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Anyone know what's missing from the U.S. release?


The UK version is 13 minutes longer (110 minutes vs. 97 for the US). There's no info under Alternate Versions here, and dvd compare doesn't even have a listing for this...

Anyone know?



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I know Herrmann's unused cue on youtube belongs to the 13 minutes sequence that was cut. Here is the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6daBijOS_g4

I think wikipedia provides some information about this cut. Here is the link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Digger

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hmm, according to that info on Wikipedia the 110 minute version was never even released to theaters, so technically I don't think qualifies as being a legitimate version, does it? Unless it showed up in later prints or somewhere else, like on the tube...

Anyway, I can rest easy having just my 97min copy now...



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I am not not sure if they released the film at 110 minutes in the beginning.

Here is a film review that lists 110 minutes.

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9506EEDD1E3BE73ABC4B52DFB366838A669EDE

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