'54' (1998) Director's Cut NOW STREAMING! - Blu-ray Forum

movieman1979 · 09-11-2015, 03:24 PM

Not sure if anyone was aware of this, but the long rumored and sought after director's cut of Mark Christopher's 1998 film '54' has finally debuted on most streaming services (not sure if a Blu Ray/DVD will follow, though one with some bonus features & a commentary would certainly be welcomed).

Featuring what is arguably Mike Myers finest performance (as studio runner Steve Rubell), the movie was mangled by Miramax after a couple of disasterous test screenings, which saw a great deal of material (including a subplot regarding Ryan Phillippe's sexuality) left on the cutting room floor. However (per IMDB) "In February 2015, a 105 minute director's cut of the film, which includes over 30 minutes of footage from the original shoot which has never been seen in any previous cut, and deleting all but a few seconds of the studio-dictated reshot footage, was screened in the Panorama section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. Director Mark Christopher has claimed that this version will be released on DVD and digitally some time in 2015." And it looks like it's finally here. I got my download from VUDU, but I'm told it was also released on amazon's video service.

09-11-2015, 03:24 PM	#1
movieman1979 Expert Member Member since:Sep 2010 4K collection:2 Blu-ray collection:591 DVD collection:208 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:3	'54' (1998) Director's Cut NOW STREAMING! Not sure if anyone was aware of this, but the long rumored and sought after director's cut of Mark Christopher's 1998 film '54' has finally debuted on most streaming services (not sure if a Blu Ray/DVD will follow, though one with some bonus features & a commentary would certainly be welcomed). Featuring what is arguably Mike Myers finest performance (as studio runner Steve Rubell), the movie was mangled by Miramax after a couple of disasterous test screenings, which saw a great deal of material (including a subplot regarding Ryan Phillippe's sexuality) left on the cutting room floor. However (per IMDB) "In February 2015, a 105 minute director's cut of the film, which includes over 30 minutes of footage from the original shoot which has never been seen in any previous cut, and deleting all but a few seconds of the studio-dictated reshot footage, was screened in the Panorama section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. Director Mark Christopher has claimed that this version will be released on DVD and digitally some time in 2015." And it looks like it's finally here. I got my download from VUDU, but I'm told it was also released on amazon's video service.

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