My family owned this movie when I was a little kid, and our version showed Peggy's mom baking a cake throughout the movie. My roommate has this movie, but without Peggy's mom.
Did anyone else have this movie? With or without Peggy's mom? Just curious.
I had it a long time ago on tape my mom ordered this one and the Buttercream gang,the On Our Own I had did have her mom baking a cake throughout and at the the end it turned out to be the wedding cake for peggy and jack,right,and my cover was different it showed them walking in a row,darkened, not the cover I see on this profile
shareI have the version with Peggy's mom. I've never seen the other version.
Kinda sad that they would take it out.
Our version had the mom baking the cake and the other cover. I can see how the movie would work without the mom. She only comments on the story; she doesn't interact with it. Plus, it always bugged me how she was making the wedding cake for the very first time that she meets them. Were they really getting married that soon?
However, it's part of what makes it so cheesy and fun, so they should leave it in.
As a child, the version we owned was without the mother baking, however my cousin's had it with her baking. I prefer it without, as it is just a little overboard on trying to force the lessons you should be learning.
I am glad to know that there are others out there with the same version I had, no cake making. ;)
--Annie
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the version with the mom baking the cake is the only version i know and have ownded for 12 yrs.I cant imagine seeing it any other way.I had no clue another version existed.is there any thing in the onw w/o the mom that the version i own doest have?wonderful movie .I dont think Jack and peggy married immediately,maybe it was left out of the film due to time limits.I would like to know though.In real life marrying that quick would not be realistic.Peggy's mom did say "soon to be new grand kids"
shareI rented it from the library a few times. I saw the cake version.
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The original version of this movie did not tear it up at the box office, to say the least. A company called Feature Films for Families took advantage of this fact, and bought the rights to the movie for a very attractive price. They added the scenes with the annoying grandma. They also overdubbed the very few cuss-words with "clean" dialogue so that the film would be "suitable for family viewing." Then they packaged it and sold it under the Feature Films for Families moniker, along with other lesser-known titles such as "The Buttercream Gang."
Regarding the overdubbing, if you watch Peggy's mouth closely during the scene when the kids steal her car, she clearly says "little bastards." However, in the "granny" version, we hear "little beggars." At the end, when the cops finally get Mitch to pull the bus over, and ask him to get off the bus, Mitch clearly states "go to hell!" In the "granny" version, we hear: "why should I?"
Thank you vanhalen.
I'm really sorry they censored it. The granny scenes did look a bit too sweety-goody to me.
And the things they said in the original version would've sounded much more realistic, for the particular situations - I mean the 'bastards' and 'go to hell' parts.
Have there been any other changes to the dialogue and plot that you know of? Is the uncensored version available anywhere at all now?
Not sure if you're still interested in any differences between the two versions, but I grew up watching the grandma-less version (you hear her on the phone with Peggy, but you never see her, and the conversation doesn't contain any preachy moral lessons). Now I'm watching the "clean" version with my kids. Here are a couple differences I noticed. Though I'm sure there are more, I noticed these right away.
1) Original version: In the scene at the orphanage, Mitch says, "We don't just have to sit around here on our butts. I think it's time we got outta here."
"Clean" Version: There's an awkward silence before Mitch says, "I think it's time we got outta here." I guess "butt" was too crude???
2) Original version: In the scene where Travis wins the jackpot and they are confronted by the bullies, Mitch is shown throwing the rock and we get a closeup of it hitting the bully in the crotch.
"Clean" version: There is this quick back-and-forth cut between the bullies and Peggy arriving in the livestock truck, and the crotch shot is deleted. The original played out almost the entire bully scene continuously, and then Peggy arrives to intervene.
It's funny, but I never found the original version offensive. But I think there may be THREE versions. My old copy doesn't have grandma in the kitchen, but it also doesn't have the "bastards" and "go to hell" dialogue. It was dubbed over with "beggars" and "why should I?"
Thanks a lot, bradspiano :-)
After reading all this, I start to wonder whether such things as the 'original uncut version' exist at all? :-) So many versions of just one, obscure, kiddie film...
2) yeah, the original 'fight' scene would look more natural and believable. In the 'clean' version it's kind of hard to grasp why the two bullies gave up so readily. A direct hit in the crotch would've explained a lot. :-)
Is it logical of me to suggest that all Mitch's 'gosh!'es were in fact 'god!'s? :-)
I'm currently watching this movie and I personally find the scenes with Peggy's mom to be annoying and kind of takes the movie in another direction.
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