Posted by Dragon on 11/01/05 12:12

"P Pron" <paulatspambegone.pron@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Dragon wrote:
> || "P Pron" <paulatspambegone.pron@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
> || news:3snm94Fp97ekU1@individual.net...
> ||| Dragon wrote:
> ||||| Can anyone confirm if the new muppet christmas carol re release is
> ||||| the full uncut version, before you ask i do have this on dvd but
> ||||| dont want to get it again and no sites seems to tell you what the
> ||||| difference is from the old release
> |||||
> ||||| cheers dave
> |||
> |||
> ||| I think the real difference is for R1 customers - the original
> ||| issue in the USA was pan and scan, whereas the new issue is 1.85:1
> ||| anamorphic. But the UK original version was anamorphic anyway, for
> ||| some reason, and also had (I think) the same extras as the US one.
> |||
> ||| So it's quite possible that the "new" R2 issue will just be the old
> ||| one, with a new sleeve.
> |||
> ||| AFAIR, the number that was cut from the cinema version was
> ||| reinstated when it was issued on DVD and VHS, and I can't believe
> ||| they'd cut it out again.
> |||
> ||| My R2 copy has gone astray, so it looks like I'll be buying the new
> ||| one whether it's different or not....
> |||
> ||| cheers
> ||| paul
> |||
> ||
> || Hi Paul i have also read that the region 1 had an extra song in it
> || Love IS Gone which did not come on the original region 2, so i am
> || hoping this gets put back on the region 2 UK version, we will have
> || to wait and see
> ||
> || Dave
>
> Gosh - I hadn't realised that "When Love is Gone" had been cut out of the
> original R2 issue! It's my favourite song in the whole movie- Meredith
> Braun's voice is just amazing.... I've been hunting for my copy and I
> wonder now whether the reason I can't find it is that I didn't buy it! I
> have the US laserdisc, so maybe I put the DVD into the "must get some
> time"
> category, and then forgot it....
>
> Looking at some of the customer reviews on Amazon, it looks as though When
> Love is Gone was only inserted into pan & scan home video, but not into
> widescreen prints. So the Americans got the whole thing, but P&S, while we
> got the cut theatrical version, in widescreen.
>
> As you say, we'll have to wait and see. I'm optimistic, because it claims
> to
> be restored and remastered and I really can't believe that they'd go to
> the
> trouble of doing that without giving us longest version available.
>
> all the best
>
> paul
>
hi Paul lets hope the region 2 has the song put back in but i do know the
Region 1 US version has the song so you might be best going for that
yourself m8, its the only version avavilable with the full uncut film with
the extra song back in unless the new release region 2 has it back in but
how will we know

dave

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