JAWS - The original television broadcast (with info on more projects to come) (Released)

Since I have been behind on getting these out to you all I have decided to release them. Yes for Upload!!!

I am currently digging out some of my treasures which includes the KCOP Superman to come in NTSC.

NightHawks and Rare and Uncut Movie Collector presents

Original Network Television Edits

Some of these movies would have been lost forever if it hadn’t been for someone with a BETA or a VHS tape.

Starting in 1977 NBC kicked of the syndication of one and two day movie slots for blockbusters. These movies often were edited, extended and sometimes sadly cut for what was considered violent material.
However, the best parts are the extended cuts of movies such as Superman: The Movie and then ofcourse there are some really bad ones such as with horror films.

In the 80’s Television versions or edits became something of an art form. One particular edit I love is John Carpenters THE THING. The network added footage and even created a alternate start and ending. Sadly however most of he gore was cut. But you can’t have cake and eat it two. Some of the Televsion edits were also of bad movies such as Earth girls are easy.

Another Televison cut was Blade Runner which Rikter already released my transfer a few months back. See the “Blksvn Release Thread”

In the 90’s it continued with Waterworld and Far and Away and even Needful things which was specially edited by the director.

Sadly Today, only a few have been edited for television or extended. This includes recently the Harry Potters.

For fan preservation this is I think a forgotten art form ( and sometime crappy art form at that)

Releases - first up!!!

June 30th - <span class=“Bold”>JAWS</span> - The original televsion broadcast - 3rd Gen+ recrding from my VHS archives from a trade in early 1990.
With most movies, a lot more footage is filmed than actually ends up in the final product. JAWS is no exception, with a large number of scenes that were cut, many due to the fact that the mechanical shark rarely worked as planned. Some of these scenes turned up in the ABC television version of JAWS that aired back in the late 1970s-early 1980s. Many more of these “lost” scenes are shown on the 20th Anniversary Laserdisc version of JAWS. However, the original broadcast has scenes and footage not shown on recent television airings or on the 25th or 30th DVD deleted scenes section.
Thus is a true one time television version.
presented here in all it’s glory.

coming up un no particular time frame.

June 30th - JAWS

LEGEND - original televsion ariring with alternate spoken opening.

NIGHT OF THE CREEPS

SPEED 2: CRUISE CONTROL

THE FOG

1941

PHYSCO 3

SUPERMAN THE MOVIE KCOP TELEPLEX VERSION

GLADIATOR

JAWS 2

MIDWAY

EARTHQUAKE

HIGHLANDER 2

CONAN THE BARBARIAN

JAWS REVENGE

and MANY more to come in the future.

i have left some jems for the future. Some of these version I recorded on my own and have collected in trade over the last 18 yrs
enjoy.