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Post #920461

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JayArgonaut
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Info Wanted: The Explorers (River Phoenix/ Ethan Hawke) - anyone done a theatrical cut?
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24-Mar-2016, 9:57 AM

marioxb said:
So it would appear that the version you recorded is 99% the US theatrical cut (minus the credits).

The “US theatrical cut” was also the worldwide theatrical cut and Paramount used this for the 80s UK home video version.

Meanwhile the Paramount DVD is a widescreen edition of the re-edited “Special Home Version” that was released in the US on LD, VHS and Beta during the 80s.

I’ve just checked the credits sequence for you and it’s worse than I previously described. The stand up sketch has been time compressed down to a couple of seconds - and even that is indecipherable because the continuity announcer talks over it. Really annoying but that’s free-to-air broadcast TV for you.