Anyone know where to get the unedited full 110 min movie?
The one on Amazon is edited to 96 min and has a different ending.
shareI just watched the full-length movie on instant play at Netflix.
shareI just watched the Netflix instant play version and at it was 93 minutes, not 110.
sharehttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124207/alternateversions
Alternate Versions
The Russian release features an additional 14 minutes at the end which depict Sanya as an adult. After he shoots Tolyan, the film cuts directly to modern times where Sanya is a colonel of the Russian army. He explains that he has had to kill many times since that day and that his profession justifies it. In a war-torn village, he mistakes an old man for Tolyan. He embraces the old vagrant, who dies in his arms. Upon inspection of his back, he finds that there is no Panther tattoo. It is not Tolyan. As he leaves the village in his own personal staff car, he takes off his shirt. At this point Russian audiences see for the first time that Sanya has a Panther tattoo identical to Tolyan's on his back. (Some non-Russian versions finished the film with a shot of Sanya at 12 lying in his bunk with this tattoo. Russians did not see that scene.) The original Russian version ends with a flashback to Sanya at 6 peering out the window of the train and seeing his father waving to him on the back of a passing railcar. It is rumored that 'Pavel Chukhraj' cut the non-Russian versions for two reasons. First, he wanted to make it shorter and more attractive to foreign critics and film festivals. He also felt it might confuse and complicate the meaning of the film for viewers not familiar with modern Russia.
Thanks for the update and info! That was interesting. I always assumed it was the western distributer that cut so much of the film like with Leon: The Professional. I am surprised it was the director that cut his work. I wonder if he was also responsible for cutting the child nudity in the bathhouse scene? or was that the distributer fearing western faux outrage. (That scene where Sanya was comparing himself to Tolyan WAS shown in theaters, but cropped out for the US dvd).
I ended up finding it.
The full un-edited version w/ English subs can be found at:
http://www.ioffer.com/selling/movieranch
If you can't find it listed, he may be temporarily sold out, ask him for it.
The full un-edited version w/ English subs can be found at:Thanks. The site is up but the particular section doesn't show any movies. Odd. share
http://www.ioffer.com/selling/movieranch
If you can't find it listed, he may be temporarily sold out, ask him for it.
MovieRanch went black last summer with no word.....
I know for fact, cvmc.net has a copy of this but the subs are out of sync by a few clicks and they were going to work on it.....you may want to express your interest to them in an email, so they send it to the top of the list of things to do. and release. The last 15 mins are almost completely diff then the American release.
Hey if you know computers and how to fix the sync on subs, ask Michael if he will send you a copy to fix for free, saving him time, that way you both win. You have a copy and he has a fixed one.