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From: ags@pucc-i (Seaman)
Newsgroups: net.tv,net.movies
Subject: Re: Movies on Cable TV
Message-ID: <263@pucc-i>
Date: Thu, 3-May-84 18:47:26 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  3 18:47:26 1984
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Keywords: HBO,Cinemax,Showtime,The Movie Channel

If movies on the premium cable channels appear to have scenes missing, it
probably is not because of editing BY THE COMPANY (HBO et. al.)  All of
the information I have seen (from video magazines, etc.) indicate that
the premium channels show movies exactly as they receive them from the
studios.  It would not be in their interest for pay channels to engage in 
censorship, since the word would surely get out and they would quickly lose 
any credibility they had with the paying public.

Some movies, however, exist in more than one version.  In some cases, movies
that were sold to the commercial TV networks have had scenes ADDED which
were not in the theatrical releases (to provide padding so that the movie
plus commercials will fit a given time slot).  These may be scenes which were
planned ahead of time for the tv version only, or they may simply be scenes
which were left on the cutting room floor and then resurrected when additional
footage was needed.  More is not necessarily better.  In any case, these 
scenes probably won't show up on HBO or on video cassettes.

Some movies have both an R and a PG version.  When this happens, cable channels
will usually show both versions (with appropriate notes in the listings).

The cable channels are not affected by movies that are "just a little too
long to fit on a video cassette."  Movies up to about 124 minutes in length
can be sold on a single video cassette, but I have often seen movies on cable
that exceeded that length by 5 minutes or less.

-- 

Dave Seaman
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"Against people who give vent to their loquacity 
by extraneous bombastic circumlocution."