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From: erict@flatline.UUCP (eric townsend)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies,alt.flame
Subject: Trailer clips not in movie: BROADCAST NEWS
Message-ID: <352@flatline.UUCP>
Date: 1 Feb 88 22:13:49 GMT
Organization: flatline in Houston(Montrose, really), Tx.
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Keywords: this sucks.


Ok, I was sitting in the theatre the other night, waiting for _Housekeeping_
to start, and once again I get subjected to B. NEWS clips.  I paid to
see it twice, but anyways...

I noticed two scenes that did *not* get shown in the movie:

1. William Hurt with an American flag in the background, going on
   about not being able to do much, but what he does he does well.

2. Uh. Oh.  I just forgot #2.  Well, people that have seen the movie and
   then see the clips will notice it too...

I remember this happening with another movie, _Real_Genius_.
A t.v. ad for this movie showed the older-genius floating by a window
in a wheelchair suspended by balloons.  This scene was never in the
movie.  Now that I think of it, that scene was used in several print ads.
Maybe I have one around here somewhere.....

Anybody know any answers as to why?  I'd prefer answers/statements by
the filmmaker or the production house, not conjecture as to why it was
done.  I can guess too, ya know... :-)
-- 
"Occult symbols include ... the 'peace' symbol and the Jewish 'Star of David'"
   -- From the Back In Control Handbook
"$20,000 a year is a small price to not have to talk to our kids"
   -- Jello Biafra, commenting on the "Back in Control" program
J. Eric Townsend ->uunet!nuchat!flatline!erict smail:511Parker#2,Hstn,Tx,77007