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A few questions about this film

posted 18 years ago by cwebb-11
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Firstly, why would the film be rated as high as 15 or 16 in Finland, Sweden or Germany?

Second, does anybody know what is in the 110 and 97 minute versions that is not in the 94 minute version (which is on the UK DVD).

And lastly, one reviewer states the film is black and white which is what I thought from seeing it about 20 years ago on TV, but I have just bought the DVD and was very surprised to find it is actually in colour. Is there any reason why it should have been broadcast in b&w, or do we both just have bad memories?

[–] deadlyoctopus 18 years ago

Has TCM ever shown this film? I'm dying to see it.

[–] bruceybonus3002 16 years ago

Aye I saw this yesterday and it was in colour, good film though.

ARH!, SHarK!

(shark attack 3 MEGALODON)

[–] mvpx7 16 years ago

TCM aired it on 08-22-08 as part of its daylong "Summer of the Stars" salute to Trevor Howard. It was in beautiful color, too!

[–] joewilson70 8 years ago

Its on right now on TCM Canada and TCM USA...
10/10/2016 1pm

[–] eddie-83 13 years ago

20 years ago there were many black & white prints of colour films around as there was no point to showing a colour film on b & w tv.

[–] saxonman63 12 years ago

Then why bother with a black and white print, as using the colour one wouldn't show up on a black & white TV anyway.

[–] archer75 12 years ago

Cant quite answer that one but a family member only remembers the war in Black and white due to the newspapers, books, films etc when he was a child