Forum: The 1970's 
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Views: 87,555  Someone at Warner Bros, as it's their film and...
Someone at Warner Bros, as it's their film and their rules. I gather the BFI makes occasional enquiries as to whether they can upgrade their DVD to BD, but they've been rebuffed every time.
And...
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26th November 2014, 01:04 PM
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15th October 2013, 06:03 PM
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Views: 87,555 I doubt very much that that was the reason.
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I doubt very much that that was the reason.
You have to bear in mind that there were two contractual stipulations - no Blu-ray release and no "rape of Christ" footage. In other words, it's...
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Forum: The 1970's
15th October 2013, 05:48 PM
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2nd May 2013, 03:45 PM
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5th April 2012, 11:24 AM
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Views: 87,555 In a cheerfully shameless piece of The...
In a cheerfully shameless piece of The Devils-related opportunism, Second Run is reissuing Mother Joan of the Angels on May 28th, but replacing their original VHS-quality transfer (all that was...
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Forum: The 1970's
3rd April 2012, 09:38 AM
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20th March 2012, 03:37 PM
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17th March 2012, 08:54 PM
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Views: 87,555 Yeah, but I think Ambersons is a slightly...
Yeah, but I think Ambersons is a slightly exaggerated example, because the changes were so massive that it ended up as a radically different film.
Freaks might be a better comparison - as with The...
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17th March 2012, 07:44 PM
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Views: 87,555 To be honest, I don't think the two situations...
To be honest, I don't think the two situations have that much in common.
Ambersons was mutilated by the studio without Welles' consent or participation, and turned into a radically different film...
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17th March 2012, 02:17 PM
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Views: 87,555 For the benefit of those who don't have the...
For the benefit of those who don't have the booklet, the so-called "director's cut" is essentially the 1971 British cinema version with one scene reinstated (the "rape of Christ") and another...
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9th March 2012, 02:38 PM
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Views: 87,555 I've just read the booklet for the first time...
I've just read the booklet for the first time and, as expected, the Craig Lapper piece is the goldmine here. It's seven pages long (six and a half of full text), and it fully lives up to advance...
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6th March 2012, 12:57 PM
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6th March 2012, 11:43 AM
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6th March 2012, 11:38 AM
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6th March 2012, 11:22 AM
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6th March 2012, 11:09 AM
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2nd March 2012, 07:02 AM
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1st March 2012, 11:58 AM
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29th February 2012, 07:51 PM
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Views: 87,555 I really wouldn't hold your breath. Warners'...
I really wouldn't hold your breath. Warners' attitude towards Revolution seems to be pretty ambivalent (which is presumably why they were happy for the BFI to handle it), but there's no doubt that...
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