5 hr 20 min version???
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pchalmers-1 — 17 years ago(March 06, 2009 07:36 PM)
Cimino never intended the 5 hour 20 minute version to be his final cut. He intended to shorten it, though only by 15 minutes according to Steven Bach in Final Cut. Also, Bach said that the battle sequence in the orignal version was about 90 minutes (!), as compared to the 20-30 minutes in the 3 hour 40 minute version. So more than 50% of the reduction came in the battle sequence (which is frankly still too long).
I'd be curious to hear what Cimino believes to be "his" version of the movie, or if that version even exists. If the latter is the case, I'd also be curious to see what he could come up with. That assumes that the original footage still exists; Cimino printed more than 1.3 million feet of film, which is the equivalent to 220 hours of film. I don't know if that amount could be stored practically. More importantly, that assumes that Cimino could be trusted to work with any degree of efficiency, which he never did on Heaven's Gate except under duress. -
eddie-267 — 15 years ago(April 28, 2010 06:23 PM)
It is just gone 2 in the morning in England and I have just watched the film on TCM. It ran for 3 hours 57 minutes including ads (TCM is a commercial station). Four groups at 3 minutes makes the film 3 hours 39. And I have to tell you I am shattered. How anyone watching this could look away for a moment is beyond me. Mind you I am sure people are right - it is totally preposterous, but boy, is it stylish.
PS my earlier posting got shuffled in up above somewhere; my incompetence I suppose. And I'm still not sure how the film ends. It looks as though Wikipedia is right but that makes no sense. I'll watch it again after I've had a good night's sleep.
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donofthedial — 14 years ago(October 30, 2011 05:41 PM)
eddie-267:
Which ending did you see? "Shattered" is a good word to describe the effect the film had on me when I first saw it soon after its initial release. It was at an art house theater here in Los Angeles.
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HolyShackles — 15 years ago(February 04, 2011 12:24 PM)
Well cool, the fact that it's playing at festivals gives at least some microcosm of hope that it'll get some type of home release in the years to come, no matter how unlikely the odds really are. Definitely would love to see it on the big screen though, that would be one of the ultimate cinematic experiences of a lifetime.