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Did CNN show the whole film?


I just caught the IOUSA broadcast on CNN -- I was eager to see the film, but the format was a bit annoying. The broadcast seemed to have the standard 20 minutes/hour of commercials, as well as about a third of the actual airtime being devoted to the commentators. It doesn't seem like they could have possible fit an 85 minute film into that frame -- does anyone know if they showed the whole thing, or just the shortened 30 minute version available online?

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I saw the broadcast on CNN and in a theatre last August.

I believe they showed the entire 85 version minus the credits, but it was annoying as hell the way the film was constantly interrupted by commercials every couple of min. Its possible they edited out a few min out of the film, but at the very least the bulk of the 85 min is there.

I wish the DVD would come out already.



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On Swedish public TV they just now showed a 1-hour version of the movie, which I missed, but they're running a rerun on Friday so I'll try to watch it then. Is it possible CNN showed the same 1-hour version?


Btw, the online tv-guide also claimed the movie was Oscar-nominated, but I thought the nominations weren't 'till Tuesday(?)

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For your information, SVT (Swedish Television) are showing the documentary on their website, under the function SVT Play for the following month.

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