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NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 22:37:59 -0500
From: BigC <BigC@rochester.rr.com>
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.multimedia.vintage-film
Subject: Re: ATTN Ferl: Re: THE.BIG.SLEEP.01 file [01/37] - "The.Big.Sleep.1946.DVDRip.AVC-FerL.nfo" yEnc (1/1) Alternate Version?
Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 22:37:39 -0500
Organization: Liberals are crazy
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On 27 May 2014 14:24:17 -0700, Nexus <Nexus_member@newsguy.com>
wrote:
>In article <vqu9o99c72ui2pctatok79muqki2v1fdv7@4ax.com>, BigC says...
>>Ferl, I remember seeing two versions of this film with one version
>>having either an alternate ending or cut scenes put back in.
>
>The "alternate version" is the original 1945 version, which was never released
>to theaters back then. The familiar 1946 version had been recut to enhance
>Lauren Bacall's performance; some scenes that perhaps made the plot clearer were
>removed. The original version is about 2 minutes longer net. The film was held
>back because the studio had a backlog of war movies they wanted to release
>before the war ended.
>
>Frankly, I wouldn't mind seeing a composite version someday.
I'm not sure from your post if the original has ever been officially
released. I have seen both versions so I know they are both out
there. I don't remember the differences though, it's been a few years
and I am getting old.
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