Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
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Anyone seen it?
Donner was fired whilst filming it, I and II were filmed simultaneously. His replacement re shot most of the scenes, removed Marlon Brando's 17 minutes on screen and added loads of camp comedy scenes. After a bootleg version pieced together by a fan was released on the web Warner threatened legal action then agreed for Donner to re edit the film with his original footage. This version contains 83% of original Donner footage that wasn't in the theatrical release.
Some of the crew left when Donner was fired and so did composer John Williams.
Just been searching and Amazon have a 3 disc set of original and Donner Cut for £4.97.
Sounds like it could be good, watched the original the other day and its not bad, sequels were terrible.
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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Watching it now, so far I'm impressed
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
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I'm going to order it me thinks. Can't afford not to at that price!
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Marc
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Not bad for under a fiver!
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