PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK -- theatrical cut is missing from all Blu-ray releases of the film, which have only the director's cut, which is shorter. Also THX 1138 original theatrical cut is missing from the Bluray, while laserdisc remains the only way to get it.

What footage is missing from the DVD of CARRIERS that the German Blu restores? They both seem to be 84 minutes in length. Is it only a few seconds of footage, as the director has alluded to?

All three releases VHS: 'The Final Director's Cut', the DVD and bluray have the exact running time of 170 minutes



I remember reading that the MPAA had a lot problems with the violence and demanded some cuts for the movie's R-rating notably the silly 'death by glasses' murder scene

we'll have to wait and see what Criterion is rumoured to be doing with their 2015 release of the movie on bluray - in the mean time I put the DVD in with my bluray copy to make a deluxe edtion sans the theatrical cut only being in standard definition.

Aw daaamn. I forgot all about those colored tapes! I think Paramount only did that right? Seem to remember Ghost being white and Hunt for Red October red. A lot of their Nickelodeon shows were orange.

Johnny Mnemonic was orange and came with a plastic case that was see-thru near the Johnny's forehead, where you could see the tape reel in his head.

I remember the Rocky Horror Picture Show cassette was partially pink.

This one. I want this to be on a US BD so bad...

The Punisher (2004) and Fantastic Four (2005) BDs have theatrical but not extended cuts.
Daredevil and Elektra have director's cuts but not theatrical
Blade: Trinity US BD has the unrated cut, the Canadian release has the theatrical cut
Dead Alive BD has the US unrated cut, not the original uncut version (aka Braindead) or the R-rated US cut (tho I'm sure no one's missing that one)
Army of Darkness US BD only has theatrical, but some overseas releases have director's cut and International version. There's also a TV cut that's only available in SD.
Re-Animator US BD only has the unrated cut, some overseas releases have the R-rated and 'hybrid' (all footage from both versions) cuts
For Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, the US BD only has the theatrical cut, the Canadian BD has the unrated cut
Dawn of the Dead (1978) US BD only has the theatrical cut, apparently the Japanese release also has the original and Argento cuts

Both versions run 84 minutes. However, the PG-13 Version has nine scenes censored, sixteen words censored ("fuck") and five alternate (harmless) scenes added. I believe those added alternate scenes made up for the missing time caused by the censored scenes. This German site shows what is missing from and what was added to the PG-13 version: http://www.schnittberichte.com/schni....php?ID=632256

I believe the Basic Instinct 2 and Mr. and Mrs. Smith BDs only have the theatrical cuts while the DVDs had Unrated cuts.

All video releases of Godfather III have been the Director's Cut. Coppola fell behind during post-production and was forced to release the movie in an unfinished state in order to meet his mandated Christmas release date. He finished the movie a couple months later in time for the VHS release. His final cut is the only version ever released on video.

Mann can say what he wants in an interview, but when the Heat Blu-ray was released, a number of people noticed that he'd cut a couple lines of Pacino's dialogue that are present on the DVD.

This reminds me of Mann's commentary for the so-called "Director's Cut" of Manhunter, where he talks about his favorite line of dialogue in the movie, not realizing that he'd cut the line from the version of the movie he's watching.

Mann reworks his movies so frequently, that even he can't keep track of what's in them or not in them anymore.

Do you recall the line?

Mann is not providing correct information. Heat was changed when released on Blu-Ray. There's even a note on the back of the case stating the film has been changed. They are small changes, but they are there. The changes are described on movie-censorship (I don't have enough posts to be allowed to post a link yet).

1:01:09
In the theatrical cut, the shot keeps showing Justine, the Blu-Ray version cuts to Vincent who looks pretty bored while his wife is having a monolouge. Here, the first part of her line "You sift through the detritus..." was left out, the shot of Vincent in the BD version is therefore a little shorter than the successive scene with Justine in the TC.

1:15:28
In the Blu-Ray version, the small line "Ferocious, aren't I?" was removed from the sound track.

Donnie Brasco (Theatrical)
Payback (Theatrical)

The Last Emperor (OAR)

Hellboy Blu-ray is director's cut only.

the Japanese bluray has the correct 2.35 AR for 'The Last Emperor'

I have the Canadian version on BD and it's unrated:

http://www.amazon.ca/Texas-Chainsaw-...inning+blu-ray

Thanks, but those are from Heat, not Manhunter.

My bad, you're right it was the theatrical version that has never been seen since on home video.

Ah, I misunderstood. The missing line from Manhunter is " "As a child, my heart bleeds for him. Someone took a little boy and turned him into a monster. But as an adult... as an adult, he's irredeemable. He butchers whole families to fulfill some sick fantasy. As an adult, I think someone should blow the sick f**k out of his socks."

Thanks again!

Yeah, Mann specifically cites that as the most important piece of dialogue in the movie during his commentary... and it's not in the version of the movie he's commenting on.

The Mill Creek blu-ray of Donnie Brasco is the theatrical cut.