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The Witches, the Roald Dahl Cut (HD) (Released)

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THE WITCHES, THE ROALD DAHL CUT
Special Edition HD Fan-Edit
[HD .mkv | 720p]

Fantasy/family/horror | 1990 | UK/USA
Directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher.

"The Witches : The Roald Dahl Cut" aims to bring the film closer to the wonderful book it was based on. The dreadful happy ending, which Roald Dahl hated, has been completely removed, making the new and reworked ending absolutely identical to that of the book. The more “vulgar” bits (to quote Roald Dahl himself) have also been cut, so has the idiotic subplot of the bad-witch-turned-good. Other scenes have been re-ordered and recut. Presented in a remastered HD version and with a new DTS 5.1 audio mix, this new cut should please everyone who’s ever enjoyed Roald Dahl’s unique style, by making what is arguably the best film based on R. Dahl’s work an even more faithful adaptation.

Bonus : A long lost 1979 video interview with Roald Dahl (included in the torrent).

Video : h264 | 720p | 1280x720 | 1.75:1 original A.R. | 25fps | 10.000 kb/s.
Audio 1 : English | new 5.1 DTS mix | lossless 1.536 mb/s. 
Audio 2 : English | original stereo | AC3 2.0 | 448 kb/s.
Audio 3 : French dub | original stereo | AC3 2.0 | 448 kb/s.
Runtime : 01:24:56
Format : MKV
Size : 7.5 Gb
Release date : April 4th, 2014

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Another interesting preservation; well done, Doc!

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Hi, excellent work Doc! but…
Where is the torrent or magnet link?
It would be a great piece for my colection and I would like to create spanish subtitles for it, of course, they would be my personal subtitles 😃

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Could I grab the link to this too please? The 2020 version was good but will never replace the original for me. Now the ending has been changed, this sounds perfect. Good work.

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Thanks for your work on this, may I also have a link? I look forward to seeing your version, if possible.