comment #1

Dave says ...

I want to see this movie again, badly, but I keep holding back because I want it on Blu-Ray. The GF never saw it in the theater, and frankly, I don't want to show it at home on anything less than the best.

Grrrrr. C'mon Jeff, make this happen!!

comment #2

PastePotPete says ...

...it's out on blu ray...

comment #3

actionman says ...

no commentary and in-depth, on-set making of docs?

comment #4

MickTravis says ...

Wait, what does this have to do with the presidential campaign???

Must be a mistake.

comment #5

Geoff says ...

This and THERE WILL BE BLOOD were the ultimate films to see projected on a large screen...in a good theater of course.

comment #6

rocco says ...

Jeff, you are tragically unhip..."20 pounds"?...20 QUID, my friend, 20 quid.

comment #7

aspiringcrackaddict says ...

Oh my GOD!!! Movie news. Am I on Hollywood-elsewhere??

comment #8

JohnCope says ...

The impression I get is that there's supposed to be a "director's cut" of the three hour original version on down the road sometime. Of course the same was said about The New World two years ago and that has yet to materialize.

comment #9

Mr B says ...

I would donate organs for the director's cut.

comment #10

gruver1 says ...

Wells to Rocco: Using the word "pounds" is perfectly fine if one prefers. Folk you.

comment #11

actionman says ...

Or as they'd say in IN BRUGES: Fook you.

Yes, that 3 hour New World Cut; I saw the 2 hour 50 minute initial cut that Malick pulled from theaters after something like 10 days in limited release. Amazing stuff. Criterion needs to do a special edition on The Thin Red Line and The New World, as well as Jesse James.

The test screening cut of Jesse James I saw in April of 2007 was certainly longer than the theatrical cut.

comment #12

Geoff says ...

Shit actionman I bet you've recapped this many times before but I still gotta know:

Was initial cut of THE NEW WORLD with additional scenes of the middle section. The Pocohantas/Smith stuff? Because I was hypnotized during that portion. Or is it hard to even tell the differences when it comes down to it?

JESSE JAMES, well, I kind of think it's perfect as is. I'm a little worried about a longer version. Again, was there a major difference?

comment #13

D.Z. says ...

Righteous Kill trailer. http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2008/NOPQR/Righteous-Kill/trailer.php

comment #14

Terry McCarty says ...

Re D.Z.'s link to the RIGHTEOUS KILL trailer:
It's not going to be HEAT II. More like a mashup of MAGNUM FORCE and DEATH WISH. Or, to be more specific, the kind of product that could have emerged from Cannon Films in the 80s/early 90s with a teaming of Chuck Norris and Charles Bronson and direction by J. Lee Thompson.

comment #15

Dan Revill says ...

I would also donate Mr B's organs for a director's cut of Assassination of Jesse James.

I'd give up an organ or two for Criterion editions of The New World and Thin Red Line. Love 'em both.

comment #16

Josh Massey says ...

That was a horrible, horrible trailer for Righteous Kill.

And I already own the 1-disc Jesse James, so I doubt a 2-disc one will ever find its way into my home. I can't remember the last time I watched a "special feature" of any kind.

comment #17

erniesouchak says ...

I sat through that early cut of "New World." It was not rapturous.

comment #18

ctyner says ...

'Death of an Outlaw' is already on the domestic HD DVD and Blu-ray releases, for what that's worth.

comment #19

Jay T. says ...

Umm... Dave... this movie is already available in Blu-Ray, I bought it from Amazon several weeks ago. Man, how it didn't win for cinematography amazes me, although TWBB was well shot too.

comment #20

actionman says ...

Geoff:

Many of the differenes in both the extended cuts of The New World and Jesse James were atmospheric. Lots of extra nature shots, more dialogue-free passages of visual information, more meandering (but good meandering). Both of those films are tone poems, and the extra footage just made it a richer sit. I wouldn't necessarily say that there was major plot stuff in the longer versions of both, it just felt richer and fuller. I think the earlier cut of Jesse James played with the timeline of when Jesse started to round up his crew to kill them off. And as I recall, there was a bit more stuff in The New World when Bale takes Pocahantos back to London.

comment #21

christian says ...

I'm always surprised that the Europeans often get a lot of films unavailable here. Go check out Amoeba for a sample. Thankfully, you can get a full-region DVD player for cheap these days.

comment #22

MoroccoMole says ...

I'd love to see a longer version of JESSE JAMES, but I'm still waiting to see Billy Bob Thornton's cut of ALL THE PRETTY HORSES, the one that Harvey Scissorhands never let us see.

comment #23

christian says ...

I missed my chance to see that version in Austin. My friend went and enjoyed it so...

comment #24

rocco says ...

Rocco to Wells: yes, "pounds" is proper...one can use it if they prefer...and want to sound like an American. You know, unhip. Because it's all about being hip.

comment #25

frankbooth says ...

MorroccoMole,

I read ATPH not too long ago. Been wondering if it's worth it to watch the available truncated version of the movie. Should I hold out indefinitely for the hypothetical director's cut DVD?

comment #26

Bob Violence says ...

'Death of an Outlaw' is already on the domestic HD DVD and Blu-ray releases, for what that's worth.

And it's nothing to get worked up about, either. I'm guessing the UK release is two discs only because PAL requires more space (having a higher resolution than NTSC), so they split the movie over two discs and put the documentary on disc two to pad out the package a little.

comment #27

Bob Violence says ...

Okay, so I overlooked the existence of a one-disc PAL version. A separate two-disc release seems utterly pointless if the only differences are a booklet and a half-hour documentary, so I'm hoping the Amazon specs are leaving something out.

comment #28

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comment #29

apaju.com says ...

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