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Amazing

posted 18 years ago by MidniteRambler
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I am amazed that this film has not attracted more comments from imdb users. I've long thought it a terrific movie. How come so few people know of or are interested in a great piece of work starring Colin Firth, Nicol Williamson and Ian Holm? - not to mention Lysette Anthony in her prime. I am also surprised at its low imdb rating, perhaps a consequence of the substantial cuts that have obviously been made in the American version to make it less salacious. Quite why they have to make such a mess of movies, I don't really know. I'm sure most Americans over the age of 18 have seen full-frontal nudity and heard four letter words before. If they haven't, a few hours in Europe would soon put them straight.

On another subject, it is about time a dvd of The Hour of the Pig was released. Anyone else agree?

If you ever catch the midnight rambler,I'll steal your mistress from under your nose.

[–] DameAlys 18 years ago

I was about to make a similar comment myself. The new DVD of The Advocate is available now--I own it. Perhaps you meant that a DVD of the longer version, under the British title, is overdue? I would agree. Can't really understand why the full-length version wasn't released on DVD to begin with--it's not as though theatre ratings would bar purchase of the longer/more graphic version.

"We pray you pardon all where we fell short--/seeing we were your servants to this last." -Kipling

[–] MidniteRambler 17 years ago

I really wish they wouldn't p!ss about with films and dvds and issue different ones at different lengths. I would be disappointed if I bought a copy of the Region 1 dvd and played it only to find that they had cut out of this scene because of a four letter word or a pair of tits. For god's sake, people can marry at 16 but they can't see a nude female on the screen or hear four letter words. I think I was four when I first heard the word "fck" in a playground or on a piece of grass when I was playing football. I think I can cope with it on a TV screen.

I want something's flesh!

[–] beeryusa 17 years ago

The US version of this film was not cut for content - it was cut for length. The producers (apparently) thought that a US audience couldn't handle a non-epic film that ran for nearly two hours, so they cut back as much as possible. So it has little to do with nudity or offensive language and more to do with US DVD producers' short attention spans and/or contempt for the audience.