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[bongozoid]

Originally Posted by Chareth

Never knew about the Cause documentary until your earlier post though - thank you (over two hours!). Do you know if this was ever released on any disc of the movie? Not on the 2019 Nova one, based on the back cover. Seems scarce everywhere so Imprint may not have been able to secure it.

I've only been able to get it on DVD from the UK (and I believe there was a limited DVD set back in the day from Korea that included it with the theatrical cut of the movie), and the picture quality on that is certainly lacking... but it really is a tremendous watch and gives a wonderful insight into the process and the meaning of the film.

I'd be very happy if someone were ever able to get the rights to it and give it a decent release. The Director's Cut also needs a fresh master (the one being used is likely the same used for the DVD). Good on Imprint for including all 3 cuts, for sure, but the DC is certainly the one I recommend.

[manicsounds]

I didn't realize there was a difference between the theatrical cut and the US Miramax cut. Is there a significant runtime difference?

[Chareth]

Originally Posted by bongozoid

I've only been able to get it on DVD from the UK (and I believe there was a limited DVD set back in the day from Korea that included it with the theatrical cut of the movie), and the picture quality on that is certainly lacking... but it really is a tremendous watch and gives a wonderful insight into the process and the meaning of the film.

Thanks for the tip. Just got a used copy on eBay for $10 - stoked!

Shame the picture quality is rough, but probably the only option, it seems.

Originally Posted by manicsounds

I didn't realize there was a difference between the theatrical cut and the US Miramax cut. Is there a significant runtime difference?

The Miramax and non-Miramax theatrical cut DVDs all have a 99 min run time. From memory, the differences were all text-based: a different subtitle track and closing cards at the end. Maybe there were opening cards too but I haven’t seen either version in over ten years.

Movie Censorship only compares the theatrical and director’s cuts so no help there.