Event Horizon ending?

[Pondosinatra]

Originally Posted by rodneyfaile

“Event Horizon” Director’s Cut Has Been Lost

http://www.darkhorizons.com/event-ho...has-been-lost/

At the time it was obviously a compromised film, one where various moments and beats had been excised. Pushed to edit the film in just four weeks, Anderson’s rough cut clocked in at 130 minutes which was then tested with bad results and reports of some test audience members fainting.

Pushed to cut down on the gore and the runtime, the final cut clocked in at just 95 minutes and had mixed reviews, but in the years since it has achieved cult status and has grown more appreciated with time.



The most notable cut, a scene which remains only in fragments in the film as video logs of the EH’s crew going mad, is what has been dubbed the ‘bloody orgy’ scene partly filmed by second unit director Vadim Jean.

A combination of real-life amputees, accident victims, porn actors, and a ton of special effects make-up was used to render gruesome scenes of mutilation far more graphic than the already extreme stuff seen in the film.

You had me at 'amputee porn'...

[RodChester]

Originally Posted by ivanolo

Isn't the AR all wonky on the BR release? That's the only thing preventing me from getting it...

Yeah, it's a little squished. However, I find that you get used to it pretty quickly and it's not a distraction for me. It's a pretty great disc with a good amount of bonus material for a pretty cheap price. Worth picking up if you are a fan of the movie.

[L.J.]

Originally Posted by ivanolo

Isn't the AR all wonky on the BR release? That's the only thing preventing me from getting it...

I agree with RodChester it's not terrible. For the price it's at worth buying. Does have some good features.

[Trekkie313]

It's not lost, too recent for someone to not have made a backup of the footage.

[dubious]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

It's not lost, too recent for someone to not have made a backup of the footage.

Don't put any faith in studio executives, most of them are not even film fans, and aren't even remotely interested in their studio's back catalog or familiarizing themselves with it. Most get selected through the Hollywood inbreeding nepotism straight out of graduating with their MBA from an Ivy League school on their way to climbing the ladder to next golden-parachute gig. They will send morally objectionable content that sickens the plurality of the test audience to the incinerator with the blink of an eye. There is no concern for the "work of art," it's only a studio asset in their eyes, and a worthless asset not worth the storage fee if too many Christians find it offensive.

[P-Rock]

That's what they thought of the scenes in Army of Darkness too and they found them stashed somewhere in a far away country.