whatever happened to the rumored American History X SE?

animatedude · 12-09-10, 05:04 AM

i remember years ago the director said he was working on a SE...

John Galt · 12-09-10, 01:37 PM

Wasn't there a huge argument between Tony Kaye and New Line regarding this movie? It's been awhile, but I remember Kaye wanting nothing to do with this movie after New Line edited it.

MrSmearkase · 12-09-10, 03:26 PM

/\ Yeah, I think Kaye and New Line are so distanced from one another that if there were ever a SE, it would be without Kaye's involvement.

big e · 12-09-10, 03:48 PM

In the doc "This Film is Not Yet Rated" Tony Kaye is interviewed about American History X (about it's subject matter I believe) and I thought he said the final film worked better than what he originally had in mind. He didn't seem angry about it.

I always thought his main beef was with Edward Norton (wasn't he the one who wanted to reedit it?).

smurr05 · 12-09-10, 04:31 PM

Too bad cause I as well would like to see a SE DVD of this great film IMO-

animatedude · 12-10-10, 02:12 AM

forget about Tony Kaye feud with New Line back in the 90's,i'm talking about an interview he did like 3-4 years ago saying he is working on a SE for it...

tylergfoster · 12-10-10, 01:12 PM

There was even going to be a documentary about the controversy. It was when Kaye was working on a new movie for the studio (Black Water Transit?), and he said it was going to be on the Blu-Ray, at least. I didn't buy the eventual BD because it wasn't this SE Kaye was talking about.

Boba Fett · 12-10-10, 01:36 PM

I heard the movie originally had an ambiguous final act and Norton took it over to ensure the anti-racism message.

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John Galt DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Galt's Gulch Posts: 2,583	Re: whatever happened to the rumored American History X SE? Wasn't there a huge argument between Tony Kaye and New Line regarding this movie? It's been awhile, but I remember Kaye wanting nothing to do with this movie after New Line edited it.

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big e Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PA Posts: 922	Re: whatever happened to the rumored American History X SE? In the doc "This Film is Not Yet Rated" Tony Kaye is interviewed about American History X (about it's subject matter I believe) and I thought he said the final film worked better than what he originally had in mind. He didn't seem angry about it. I always thought his main beef was with Edward Norton (wasn't he the one who wanted to reedit it?). __________________ I bought him going to camp. I bought him saving Christmas. I bought him going to jail. I even bought him fighting trolls. But I don't buy that Ernest ever had sex. - Nesbit

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tylergfoster DVD Talk Reviewer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The member formerly known as droidguy1119 Posts: 6,500	Re: whatever happened to the rumored American History X SE? There was even going to be a documentary about the controversy. It was when Kaye was working on a new movie for the studio (*Black Water Transit?), and he said it was going to be on the Blu-Ray, at least. I didn't buy the eventual BD because it wasn't this SE Kaye was talking about. __________________ DVDTalk Reviews* \| facebook \| Blu-Rays (up-to-date) \| DVDs (coming soon) \| Letterboxd \| e-mail me \| Twitter

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