up is Niels Arden Oplev s gently tweaked The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, which sees discredited journo Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) and genius hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) teaming up to investigate a missing girl. This superior opening two-parter is as tight and compelling as its big-screen counterpart, but it s Daniel Alfredson s sequels that really benefit from the new format. Dense revenge pic The Girl Who Played With Fire and complex conspiracy thriller The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest get a whopping 55 and 39 minutes of extra footage, respectively. There s no drastic new set-pieces, but the longer run times allow the exposition-heavy plot to unfurl at a more leisurely pace and gives several supporting characters notably Blomkvist squeeze and Millennium editor Erika Berger (Lena Endre) room to breathe. One thing that hasn t changed, though, is Rapace s fascinating and committed turn as the damaged Salander an iconic performance that holds the whole series together. If revisiting the originals ahead of David Fincher s remake proves one thing, it s that young pretender Rooney Mara has some mighty big emo boots to fill. DVD Extras: Interviews Featurette Vanger family tree Photo gallery Read more: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo review | TotalFilm.com --totalfilm.com About the Actor Noomi Rapace( Lisbeth Salendar) is fast becoming Europe s most popular young actress following her commanding and unnerving portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the film adaptations of Stieg Larsson s Millennium trilogy: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO; THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE and THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET S NEST. She was recently nominated for a Best Actress European Film Award and won the Best Actress Guldbagge Award (Swedish Oscar) for her role in THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. Michael Nyqvist( Mikael Blomkvist) one of Sweden s most popular and well-respected actors in film, TV and theatre, returns to his role as Millennium publisher Mikael Blomkvist from The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. On film, Nyqvist has starred in audience hits such as Lukas Moodysson s Tillsammans (Together), Kjell Sundvall s Grabben i graven bredvid (The Guy in the Next Grave), for which he was awarded a Guldbagge (Sweden s Oscar) Award, for Best Male Actor; Johan Brisinger s Underbara älskade (Wonderful Beloved) and Kay Pollak s Oscar-nominated Så som i himmelen (As it is in Heaven). He also had leading roles in films such as Den svarta nejlikan (The Black Pimpernel) directed by Ulf Hultberg; Den bästa av mödrar (Mother of Mine) directed by Klaus Härö and Detaljer (Details) directed by Kristian Petri. In 2010 he will be appearing in Per Fly s Kvinnan som drömde om en man (The Woman Who Dreamed About a Man) and Johan Brisinger s Änglavakt (Guardian Angel), opposite Izabella Scorupco. Nyqvist s appearances in TV productions include the highly rated Stig Petrés hemlighet (Nothing to be Ashamed of); the thriller series Den femte kvinnan (The Fifth Woman) and the children s drama Olivia Twist. About the Director NIELS ARDEN OPLEV DIRECTOR Niels Arden Oplev graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1989 when his film KYNDELMISSE and his documentary