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Questions & Answers / Re: "The Life and Times of Clint Eastwood" CD-rom ???
« on: October 05, 2005, 12:51:37 PM »
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During Sunday's panel discussion on Music For Film, actor/musician Kevin Bacon said an actor's input on a film soundtrack is not always appreciated, exemplified by his unsuccessful attempt to get director Clint Eastwood to use a particular band in his score for the movie "Mystic River."
Clearly, the number of cuts detailed in Paul Williams' review of Fox's R4 do not match at all against the above cuts as censored from the UK R2 release! At a staggering 56 seconds (estimated), the cuts do not at all mirror the 12 seconds of cuts requested of the UK edition. So, the question remains, where did Fox source their master for the R4 release?
I had entertained the idea that the Australian master had been lifted from a European R2 original, and reformatted, but a decisive email from one of our readers from Denmark confirmed that the R2 disc is definitely uncut. There has been strong confirmation that the French R2 PAL disc is complete.
Thus, and I'm going out on a limb here, based upon the censorship history of film in a variety of world-wide territories; confirmation that the French R2 disc is uncut; coupled with confirmation that the UK R2 disc will undoubtedly mirror that territory's video release (ie: the 12 seconds of cuts will stand), there is only one remaining European territory where the film was trimmed for violence for both its cinema & video releases. That territory was Germany. I am happy to be proven wrong in this instance, but all current information points towards Fox utilising an edited German R2 master for the Australian R4 release. Until somebody owns up to the facts, or I am deluged by email from our European readers confirming otherwise, this is the best hypothesis I can offer as to the reasons behind the R4 disc of "Commando" being released in such a shoddy, emasculated