i saw this the week it opened in san francisco .... i remember the scene where slim pickens is shot and dies while bob sings knockin' on that old door...that scene originally seemed to go on and on and there was a slow motion scene of slim falling down in his dying .... that scene with that song shouldn't have been edited....anyone else remember it?
You've simply stored a faulty impression in your mind for all these years. Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" did play (with his vocal) in that sequence in the original theatrical version; however, Pickens sat looking first at the water, and then at wife Katy Jurado, but he never did actually die onscreen -- or even fall from his seated position, slow-motion or otherwise.
Not only did I see the picture on its opening
day in Chicago (the first show, in fact), but since 1987 I've owned an original-release 16mm print of the 1973 theatrical edition. I hope that helps you trust my memory and testimony.
Most great films deserve a more appreciative audience than they get.
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