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Why is this never on television


I have never seen this movie on any cable channel or network showing. Why is it that it is never seen? Who has the rights to the film?

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I just watched it on Belgium's RTBF "La Deux", in English with French subtitles, and unedited. Unless you live near Belgium, this isn't much use to you, but at least we know that it CAN be shown on TV.

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I saw it on cable tonight in South New Jersey on IFC; the Independent Film Channel.

Great film!

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I've always wondered that myself. I'm now seeing it for the first time on Starz at 3:00 am.

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I totally agree has it been stolen by aliens !

I can steal your luck !!!

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As I recall, Woody Allen's contracts (not unlike Stanley Kubrick's) state that his films can't be cut in any way for television. Makes it difficult for broadcast or non-premium cable channels to run any of his films, especially one with an R rating.

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>his films can't be cut in any way for television
This is incredible, does this mean that every US channel cuts movies for commercials??

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As you may know, the United States is infamous for censorship both for moralistic and commercial reasons, since it is the most hypocritical country in the history of the world.

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wow, tell us how you really feel.
*beep*

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What does it mean for a country to be hypocritical? That some people say one thing and other people do the opposite? Or that everyone in that country is a hypocrite? I'm just asking because, 1) I'm an American, and 2) I'm just not sure that hypocrisy has meaning as attributed to nations.

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I DVR'd this movie last night on The Independant Film Channel. Just get Dish Network. It costs about the same or even less that Cable and you get way mmore choices.

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Um, government.

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.
WILDE

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Do you mean cut as in edited for foul language and nudity or literally cut for commercial breaks?

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Do you mean cut as in edited for foul language and nudity or literally cut for commercial breaks?

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US networks routinely delete nudity, violence and coarse language. However, they are also known to make haphazard edits to make room for more commercials as well as actually speed up film to save a few minutes for more commercials. What you see on US networks is only vaguely related to what artists have created.
Cheers,
Simon

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sgoodwinca - as well as actually speed up film to save a few minutes for more commercials.

Er...all films before the digital age were shot and screend at 24 frames a second. TV shows film at 25 frames per second including filmed news, documentaries, nature programmes as well as movies. So a film of 100 minutes in the cinema will only be 96 when shown on TV.

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I saw it on HBO Latin America..

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I saw parts of it A LONG time ago on a pay channel... Haven't seen it on any channel lately though..

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kubrick's films have been cut for tv. i've seen the shining on TBS or TNT a couple of times. Also on WGN(which i think is gone now). So i don't know if he has that on all his films. Woody definitely does which is why its very rare to see one on TV (Unless its a premium channel). I don't think it refers to commercials, only to content. I wish more directors would do that, its horrible what they do to some movies.

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Kubrick filsm have been cut, but not without his permission. The Shining is a perfect example. There's a line where one of the ghosts warns Torrence that his son has called a *beep* cook" to come to the hotel and rescue them.

When TNT shows the film, they run a disclaimer (or at least they used to) apologizing for not bleeping the word (as is their standard practice). The reason? Kubrick left it in in his "approved for TV" edit, so the network either has to live with it or not run the film.

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Kubrick films have been cut, but not without his permission. The Shining is a perfect example. There's a line where one of the ghosts warns Torrence that his son has called a "n-gger cook" to come to the hotel and rescue them.

When TNT shows the film, they run a disclaimer (or at least they used to) apologizing for not bleeping the word (as is their standard practice). The reason? Kubrick left it in in his "approved for TV" edit, so the network either has to live with it or not run the film.

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I have seen Crimes and Misdemeanours on WSBK out of Boston and I know that there are about two or three scenes cut when they air it.

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sorry---

but I both Kubricks and Allan's movies have been edited for TV

the directors names were taken off of the editions--but it has happened

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Here in Canada, Celebrity used to be on TV a fair bit in the first couple of years after it came out but I am pretty sure that the last time that I saw it on TV was in 2000 and I haven't seen it listed anywhere since.

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I'm watching in on IFC right now.

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Me too. IFC rules....

UNCUT. Oh how disgusting. How COULD they let this horrid language and sex stuff through the censors????????????????????????????????????????

OMG.

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Hi, it won't help you in the USA but Celebrity is om Danish DR2 tonight.

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I'm watching it on RTE (Irish national television) right now.

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It will be shown on the Faroese National Television tonight. So, apparently, many European networks are showing it.

I could be national legislation in the U.S., that prohibits the American networks from showing it. Just a guess, though. However, both Ireland and the Faroes are known to have harsher rules of censorship than most other countries.

Perhaps it is just overlooked in the States?

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Just watched it for the first time tonight on IFC. I'm a pretty big Woody Allen fan, but never seem to hear of his movies until 10 years after they come out. I'd say this was his best work since Bullets Over Broadway.

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Thats so cool that Allen and Kubrick wont allow there films to be edited. Most directors only care about making money from it being on tv, so they dont care if they get edited down to nothing. Good for Woody and Stan. They dont need any more money. If I wanna see there films Ill rent them, or watch em on HBO or TCM.

Everyone I implore you to check this film out http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015532/

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Actually, this was airing on IFC earlier today. Funny, I could instantly tell this was directed by Woody Allen just from the way the characters acted and the music used in the film. Typical Woody..

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it's on right now! ifctv

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I love this film. Thank God for IFC.

www.myspace.com/phatjewishguy

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are you kidding me?! it is on IFC all the time!! (International/Independent Film Channel - can't remember which but it is a premium cable channel and it shows movies uncut and unedited).

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I just watched it on IFC and dear God my life would be incomplete with out IFC.
I also saw Annie Hall uncut on PBS which is weird for a broadcst station.

Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey

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