Posted by TSKO on 02/16/06 21:30

"The Man With No Name" <none@none.com> wrote in message
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> "Goro" <evilninjax@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> Step 1. Take a movie that nobody was interested in and noone saw.
>> Step 2. Make it unbearably long and call it a Special Edition DVD.
>> Step 3. Profit!!!
>>
>> (or not)
>>
>> -goro-
>>
>>>From digitalbits.com:
>>
>> Amazon.com is indicating that 20th Century Fox will release Ridley
>> Scott's 191-minute Kingdom of Heaven: Director's Cut on DVD on 5/23 (as
>> a 4-disc set). The studio has yet to release official details on this,
>> but we expect confirmation very soon.
>>
>
> Actually, I'd be rather interested in an extended cut. Kingdom of Heaven
> had one of the best supporting casts in recent memory, so provided the
> added scenes are mostly about Jeremy Irons and David Thewlis and others,
> then I shall be quite pleased.
> Haven't bought the extended cut of Gladiator (the lack of DTS seems silly.
> Why not just give it an intermission and split it over two disks?) But,
> some of the deleted scenes in that are amongst my favourite scenes in the
> movie (can't imagine why they cut that scene of Commodus in the catacombs)
>
> Kingdom Of Heaven may not be a perfect movie, but it does have plenty of
> merits.
>
> Also, thanks for posting this. Was going to be the original DVD now that
> it's getting cheaper, but now I'll wait.
> Annoying, though, to see that 20th Century Fox is apparently still
> sticking with their old practice of releasing DVDs with the intention of
> releasing a better version in a year or so.
>

I held off on buy the movie because there was always rumor that this was
going to happen. I, for one, look forward to it.

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