Originally posted by: Bahax
*sigh* ... I shouldn't bother, but ...

rancher, lots of people have a "sharp memory"; I have a "sharp memory", too. How about that?! Let's start a club! Really, it's somewhat condescending to suggest that your memory is so "sharp" as to be infallible. No person's memory is infallible. Scientists the world over will gladly fill you in (condescension intended).

Alas, you refuse to even admit the possibility that you could be mistaken ...

On the other hand, I surely hope that you are right in your recollections! We always gotta have stuff to search for ...

Cheers!

I was being very modest about my statement that I have a sharp memory. I agree that no person's memory is infallible & I never said that mine was. The scientists all over the world can please hold off on contacting me.

Why should I admit to the possibilty that I may be mistaken when I know without a doubt that I'm not? I did present the possiblity that I'm nut & the movie melted my brain to satisfy anyone that wouldn't hear of any of it.

It's like catching your spouse sleeping with somebody else, you walk in the room & catch them red handed. Your so upset you just leave the room & drink your sorrow away at the neighbourhood pub. You stay married & never speak of it again, but are always bothered by it all. Years later you want an explanation & finally get ticked about it. The marriage counselor then wants you to admit the possibility that you may be wrong & that they were just possibliy making the bed. Your spouse also insisted you imagined the entire thing & it never happened. If you were to actually agree with the conuselor & your spouse about the now allegded incident what would that make you exactly?

How many rape victims have gone thru the same type of scrutiny & problems when the tell their story years later?

It's totally impossible that I imagined any of what I claim. It's not just a handful of cuts to the film. TESB I saw was a very different cut altogether, there was even something about the actual reel of the film itself that I could describe to GL & he would likely know after speaking to me for at least 5 mins. that I did see this 'workprint like' test advance cut of the film that is in question. Many believe that there were also no advance showings of the film other to cast & crew. How about NYC (the press) & Chicago Esquire Theater (found second Chicago claim), the bootleg tapes on the streets in the U.S. a week before the opening of the film. There are many misconceptions about TESB & much more evidence at some point will likely be found. Fans need to at least know about it to find something out about it in the first place. I wonder how many people out there right now are sitting on a 27 year old Betamax bootleg that is in fact the cut of the film I'm speaking of & the owner doesn't realize that the tape is any different than what's been re-released. Likely not many at all, but there is a chance that such a tape still exsits. This bootleg tape has been seen & this advance cut of the film is it's contents. One claim from Scott in Chicago & another from Virgina in 1984 from an exchange student from Europe so far.

It is not my problem that many others have difficultly remembering the past, yesterday, last week, last year, half their life whatever their reasons are. Yes, it's a very common problem that I don't fall pray to very often. My 2 viewings of TESB in 1980 were not one these rare occasions.

I would like to id this cut of the film I'm claiming to have seen in 1980 using the scripts + my sharp memory. I believe that this may be possible after reading the 1st. 4th draft script, but I need a newer script than the fourth draft & likely all of the shooting scripts/revisions to compare etc.

That's a good start eh?