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From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein)
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Subject: Re: Pink Panther info wanted -- Actually David Niven
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Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 00:55:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 26 00:55:00 1985
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There were an actual total of four directors for "Casino Royale," which
indeed is plenty!  To know if you're watching a comparatively intact
version, use this guideline:  If the TV guide listing for the film
says LESS than 3 hours for the running time, it will be heavily edited.
If it says 3 hours, you have a good chance of getting most of the material.
Needless to say, the later the hour this movie runs in most markets, 
the higher the chance of getting a fairly intact version.  The most 
recent version I've seen included all of the "temple virgin,"
"spy school (castle)," and 007 anti-seduction training sequences, all 
of which are usually missing from most TV prints of the film.  I might
also add that without these scenes, much of the rest of the action
can be very difficult to follow.

It is indeed somewhat uneven, but still very, very enjoyable.  By the way,
it has one of the most imaginative sets of opening (and particularly
closing) credits I've ever seen.

--Lauren--

"... But should it be given Christian burial?
 Just how personal an item IS a toupee?"

"It can only be considered to be... a HAIRloom...."

			-- Casino Royale (at the home of M's widow)

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"Six James Bonds at Casino Royale.
 They came to save the girl and win the money at Casino Royale.
 Five of them went to a heavenly spot,
 The other's going to a place where it's terribly HOT."

			-- Casino Royale (closing sequence) 

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--LW--