StudioCanal Cult Classics (Extreme Prejudice, High Crime, More)

[Rayjg]

Good to see Auntie Christ is coming.

[Alexcap]

if it is the same as the french version and that's is 93 minutes and it's reginal B but Blu Ray.com say the UK release is 99 minutes and i presume it also will be reginal B that means the film is still 4 minutes shorter than the original 103 minutes version that make no sense unless Blu Ray.com as got it wrong about the running time and it is 93 minutes long

[fatboyslim142]

Originally Posted by Alexcap

if it is the same as the french version and that's is 93 minutes and it's reginal B but Blu Ray.com say the UK release is 99 minutes and i presume it also will be reginal B that means the film is still 4 minutes shorter than the original 103 minutes version that make no sense unless Blu Ray.com as got it wrong about the running time and it is 93 minutes long

The running time of the film submitted to the BBFC is 93 mins so I think it is the Shorter US export version & NOT the original Italian version.

[LAPrice]

Originally Posted by fatboyslim142

The running time of the film submitted to the BBFC is 93 mins so I think it is the Shorter US export version & NOT the original Italian version.

I have the FilmArt disc and the quality shifts slightly for the last reel of the film. They must’ve used the StudioCanal print, and Frankenstein’d the finale in from another slightly inferior print.
The StudioCanal French Blu ray is missing the entire climax of the film, so unless the UK distributors restore it from a different print (like FilmArt have done) then it’s a completely pointless exercise.

[Takuma]

Originally Posted by LAPrice

I have the FilmArt disc and the quality shifts slightly for the last reel of the film. They must’ve used the StudioCanal print, and Frankenstein’d the finale in from another slightly inferior print.
The StudioCanal French Blu ray is missing the entire climax of the film, so unless the UK distributors restore it from a different print (like FilmArt have done) then it’s a completely pointless exercise.

I've understood the main version (99 min?) comes with ENG / GER / IT audio options, but I was wondering in what language is the alternative 103 min version, which is included as an extra?

[Joppers]

Originally Posted by Takuma

I've understood the main version (99 min?) comes with ENG / GER / IT audio options, but I was wondering in what language is the alternative 103 min version, which is included as an extra?

Both versions on the FilmArt disc have English/German/Italian audio and German subtitles (no English subtitles unfortunately).

My Sony player says they're both 103min in length. I think the only difference is a small section at the very end which is available separately on the extras menu.

[LeDroitDeTuer]

Originally Posted by LAPrice

I have the FilmArt disc and the quality shifts slightly for the last reel of the film. They must’ve used the StudioCanal print, and Frankenstein’d the finale in from another slightly inferior print.
The StudioCanal French Blu ray is missing the entire climax of the film, so unless the UK distributors restore it from a different print (like FilmArt have done) then it’s a completely pointless exercise.

Having just watched the FilmArt disc, I don't understand how the movie is even supposed to work without the last 10 minutes.

[Show spoiler]It would just leave everything unresolved.

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by LeDroitDeTuer

Having just watched the FilmArt disc, I don't understand how the movie is even supposed to work without the last 10 minutes.

[Show spoiler]It would just leave everything unresolved.

Looker is a classic example of that: they cut out the entire sequence (included as an extra on the blu) that explains the reason for the apparently motiveless murders that drive the plot.

[LAPrice]

Originally Posted by LeDroitDeTuer

Having just watched the FilmArt disc, I don't understand how the movie is even supposed to work without the last 10 minutes.

[Show spoiler]It would just leave everything unresolved.

I read a few reactions to this disc - (which is missing the final shootout), and despite the print being in good shape, the film just stops dead with no climax. This was released by Studio Canal in France, and they haven't recalled it or anything. This makes me think that the UK one will be the same.
Really can't see them going to the trouble of adding the missing footage in from another print etc.

[McCrutchy]

More packshots with the art cards and back covers. For some reason, the High Crime listing does not have the art cards packshot, but they are still mentioned on the page. Unfortunately, this is also further confirmation that High Crime does not include the longer version.

[CrockettandTubbs]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

More packshots with the art cards and back covers. For some reason, the High Crime listing does not have the art cards packshot, but they are still mentioned on the page. Unfortunately, this is also further confirmation that High Crime does not include the longer version.

