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Posted by Mac on 03/21/07 21:19
ste7ens wrote:
> I noticed while enjoying the DTS soundtrack of my Region 3 "Casino
> Royale" DVD that the international version runs ten seconds longer
> than the US version. R1 time is 144:15, the R3 is 144:25.
>
> I specifically detected some extra shots during the stairwell fight
> sequence that are definitely not seen in the US release: an overhead
> shot of the first guy impacting the floor 4 stories below; a shot of
> the machete-wielding guy's face as Bond smashes it into the yellow
> stained glass window; a tight shot of the bad guy's hand grabbing for
> Vesper's ankle; a shot of Bond kicking in the bad guy's knee; a
> protracted strangulation; and an additional lingering shot of the bad
> guy's dead face, his eyes still open. Lo and behold, the intense bits
> that represent the MPAA's boundary between a PG-13 and an R rating.
>
> Not sure yet if there are more extra snips anywhere else in the film.
>
> In a sidenote, when Daniel Craig did the talk show tour last autumn,
> the film clip broadcast during his interview was a snippet of the
> stairwell fight, and I swore from the moment I saw it that they'd used
> an uncensored version containing the shots of the over-the-railing
> impact and the face being smashed into the window. I caught it during
> a rerun and, having already seen the movie 2x in theaters by the time
> I saw this, I immediately noticed the extra bits I hadn't seen either
> time previously. Now I know I wasn't imagining it.
>
> Discuss...
This is being discussed all over the place at the moment. The US R1 DVD
has cuts/substitutions to the opening pre-credit fight and the stairwell
fight. The UK R2 DVD has had one shot removed from the torture sequence
but is otherwise complete. The R3 disc is fully uncut. Results for the R4
Australian and R2 European versions are still to come in.
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