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#198763
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Info: My PAL VHS Archive Collection
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/198763/action/topic#198763
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Russ, on your website I noticed this:

Apart from a 1986 copy of Jedi, my knowledge of the pre 1988 versions is very patchy.


I have, if you're interested a 1987 version of ANH, a copy of Empire from 1984 and probably the same version of Jedi that you have. All appear to be part of a rental video library collection.

If you want I can stick these in the mail and send them to you for comparison tests? I can't do it myself as I don't have a VCR.

Let me know
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#195256
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Info: Hard Target - Director's Cut - JOHN WOO
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/195256/action/topic#195256
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Originally posted by: NeilB
Being a UK'r and owning the UK cut of Hard Target I can confirm that the cut found on Pirate Bay is not the same - all of the info you need can be found here =

Hard Target Info Found at PB



I know it isn't the same. I'm trying to find out if the Jap DC bootleg I have is the samecut as the UK Region release, but I'm finding this a little difficult because I'm no idea how to calculate the differing framerates.

Please note: I also have a copy of the VHS workprint, this isn't the same as the bootleg Jap DC.

In fact, reading the link you posted, the whole article is talking about the workprint, it even has screenies of the workprint embedded in the page, so why the fuck is the article called "On The Chopping Block: Hard Target, The Directors Cut"?

It's not the fucking directors cuts at all, now can you see why I lambasted people in a previous post? Hell, they had me fooled when I purchased the DC bootleg, because I thought I was getting my grubby mitts on the workprint.

Please note II: Neil, I wasn't having a pop at you, and being in the UK also, if you want a copy of the workprint send me a PM
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#195233
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Info: Moonwalker
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/195233/action/topic#195233
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It's available on DVD.

And to the OP: Nice generalisation there, I for one don't think he's a pervert. He's certainly not all there, but not a pervert. But that's for another thread on another forum, somewhere.

Edit: I've actually just read all your post now after being pissed off at the first line in it.

The DVD is not discontinued you can buy it here. If you've got access to an actual UK branch of HMV it can be picked up for £6.99. It's a HMV UK exclusive which is why it's in short supply, although I'm pretty sure it was once available in R1 land.

As for it being a mini-movie, that's wrong as it clocks in at 88 minutes.

Edit II: I'd love to see a a DVD conversion of Michael Jackson's Ghosts. I have this on VHS, and I'm pretty sure it's unavailable on any other format. It's a fantastic video and was created to promote the lead single from his 1997 album Blood On The Dancefloor: History In The Mix.
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#195031
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Info: Hard Target - Director's Cut - JOHN WOO
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/195031/action/topic#195031
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I know the DC is shorter than the workprint, I was trying to work out (given the differing framerates) what the difference is between the UK official version and the bootleg DC I have, as I'm pretty sure they're the same. I think that as the US version is cut to shit, that various companies (like Revok who I mentioned in an earlier post) are selling the Jap DC as uncut to the US market because it's not available there, wheras the movie is available in the UK.

I was gonna stick a bunch of info in here as to the differences between the two versions, but there's no point as most sites I just looked at refer to the workprint as the Directors Cut.
The following piece of text was taken from a review of the DC, suggesting that the follwing scene was included in the DC but not in the official R rated version
Surprisingly, the action scenes weren't the only bits cut. Also missing is a "love" scene between Van Damme and Butler.


The love scene wasn't in any version except for the workprint. The DC & the workprint are two different entities. Jesus, people are so retarded.

Note: the previous moan I just had wasn't directed at anyone here, just in general at fools on the internet.

By the way... cover & disc art for the workprint would be ace if you could create some, I'd try but my creative skills are fucking dreadful.
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#195021
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Info: Hard Target - Director's Cut - JOHN WOO
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/195021/action/topic#195021
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Glad you didn't buy it like I bought my Jap DC bootleg. I remember looking through eBay trying to find the workprint of Hard Target and at the time I thought the workprint and the Jap DC were the same thing. Luckily, it didn't cost me too much cash. As I said in my previous post I'm pretty sure that the Jap DC and the official UK release are the same cut. I know the UK version is touted as uncut and is three maybe four minutes longer than the butchered MPAA US version, but not owning the official UK cut, I can't compare the two, although just today I found it cheap on Amazon, so will probably make a purchase in the next few days.

Just found the running time of the UK version, which is 96 mins, the Jap DC bootleg I have clocks in at approximately 99 mins. So, given that the official release is PAL encoded and the bootleg is NTSC and there's a 4%(?) difference in the framerates, how is this calculated if I'm to find out that the bootleg is different from the official version?

Am I making any sense?

With regard to your version of The Killer, I'm afraid I'm no help there.
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#194929
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Info: Hard Target - Director's Cut - JOHN WOO
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/194929/action/topic#194929
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I have copies of both the VHS workprint and a bootleg of the Japanese directors cut. Although, I'm pretty sure the Japanese bootleg is exactly the same as the official UK release, at least I didn't notice any difference when I watched it.

Does the version you bought off eBay have burned in Jap subs or does it have a burned in timecode on the left hand side of the print? The reason I ask is because the reasons I've stated above. Hopefully the version you have is the workprint, if not, PM me your address and I'll stick a copy of it in the mail to you.

Edit: Just checked eBay, did you buy your copy from a seller called "r_e_v_o_k"? If so, that's the DC not the workprint. I know this because I got my DC from their website.
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#193841
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Help: looking for... Harry Potter extended cuts
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/193841/action/topic#193841
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I'm not totally sure what versions are in the PiF although I would take a guess at the single layer versions. Ideally, I would like the dual layer versions, but this set seems so hard to come by that I'll be grateful for anything. Late last year, I asked another member here (who had the dual layer versions) if he could send me copies of the dual layer set, and to save me some money my end, I said I could send him the blank dual layer discs for him to burn the copies on to. He agreed to this on the condition that I send him an extra three blank dual layer discs. I don't think that was very cost effective for me, and someone was possibly taking liberties from the whole situation. I never got the chance to seal that deal as soon after, my net connection died for two weeks and then the Buncefield disaster blew my PC up

Wow! I went on a major ramble there, sorry.