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| Cast | Jim Broadbent, Gary Cady, Jim Carter, Dave Duffy, Peter Geeves, Bob Hoskins, Freddie Jones, Eartha Kitt, Tim McInnerny, Richard Ridings, Susan Sarandon and Antony Sher |
| Theatrical Release | September 22, 1989 |
| DVD Release | December 4, 2007 |
| Running Time | 79 minutes |
| MPAA Rating | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| UPC Code | 027616083173 |
| Buy this item | $17.99 at Amazon.com
As of Jul 19 18:36 EDT (details)
1 DVD, TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT, Usually ships in 24 hours, AC-3, Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
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 |  | Don't let the director's son do any more edits! |  |
I bought this not noticing this was the "director's son's edit". I hope the director's son never edits another movie again! The edit was something a high-school child could have done on his i-mac. Scenes that were once complete now end abruptly and jump around, mouths move with no dialouge, horrible growls were added to fight scenes. . . the list goes on. I plan to sell this back and wait for the original cut to be released in the US.
February 18, 2008 | | Not as good as the original | |
First off, it's actually the director's son's cut. It is not as good as the original at all. They took out 23 minutes of footage, added bad sound effects, and the video quality was lacking. They sharpened some of the picture but didnt give it a very good transfer to dvd, so can easily see a lot of bluescreen effects. Dont waste your money on this, try to get the original instead.
February 17, 2008 | | Still good but it's a shame they chopped it up.. | |
this film was really funny until they brought this out and attempted to make a directors cut. and he was Cut Happy. it is still a good film and worth owning if you do not have it for your collection but be warned it's about 15 minutes shorter and some of the really funny scenes were edited a bit here and there but in most part the story is intact and the whole bit with the holy man that cannot see valhalla was still amazingly funny but they did this film an injustice to re-release it in this condition. unless you are like me and absolutly have to have it, rent it first to be sure because even though now having seen what all the fuss is about I would still buy it because it's better to have an edited film then never be able to watch it again. just my humble opinion. not going to write about the story again you all know it.
a 3 star effort.
Buy it Here. Rent First though (see above)
Erik the Viking
February 15, 2008| | | A fun film for Viking fans! | |
No, I'm not referring to my favorite football team but rather those swarthy heathens who reeked HAVOC on the world centuries ago. Anyone "into" the Viking culture, like myself, will be surprised by the accuracy of the portrayal of the Norsemen's culture in this comedy piece. Set decoration, costuming, terrain, etc. are perfect. With a diverse cast including the likes of Tim Robbins (in the title role), Mickey Rooney, John Cleese and others it's a pretty decent little film. A bit Monty Pythonish, but ex-Python Terry Jones wrote and directed it from the book. Not a bad little film.
February 8, 2008The director's Son is an idiot for messing up one of my all-time favourite movies. The re-arrangement of scenes means the story no longer flows. Changing the visit with Freya gives the impression that it was her words that had the biggest influence on Erik not the death of the failed rape victim. Some of the best scenes (Vikings about to kill each other with swords rather than drown for one) are cut completely and there is even a key scene when they are about to go over the edge of the world and the key characters lips are moving but the sound is cut. Dreadful shame! I was very disappointed.
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