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Post #773909

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msycamore
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THX 1138 "preservations" + the 'THX 1138 Italian Cut' project (Released)
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Date created
2-Jun-2015, 1:02 PM

poita said:

Apparently the IB was part of the original deal for THX1138, so thankfully there were some struck at the time.

That is fantastic. I guess we should all thank Francis for that.

My gut feel is that the 5 minutes supposedly cut, were not necessarily cut from the running time as such, perhaps it was roughly 5 minutes of changes, or just a sloppy metaphor for "they changed my film a bunch and I am crabby about it".

The 16mm version and the Tech IB appear to be identical, both also have the Buck Rogers sequence, which is mentioned in the reviews of the day, so it would appear that the 16mm is the release version that hit cinemas in 1971.

The different editing in the middle of the film encompass more than 5 minutes though, and no scene is cut, just a different placement of scenes. And on top of that there's slightly more footage with SEN (Donald Pleasence) talking with the children.

This is very different from the information we've been fed with. But, what's beautiful is that the prints don't lie. You say the Tech IB appear to be identical, are you able to get it 100% confirmed from the owner of the print that it is exactly the same cut of the film as on this 16mm print?

The version Lucas put out post Star Wars is significantly different in the details...

Have you been able to see a re-release print? I'm curious to know if they match the 80's home video release version with all the false information around.

...so in all likelihood I think we are now, finally, seeing the version that was released in 1971, and like many pieces of history, what has been reported and re-reported, without hard evidence, may in fact end up being more myth than fact.

Well, Lucas sometimes like to consider himself a mythmaker. ;)