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Subject: In other words ... Author: Susan [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 16:56:12 10/15/02 Tue In reply to: Susan 's message, "Re: Around the World in Eighty Days" on 16:51:37 10/15/02 Tue ... it seems that there are *two* different versions of the video release--an edited version and an "unabridged" one. I'm sure the unedited one is still available--at least that's the one I still see on TV about every other month or so. Meanwhile, I'm still looking for a letterbox version! [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> Subject: Re: In other words ... Author: Michelle [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 02:58:21 10/16/02 Wed Thanks for that info, Susan. It's a shame that only the edited version is available on video here. But as you said, the cut scenes are probably not integral to the plot anyway! Do you think any Robert Newton scenes would be among those edited from the version I have? You mentioned in your review that the TV version cuts out a card-playing scene or something like that? I hope that isn't the case with the version I have! Michelle :) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: In other words ... Author: Susan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:33:37 10/16/02 Wed Well, maybe I wasn't clear about the card-playing scene ... Because the picture has been edited to fit on a television screen, they had to snip off some of the picture from the left and/or right side the scene throughout the film--as opposed to the letterbox version, in which you get the full picture as it was shown on the movie screen, but then it's shrunk down with lots of black space at the top and bottom of the screen. Neither one is really ideal. So in the TV version, you can't see both sides of the table (both Bobby and David Niven) during the Whist game on the train. They closed up a lot more on Niven than on RN. I'm sure they showed a few shots of them, but I must've blinked and missed them! I seriously doubt that any of Robert Newton's scenes were cut out since there was so much other stuff they could have cut without losing any dialog, but I don't know for sure since I don't have a copy. Hmm, maybe you know someone in the U.S. who'd be glad to record the full version for you next time it's on TV here? ;-) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]