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Footage cut from English version

posted 11 years ago by riegelsvillegrrrl
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The English-language theatrical release of Kon-Tiki from the Weinstein Company is 96 minutes long. The Norwegian version is 118 minutes long. Will this footage be restored on the DVD?

[–] man2375 11 years ago

Yes, two cuts.

[–] BR-3 11 years ago

Not according to Amazon. They list the disc (BD+DVD) at 96 minutes.

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[–] wolfgirv-1 11 years ago

I have the English version here in Australia which runs 109 minutes. Allowing for pal speedup that should be close to the original 118 Norwegian running time, unless the Norwegian version is only longer because the dialogue takes more time to speak in Norwegian than it does in English?

And factual distortions aside, this is a very fine film about one of my favourite boyhood adventures.

[–] puirt-a-beul 10 years ago

I have the English version here in Australia which runs 109 minutes. Allowing for pal speedup that should be close to the original 118 Norwegian running time, unless the Norwegian version is only longer because the dialogue takes more time to speak in Norwegian than it does in English?

Which version have you got, wolfgirv? Very puzzling.

I have the Blu-ray release from Transmission, and it's 1080p, so no PAL speedup involved. The feature runs 114 minutes (1:53:38), and is the full English-language cut. According to the directors, the 114-minute English version contains everything the Norwegian version does; it's just that some of the scenes (and, apparently, a lot of the dialogue) played faster in English, which is what made the difference.

The US version was cut down, though. Quite a lot, it seems, though I don't know why.

You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.

[–] paulgilmore34 10 years ago

I just finished watching the Bluray and the Norwegian version is 1hr & 59min the English version is 1hr & 36min. I guess they thought American audiences wouldn't sit through a 2hr verision? Sometimes the movie industry makes no sense

[–] Bodelious 10 years ago

I saw the one that is 96 mins long but it's in Norwegian, it's on a DVD. So there's Norwegian one that is 2 hrs?

It's Weinstein, he cuts 20 mins of every foreign film that he gets his hand on, very annoying.

[–] paulgilmore34 10 years ago

Yes on the bluray menu it says two versions "The English Version" or "The Oscar Nominated Foreign Film Norwegian Version". It confused me at first. But I watched the Norwegian version and yes it runs 1hr & 5min. Then I went to the "English version" and it's 1hr & 38min. Wonder if this was just done for the BD? The English version is just that dubed in English. I preferred the Norwegin version much better. Much more detail and character development. You miss a lot in the cut version

[–] paulgilmore34 10 years ago

"The Oscar Nominated Foreign Film Norwegian Version". It confused me at first. But I watched the Norwegian version and yes it runs 1hr & 59min. Then I went to the "English version" and it's 1hr &amp; 38min. Wonder if this was just done for the BD? The English version is just that dubed in English. I preferred the Norwegin version much better. Much more detail and character development. You miss a lot in the cut version

[–] melnar1 9 years ago

Where did you get that the English version was just dubbed into English?

Two versions of the film were made: the first one, in Norwegian, had the actors speaking Norwegian and the second, English one, had the bilingual actors actually speaking English.

[–] Bensvi 8 years ago

How do they do that?
Do they have the actors act out a line, and then go "okay, now say that in English"?
Or did they remake the whole movie. Either way, isn't that kinda dumb? How do they repeat it exactly the same way, I mean, it's important to repeat every look even the way you say something because if they do it differently for the two versions, it's like it isn't the same movie. I just don't get the logic behind that.

[–] dotlineline 8 years ago

The first thing you said.
It was a demand from on of the producers who wanted an English cut of the movie, so they did both at the same time.
It costed a lot of money, but it made the producers happy.

[–] spiral_static 9 years ago

Hmm... I'm in the UK and just watched a 118min version here! Incredible film. Have me goose pimples at one moment. Just wonderful.

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[–] C_h_r_i_s_t_o_p_h_e_r 8 years ago

The Netflix version is the 96 minute version too. Weinstein always cuts films it's stupid.