The independent archive / 2003

The remake’s theatrical and home-video life

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Release history

The film opened in the United States in October 2003. Its commercial life led to a prequel rather than a direct continuation of Erin’s story: The Beginning returned to the Hewitt household in 2006.

Arrow’s later 4K edition adds another stage in the film’s circulation. The label lists technical presentation details, archival production material, and newly recorded interviews; independent disc reviews offer a separate assessment of the result.

Edition research benefits from keeping the release date of the movie apart from the date of a particular disc or restoration. An interview newly commissioned for a modern edition is retrospective evidence, even when it concerns decisions made during the original shoot.

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Reference · catalog.afi.com

AFI|Catalog

A concise AFI record for the remake, identifying its director, writer, principal cast, cinematographer, and editor. The catalog marks this later title as outside its main 1893–1993 coverage.

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