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1972

posted 18 years ago by haradoka
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I saw "Ulzana's Raid" at my local cinema (Streatham Odeon) when it first came out. Even then, it was notorious for its violence. I remember in particular the scene where Ulzana (?) slashes his horse's throat such that it bleeds into a watering hole. All the horse falls were there, all the torture scenes, everything that made the movie so shocking and significant. But where is that version now? Will I ever see it again; will I be able to piece it together from the different international versions available, edited by different people with their own versions of what it should be, or what is acceptable?

The film itself is about acceptance, or not.

Let me choose for myself.

"I wish I knew then what I was now"

[–] ianmacdcoleman 18 years ago

The version I've seen on the History Channel is identical to the one I saw in the theatre in 1972. Ulzana's Raid is horrendously, shockingly violent, maybe the most horrifying movie I've ever seen that was not marketed as a horror movie. Even so, all the shock bits (the cutting out of the dead trooper's heart, for example) were in the History Channel version. Therefore I would assume that, if you can find a copy in a video store, it will be the same version seen in North American theatres in its initial release.

It is only the foreign versions (particularly the British) that have been censored.

[–] rc1953 11 years ago

Why was it shown on the History Channel.? Did it have some sort of historical significance ? Just curious.

[–] Captain_Augustus_McCrae 11 years ago

Well, it depicted a chapter in the Indian Wars very graphically and accurately. I'd say it rates a showing on the History Channel.

"It ain't dying I'm talking about, it's LIVING!"
Captain Augustus McCrae

[–] Jefbecco-1 11 years ago

I see that the original post is from 2006. Well this movie is now on Netflixs and it's unedited. The original 1972 theatrical version.