DVD: New Running Time?


This movie, when released in theatres and on television had a running time of just over 90 minutes. On the dvd page on amazon's website, it has a listed running time of 161 minutes. Does anyone know if this is accurate? That they added almost double the footage for the upcoming DVD release?

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I can't speak to the new running time, but when the movie was first being released I saw Longley (the director) speak and he said that there were a whole 2 other stories shot (bringing the total to 5) which he eventually decided not to include in the final version but which he might put as special features on the DVD. Perhaps the extra running time comes from these?

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Yes -- the running time listed by the distributor on Amazon reflects the total running time of the feature film plus all of the extras -- unless I'm very much mistaken.

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Yes it's all the extras(which are all on a second disc).

The film is unchanged from what I saw in the theater. The main addition is another segment, called Sari's Mother. You can find info on that here: http://www.daylightfactory.com/sarismother/

I haven't gotten the chance to watch that segment yet, nor some of the extras.

The DVD transfer is superb, by the way. I was very excited to hear that it came out on DVD, I've been dying to re-visit this film since I saw it way back then.

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