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Eddie W

10-13-10 08:01 PM

Re: The Exorcist

Quote:

Originally Posted by rbrown498 (Post 10425215)

Here's the BIG question: is the "Theatrical Cut" on the new Blu-ray the ACTUAL theatrical cut, or the one released on the 25th anniversary edition? There were a few minor "fixes" done to the 25th anniversary edition, the most jarring of which (to me) was the morph between Father Karras's eyes during the climactic wrestling match with Regan.

Yep, the theatrical cut does have the fixed morph instead of the original cut.
Besides the other items pointed out, this 'theatrical version' has 5.1 sound where the original release in 1973 was in mono.

rbrown498

10-14-10 12:36 AM

Re: The Exorcist

Thanks, Eddie, for clarifying. I'll take a pass on this release.

JerryKILL

10-25-10 02:20 AM

Re: The Exorcist

Pass for me as well, this is not the "original theatrical version".

caligulathegod

10-25-10 07:16 AM

Re: The Exorcist

Yeah, might as well wait for that "fixed" release. -rolleyes-
Watched it over the weekend and it is the absolute best it has ever looked. Sometimes 70s films only look slightly better than the DVD, well this isn't one of them. I'll miss the red logo, but that's a small price to pay to own this movie looking and sounding as good as it does.

tylergfoster

10-25-10 10:08 AM

Re: The Exorcist

To be fair, I think the peeps above were just saying they were going to skip this, not that they expected it to be fixed.

Josh Z

10-25-10 10:30 AM

Re: The Exorcist

Quote:

Originally Posted by JerryKILL (Post 10450743)

Pass for me as well, this is not the "original theatrical version".

You should pass on the Alien box set as well, then. Aliens has a few digital fixes of old SFX errors.

leem6453

09-01-12 06:00 AM

Re: The Exorcist

Apparantly this is oop. It's selling for $45 minimum on Amazon. Luckily I found a used copy on Ebay for $15 shipped.

Josh Z

09-01-12 12:58 PM

Re: The Exorcist

Quote:

Originally Posted by leem6453 (Post 11367596)

Apparantly this is oop. It's selling for $45 minimum on Amazon. Luckily I found a used copy on Ebay for $15 shipped.

Warner is prepping a re-release for the film's 40th anniversary next year. Given the studio's history, it will most likely just be a repackaging of the existing discs in an oversized box set.

islandclaws

09-01-12 01:05 PM

Re: The Exorcist

I wouldn't be so sure about that.

Josh Z

09-02-12 10:49 AM

Re: The Exorcist

Quote:

Originally Posted by KillerCannibal (Post 11367882)

I wouldn't be so sure about that.

I trust William Friedkin as far as I can throw him. Odds are that he was talking about the original Blu-ray master.

Gizmo