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TVholic — 17 years ago(April 13, 2008 07:25 PM)

Because Sunday was the highest rated night of the week in that era, the ABC Sunday Night Movie had a two-hour time slot, so the running time for Earth II is correct. It was never and could not have been released theatrically because it was not shot in widescreen.

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klantry — 17 years ago(January 20, 2009 12:59 PM)

Many American TV movies have gotten overseas theatrical releases, widescreen or no.
You may also recall that there were American theatrical releases for the original
Battlestar Galactica
and
Buck Rogers
TV series. (see
http://us.imdb.com/board/10077215/releaseinfo
and
http://us.imdb.com/board/10077278/releaseinfo
, respectively.
Battlestar
was pumped up with the "Sensurround" process.
"Well, there it is."

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petepreuss — 16 years ago(October 16, 2009 03:27 AM)

"Earth II" was released theatrically overseas

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ixlplk — 16 years ago(December 05, 2009 10:01 PM)

On the version available from Warner Archives it has a theatrical trailer so it must have been - either intended or actually released - outside the U.S.

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mark_nems — 16 years ago(February 05, 2010 12:16 PM)

The Warner DVD looks perfectly fine (actually preferable in my opinion) when matted down to 1.66:1, so it probably played at that aspect ratio in European cinemas.

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TVholic — 15 years ago(April 20, 2010 11:23 PM)

That doesn't look like a theatrical trailer. It's much more likely to be part of the ABC promos that they used to run back then. ABC used to dedicate entire half hours to strings of promos for the upcoming season, including made-for-TV features coming on the Movie of the Week.