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Making-Of Featurette and Extended Scenes

The DVD contains a making-of featurette that runs a little over seven minutes. I can't say I got much out of it, although I was glad to be able to see writer-director Richard Shepard.

Also on the DVD are 11 deleted/extended scenes with a total running time of about 16 minutes. These can be watched either with or without commentary by Shepard. I found two of these mildly interesting.

One shows Julian having a nightmare where he stands in a bullring with blood all around him. Another is the extended version of Julian's visit to a sex club, where Shepard appears on camera briefly, but the director ruthlessly cut his own cameo.

DVD Details

Below I have given the details for the DVD containing The Matador.

Release Date: July 4, 2006
Feature Film Run Time: 1 Hour 37 Minutes
Widescreen (2.35:1), Color
MPAA Rating: R for Strong Sexual Content and Language
English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Captions for the Hearing Impaired
Spanish Subtitles
Audio Commentary by Writer-Director
Audio Commentary by Writer-Director and Two Lead Actors
Making The Matador (7 min.)
Deleted and Extended Scenes (11 Scenes Totaling 16 min.)
Radio Program About The Matador at Sundance
Radio Program Where Writer-Director Talks About The Matador
Theatrical Trailer
TV Spot

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