Subject: Re: Robert Engels at the Mpls premiere of FWWM (a spoiler or two--nothing big)
From: hagstrop@oberon.mathcs.carleton.edu (Paul Hagstrom)
Date: 1992-08-31, 18:52
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <2AA2C681.2215@ics.uci.edu> bvickers@valentine.ics.uci.edu (Brett J.  
Vickers) writes:
> > hagstrop@oberon.mathcs.carleton.edu (Paul Hagstrom) writes:
>> > >First, the movie was, in uncut form, about 3:40, in contrast to the measly
>> > >2:09 that it pulled in at in the theatres.  He said that they expect to
>> > >distribute the uncut version eventually on laserdisc, but the folks in
>> > >charge wouldn't let them get away with a movie that long, apparently.
> > 
> > Does this mean they won't release an uncut laserdisc?  Or that the
> > folks in charge just wouldn't let them distribute a 3 hour plus
> > movie to movie theatres?

Sorry to be ambiguous about that.  They couldn't release it in MOVIE (i.e.  
theater) form being as long as that, so they had to cut it down.  However, the  
laser disc will be, if all goes as currently planned, the entire 3+ hours long.
--
schmotsignature.
Paul Hagstrom
(hagstrop@carleton.edu)

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