Should The Exorcist (newly released on blu-ray) be profiled as a boxset (where there is only the basic information in the parent profile with two child profiles attached to it) or as a bonus film profile (where information for one feature, in this case The Extended Director's Cut as it's Disc 1 in the set, is entered, and one child profile is attached to it)?

Answer may seem obvious, sorry if it is, I'm just not quite sure. I've rarely created or profiled boxsets or bonus feature profiles, so I'm not entirely sure.

Disc 1 in the set is the Extended Director's Cut (2000 Version) and Disc 2 is the Original Theatrical Cut (1973 Version). No one version of the film is seemingly given more importance over the other, and they're both (technically) the same film, which is the reason I'm not entirely sure. The rules say that Bonus Feature Film is used to define any feature film that is included as part of the bonus material for a single release. These are not the same as Double Features or Anthology Collections which are a collection of films grouped together which require the Box Set contribution rules. I don't believe the original theatrical version is bonus material as both discs contain a whack load of their own special features, and both editions are prominently listed on the front cover, but it's not a Double Feature either, really. Doesn't double feature usually refer to two different films?

The Canadian profile for this release hasn't been entered into the system yet, and I'd like to enter it, but I'd like to make sure I'm doing it correctly.

Any help is muchly appreciated.

Thank-you! 

and yet, with the release of Blade Runner on Blu-ray, we added the other cuts of the movie as child profiles to the main profile. Honestly, it's also a bit confusing to me but the way that release was done seems to be the way to go to me ... I guess

Antoher example I can think of is the Terminator Salvation Blu-ray (883929-049387) which comes with two discs, one the Theatrical Cut and the other the Director's Cut.

That has the main profile with the information for disc #1 (Director's Cut), and then a bonus child profile for the 2nd disc (Theatrical Cut)

The Exorcist Blu-ray displays both cuts on the front cover edition details and the back cover simple lists Disc 1 and Disc 2...nothing is shown about one version of the film being a "bonus feature"

Quoting VirusPil:

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None of both imho.
As it is the same movie, do one profile according the rules.

I do understand your reasoning. But the bonus feature method has exactly been established as a compromise between a single profile and a box set. With the bonus feature set up both camps should be happy.

Quoting RHo:

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Quoting VirusPil:

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None of both imho.
As it is the same movie, do one profile according the rules.

I do understand your reasoning. But the bonus feature method has exactly been established as a compromise between a single profile and a box set. With the bonus feature set up both camps should be happy.

If it shouldn't be done just as one profile, because there are two discs, I would go with box set, because none of those version could be determined as bonus. (in this case)

Another I can think of Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition.

I had a discussion here a while back, and nothing really came of it.

It has been discussed for Blade Runner here.

There was a poll taken also, you can find it here

As far as I know, Ken (or Geri) have never made a decision ?(if they have, I apologize), and there isn't a clear consensus.

My personal Opinion, and I emphasize PERSONAL OPINION, it is a box set.  Parent with 2 children...

I don't know if this helps, but Tomricci, Primetime21, ljbarnhill and I put up the US profile on this and I did the child profile. I left out the run time until I could ckeck them. Here is what I have:

The Exorcist (1973 Teatrical Release):  2:02 (122 min.)
The Exorcist (2000 Extended Director's Cut): 2:12 (132 min.)

By virtue of run time (Due to added or extended scenes.) they are not quite the same film imho.

Rory

I believe that's how it was haldeled, the Director's Cut was listed first (Parent) the Theatrical Version was listed second (Child).

Rory