I've hunted and searched, but all I can find is the cut US version (Amazing Adventure). Every time I find something listed as "The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss" (title of the original 80 minute UK version), it always turns out to be the "Amazing Adventure" cut. I'd really like to know if the uncut, original version is out there somewhere.
What is the difference? Is it shortened because American audiences have always been short on attention span? Or are the cuts important scenes?
shareDon't ask daft qustions, 'ffattahi '. If you just try actually watching the film, it will be glaringly apparent that the currently-circulating copy is severely edited.
This was done for many reasons, but commonly so that a lower budget or lower profile foreign film could be added to a double bill as a supporting B movie.
Even in its edited, poor quality state though, this is still a cracking little film. If a complete print is known to exist anywhere, it would be great if someone could post details. There would at least then be the hope that it may at some point see the light of day...
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At 61 minutes the allotted time for story development seemed more than adequate; I can't imagine those extra twenty minutes improving the story line.
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