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missing scene

posted 17 years ago by edreed-1
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I saw this movie when I was 13 because my dad took me to see Westworld and there was a sneak preview of Jeremy playing first. Until 1 week ago, I never saw it again and didn't even know when I had seen Robby and Glynnis in other movies that there were the two actors from Jeremy. In fact, I didn't even remember the name of the movie but I always remembered the themes, and especially the scene toward the end in which Susan's father tries to console her by telling her that it really can't be all that serious. She looks up and him and tells her father that it is serious, that her and Jeremy have made love.

But that line was not on the DVD I just watched.

Does anyone out there know where I can see the version I saw in the theater?

[–] jarth-2 17 years ago

She never told her father they made love. I saw it in the theatre, and own the videotape, which is identical to the theatre version. The DVD is also identical to the theatre version.

[–] momotrips 17 years ago

Are you confused with the scene in "Say Anything" when Diane tells her dad that she'd "jumped" Lloyd?

[–] to_bolt_or_not_to_be 17 years ago

No. I never saw that movie. For me as a 13 year old, this was one of the most memorable scenes in the movie. As with most younsters I was engaged in a great quest to get my parents to take me seriously. "I'm not just a kid...I'm a real live person...I'm becoming an adult." In the scene that I saw, Susan's dad finally understood that, not only was his little girl "growing" up, she was perhaps already there. It was touching because he didn't react that way we might think a dad would. Instead, he realized that this was serious and she was, in her words to Jeremy, "a woman."

To me it was "the" moment of the film. Now that I'm a father of a 14 year old girl, I look at it a little differently. They must have decided from audience surveys or something that it just wasn't the best approach to have a 17 year-old girl say that to her father so they took it out.

I just hope there is a resource out there somewhere that could allow me to see the movie as I saw it, deleted scenes and all.

[–] R-W-Watkins 17 years ago

I think you're probably mistaken--partly fabricated memories or whatever; for I see no sensible reason why they would omit such a minor piece of dialogue for a DVD reissue, especially considering how they left the actual lovemaking scene intact, nudity, tears, eye-kissing and all.

This is an excellent little film, actually. I think it somewhat inspired Sonic Youth's 'Bull In The Heather', video and all.

[–] Danz777 16 years ago

you are correct. I have the MGM dvd version and I have a copy I taped off the TNT movie channel ages ago and that has extra scenes in it. One striking difference is the love scene. Without going into too much detail, let's just say there was quite a bit more to see.

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[–] movieman200 15 years ago

I think the original poster might be right. I have the DVD and although, it's obviously not in it, I sense there are missing scenes. A number of scenes on the back of the DVD cover are not at all in the DVD. Like Susan petting a lamb...never saw that in the movie!

[–] cameo-kirby 15 years ago

Amazon lists the VHS as having a running time of 86 minutes. The original theatrical version was 90 minutes-which is what the DVD lists on the cover but the running time of the DVD is actually 86 minutes, 55 seconds according to a breakdown of the DVD chapters at AllMovieGuide. Could well be that a few minutes were removed since it was originally released. Also, the original poster mentioned that they saw it at a sneak preview-which could also explain why scenes he remembers aren't in it. Either way, the version circulating now is missing a few minutes.

[–] PretoriaDZ 13 years ago

I think poster Cameo-Kirby probably solved the mystery. If the original poster saw a sneak preview, producers often re-edit a film after that showing - perhaps they were looking to tighten it up.

[–] jobla 9 years ago

It's also possible that the MGM "master" is a slightly-edited TV print, which might have been cut either for time reasons, or for censorship reasons (i.e., toning down the sexual theme).

[–] cameo-kirby 9 years ago

I'll bet you're correct. This used to happen all the time before standards loosened for what's acceptable on broadcast TV. Many times it's been the TV edit released on home video.