Mini series version??


This was originally made as a 7-part TV mini series named IL MISTERO DEGLI ETRSUCHI but this version seems to be impossible to find. In fact, I'm not even sure it was aired on Italian television as I can find no trace of it. It's the same with HEARTS AND ARMOUR (1983), another mini series that ended up being released in condensed movie version instead.

So, does anyone know if this (and HEARTS AND ARMOUR too) ever aired in their mini series versions ANYWHERE???

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same goes for the original YOR miniseries. Someone I knew claimed to have it (though in Italian only), but never sent it to me as they had promised.

...but I DO have the original TREASURE ISLAND IN OUTER SPACE 7-hour TV version. Thank you, Japan.

hmmm, there was one other big one... there was a spate of Italian movies in the early 80's which were cut-down from originally much-longer miniseries... almost none of which are easy to find besides (finally) MARCO POLO.

Either way, SCORPION WITH TWO TAILS suffered from extremely slow pace and lack of action or suspense. I'd be really hard pressed to see how it would benefit from being 4 times longer!

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The recent US Region 1 DVD release of Sergio Martino's SCORPION WITH TWO TAILS released by Mya Commmunications that came out this week, has as a special extra on the DVD that are the deleted scenes(5 of them at least) that come from the original Italian TV miniseries on which this theatrical film was derived from.

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Just to let you know, HEARTS AND ARMOUR was never a mini-series. The version available is the full length version intended for theaters. The movie was shot in scope format (2.35:1), which is designed specifically for theatrical distribution. Just thought I'd let you know so you didn't continue with an impossible hunt.

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