Move with the most versions?
05-02-06, 11:51 AM
#1
DVD Talk Legend
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Movie with the most versions?
I'm not talking about remakes here (Though that would be an interesting topic by itself) but what I'm referring to are multiple editions of one movie like your Blade Runners and Once Upon A Time in Americas.
Three appears to be a common number for movies that have different versions like Dawn of the Dead '78 which has a theatrical cut,Euro cut,and an extended cut. But Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid comes to mind as being the leader with 5 versions:
1.Theatrical cut
2.Television cut (Added/deleted scenes)
3.'88 Turner Preview version
4.'91 re-release "Uncut version"
5.'05 "Director's Cut"
Can anybody come up with anything higher?
Three appears to be a common number for movies that have different versions like Dawn of the Dead '78 which has a theatrical cut,Euro cut,and an extended cut. But Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid comes to mind as being the leader with 5 versions:
1.Theatrical cut
2.Television cut (Added/deleted scenes)
3.'88 Turner Preview version
4.'91 re-release "Uncut version"
5.'05 "Director's Cut"
Can anybody come up with anything higher?
Last edited by Mondo Kane; 05-02-06 at 12:34 PM.
05-02-06, 12:14 PM
#5
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Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
1. Original Edition (1977)
2. Special Edition (1980)
3. Collector's Edition (1998)
4. TV Edit (Includes scenes from the OE and SE)
1. Original Edition (1977)
2. Special Edition (1980)
3. Collector's Edition (1998)
4. TV Edit (Includes scenes from the OE and SE)
05-02-06, 04:26 PM
#11
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I assume with such long runtimes, a few of these would have numerous versions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ies_in_history
-JP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ies_in_history
-JP
05-02-06, 04:37 PM
#12
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Just three versions, but Clue may be unique in that all three were released to theaters at the same time (if you count the different endings as a different version).
Lola Montes deserves some sort of mention for being filmed in three language versions with different edits for each of the versions (I count seven in all):
From imdb:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048308/alternateversions
# The film was shot in three language versions: German, French and English. There was a fourth version, silent, used as a working copy; this was eventually found at the Luxembourg Cinematheque.
# The German language version was considered the director's cut by himself, as all actors were speaking their mother language, or spoke French with German subtitles, or spoke the language well and were not dubbed - as was the case with Martine Carol. This version premiere was in Munich 12 January 1956, and ran at 115 min, but was subsequently cut for general release (9 February 1956) to 113 min and for re-release (1957) to 102 min.
# The French version was 113 min long. It had the world premiere in Paris (22 December 1955) and was cut for the French general release version (20 January 1956) to 110 min, and for the French re-release version (Monte Carlo, 22 February 1957) to 91 min. This edited version separates Lola's biographical scenes and the Circus scenes in two parts, plus an Epilogue read off screen by Martine Carol, and was distributed in the international market.
# The English version was intended for international release and ran at 140 min. The public reaction after the world premiere in Paris was riotous, and led to police intervention and production cuts of four scenes in the German and French versions, and that the English version was never shown.
Are there any recent movies that have been filmed with different language versions? Not just re-dubbed, but different versions filmed in different languages. Werner Herzog did this for Nosferatu and Aguirre; Nosferatu was 1979. Anything more recent?
Probably no one knows how many versions of Gance's Napoleon were ever shown.
Lola Montes deserves some sort of mention for being filmed in three language versions with different edits for each of the versions (I count seven in all):
From imdb:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048308/alternateversions
# The film was shot in three language versions: German, French and English. There was a fourth version, silent, used as a working copy; this was eventually found at the Luxembourg Cinematheque.
# The German language version was considered the director's cut by himself, as all actors were speaking their mother language, or spoke French with German subtitles, or spoke the language well and were not dubbed - as was the case with Martine Carol. This version premiere was in Munich 12 January 1956, and ran at 115 min, but was subsequently cut for general release (9 February 1956) to 113 min and for re-release (1957) to 102 min.
# The French version was 113 min long. It had the world premiere in Paris (22 December 1955) and was cut for the French general release version (20 January 1956) to 110 min, and for the French re-release version (Monte Carlo, 22 February 1957) to 91 min. This edited version separates Lola's biographical scenes and the Circus scenes in two parts, plus an Epilogue read off screen by Martine Carol, and was distributed in the international market.
# The English version was intended for international release and ran at 140 min. The public reaction after the world premiere in Paris was riotous, and led to police intervention and production cuts of four scenes in the German and French versions, and that the English version was never shown.
Probably no one knows how many versions of Gance's Napoleon were ever shown.
Last edited by obscurelabel; 05-02-06 at 04:43 PM.
05-02-06, 05:01 PM
#13
DVD Talk Legend
Brazil has had at least 5 different edits:
http://www.trond.com/brazil/b_faq03.html
* The Fox European theatrical release
* The American 132 minute theatrical and video release
* The original European/Japanese video/laserdisc release
* The "Final director's cut" of the film on the Criterion Collection laserdisc box set, DVD and some video releases.
* The Sheinberg edit, also known as the "Love Conquers all" version.
There's also a TV edit not listed above that contains an abreiviated version of the American cut. No new scenes.
Army of Darkness has had several different edits over the years:
* Original Director's Cut (Original Ending)
* US Theatrical Cut (SMart Ending)
* International Cut (Original Ending)
* Sci-Fi Channel Version (International cut with SMart Ending)
* MGM DVD Version (Original Director's Cut with additional shot)
There may be another TV edit that's an abridged version of the US Theatrical Cut. IMDB lists a lot of various differences between versions, and might indicate more than what I've listed:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106308/alternateversions
http://www.trond.com/brazil/b_faq03.html
* The Fox European theatrical release
* The American 132 minute theatrical and video release
* The original European/Japanese video/laserdisc release
* The "Final director's cut" of the film on the Criterion Collection laserdisc box set, DVD and some video releases.
* The Sheinberg edit, also known as the "Love Conquers all" version.
There's also a TV edit not listed above that contains an abreiviated version of the American cut. No new scenes.
Army of Darkness has had several different edits over the years:
* Original Director's Cut (Original Ending)
* US Theatrical Cut (SMart Ending)
* International Cut (Original Ending)
* Sci-Fi Channel Version (International cut with SMart Ending)
* MGM DVD Version (Original Director's Cut with additional shot)
There may be another TV edit that's an abridged version of the US Theatrical Cut. IMDB lists a lot of various differences between versions, and might indicate more than what I've listed:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106308/alternateversions
