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From: hkr4627@acf4.UUCP (Hedley K. J. Rainnie)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: Beware Buckaroo Banzai Videotape
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Date: Sun, 24-Feb-85 23:56:00 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 24 23:56:00 1985
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I got a Warner videotape of "The WIld Bunch" and found at least one important
segment removed.  The scene where Deke Thornton is taken by the police is
no more.  Unfortunately, I haven't seen the uncut film enough times to 
find any other omissions.  The removal of this important scene is inexcusable,
and since they will never be able to show this film on TV anywhere near
even the videotape version, strange.  There are some slight breaks in
continuity in the videotape that I am sure Peckinpah would never allow.

I saw the 1968 flako-film "CANDY" on HBO and on TV.  Since the meterial is
rather sexual, it is understandable that some meterial on the HBO version
cannot be seen on TV.  However, there is material on the TV version not
on the "uncut" HBO video.  In addition, the HBO version had the last few
minutes of the film (with the credits) sliced off the end and tacked to
the beginning.  I found a similar situation with CADDYSHACK.

In most of the situations where a segment has been removed, the version
suffers.  It would be great for us Movie Buffs to be able to see every 
segment of a particularly cherished movie--probably by taking the union
of every version made from the film.

Rei SHinozuka
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