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Deleted scene?

posted 16 years ago by asterism2000
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I just acquired and viewed a new DVD of this movie, which I saw when it was originally released in the theater. One of the most disturbing scenes was when they discover "Gurble's" body in the borehole...I remember they pulled him out and his body was covered by thousands of cockroaches, but in the DVD they only show them opening the lid and his feet, then cut to them wrapping his body. What happened? Was this scene considered too gruesome for modern filmgoers, or is my memory that defective?

[–] Shopnowandsave 16 years ago

The scene was originally in the movie, I remember it too. Why they have deleted it I dunno.

"The King wore enough clothes for both of us." Mohandes Ghandi

[–] asterism2000 15 years ago

I just viewed an early VHS copy of this film, and the scene was deleted from it as well.

[–] mme3924-1 10 years ago

Films are recut these days to "protect" our sensibilities. Never mind that men who fought and died for America and Britain and other countries actually lived through such scenes and far worse. Hollywood -- with strong influence from the nanny state -- think today's citizens shouldn't be subjected to such horrors. God help us!

[–] liscarkat-2 10 years ago

There was also a scene where a guy escaped from the camp and stole a motorcycle, but in the end he tried to jump it over a high barbed wire fence but crashed and got tangled in the wire. I remember that from when I saw it in a theater.

[–] sargon19552003 10 years ago

You do know that scene is from The Great Escape, right?

[–] MayoGalway 10 years ago

Ya he missed it. Wrong movie.

[–] chudddds-775-350714 8 years ago

There is no gods or god. humans will always need help until they are food for worms.

[–] jmax7 8 years ago

There is a later scene where several prisoners scoop cockroaches out of one of the bores and discuss their nutritional value. Could this be the source of the confusion?