DEATHWATCH
1980 SCI-FI FILM WITH HARVEY KEITEL. I AM SEEKING A COPY OF THIS ON VHS PAL OR REGION2 DVD PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE ANY DETAILS. MY E-MAIL IS [email protected]
THANKS
MICK
Mick -
Don't get the American VHS -- the North American edition is considerably shorter than the European, and the differences are significant and disturbing! I found this out in Japan, where I bumped into a Japanese VHS, which, to my puzzlement, had a 20 minute longer runtime; there were extra bits of interaction between Keitel and Stanton, a scene with Bernard Wicki as Katherine's institutionalized father, and an entire thematically-relevant complication involving Katherine's illness that is eliminated from the North American release of the film, which, since it impacts the film considerably and radically changes the meaning of the ending, I won't mention further. If I ever get around to getting my tape of it transferred to DVD-R, I'll keep you in mind -- I'm hoping it is legitimately released in a restored version before then, since I love this film...
Allan (http://alienatedinvancouver.blogspot.com)
I know this thread is really old, but I wanted to ask you if you could give me some details as to the missing 20 minutes. I own this on NTSC video and it definitely felt like something was missing/not explained properly. To be honest, it wasnt THAT great of a film to warrant me hunting down the Euro version and then worrying about it playing on my DVD player, but it was good enough that Im curious about it after reading your post.
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As of this date of posting, the 2 hr 11 min cut of Deathwatch is available via Amazon instant streaming, $2.99 for 7 days' vewing. Those details occasionally change, such as price and even availablity to view, so go asap to www.amazon.com. Listed under Instant Streaming.
~ Native Angeleno