[Show spoiler]

That's a shame: Blu-ray.com have it as 99 mins.

"Blu-ray B France - Studio Canal - No cuts - English export version (93:15) with various trims, including five minutes of the climax changing the fate of certain characters. (dvdcompare.net)

The German blu is:

"Blu-ray ALL Limited Edition Germany - FilmArt - No cuts - includes the original version (103:13) and a version with an alternate ending (103:13)"

[ShawDonkey]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

Movie is action packed fun, definitely upgrade Wild East dvd. Italian audio makes difference.

Pity about High Crime tho, will ignore it unless German br is far too expensive now.

[McCrutchy]

Looks like this line is getting art cards. They are mentioned in all three listings, but so far are only pictured with the Extreme Prejudice release:



Back cover:

Originally Posted by Amazon.co.uk

[Show spoiler]The classic cult film based on a story by John Milius (Apocalypse Now, Magnum Force) and directed by Walter Hill (Red Heat, The Driver), EXTREME PREJUDICE is a 1987 Neo-western action thriller punctuated with intense violence.

Nick Nolte (Cape Fear, 48 Hrs.) stars as tough Texas Ranger Jack Benteen, on a bloody crusade as he fights to bring down his childhood friend Cash Bailey (Powers Boothe: Sin City, Tombstone), now a ruthless drug baron operating across the Mexican border.

Jack is recruited by the CIA after his intervention in an attempted bank robbery to terminate Cash with extreme prejudice. He must also reckon with the clandestine Zombie Unit - an army of veterans officially killed-in-action but now on a top-secret assignment led by Major Paul Hackett (Michael Ironside: Total Recall, Top Gun) - who are on his turf in pursuit of the narcotics kingpin, leading to an epic showdown.

Also starring Maria Conchita Alonso (The Running Man, Vampire's Kiss) as Sarita, the lover caught between the two men and Rip Torn (Cross Creek, Men In Black) as the local Sheriff.

Part of the STUDIOCANAL Cult Classics collection, featuring an exclusive set of art cards and available on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK.

Extras:

• Audio Commentary with Film Historians C. Courtney Joyner and Henry Parke
• Isolated Score Selections with Audio Interview from Music Historian John Takis
• The Major's Agenda - An Interview with Actor Michael Ironside
• The War Within - An Interview with Actor Clancy Brown
• Capturing The Chaos - An Interview with Director Of Photography Matthew F. Leonetti
• Original Trailers, Vintage EPK & Stills Gallery

It seems that the missing Walter Hill interview is the 2019 one on the French Blu-ray from...StudioCanal, so it seems ironic that the UK branch licensed (or possibly even paid to help create) the new Vestron extras, right down to including the isolated score track, but then failed to secure the one extra that was produced by their own French division, even though the Vestron release does include it.

[Takuma]

Regarding High Crime

I recently bought the German BD which features the full 103 min version, and can be viewed with either the original or the alternative ending which is a few seconds shorter and modifies the fate of one character. I had already seen the film before from an English language 35mm print about 15 years ago. That print was listed as being 100 min and despite my earlier doubts I think the running time is actually correct since it was the full version of the film (as far as I can tell) but with the alternative ending (this I remember 100%) and no ending credits at all (this I also remember 100%).

I also had a chance to briefly examine the 93 min Studio Canal version as it was on TV yesterday. I only took a look at the ending and Dear God, this is much worse than I thought. I think I can explain this without major spoilers. The Studio Canal version shows the drug courier landing at the airport, hopping into a car, then we hear the line “to the port” and then the film immediately cuts to the end credits against the port background. The climax, where the plot is wrapped and several seminal characters are killed, is missing entirely. All the footage from the port is missing, the last scene at Fernando Rey’s house is missing, and neither the original nor the alternate ending are featured in this version. It just ends in the middle of everything without any kind of wrap up or “closing shot”.

I absolutely cannot comprehend how this 93 min version came to be. It doesn’t feel like an alternative version or shortened version, but rather a faulty version where the last film reel was omitted by accident. The ending is just incredibly awkward here.

The film itself is brilliant and one of the best poliziotteschi ever made. Thank God for the German BD.

[Takuma]

Originally Posted by Takuma

Regarding High Crime

I recently bought the German BD which features the full 103 min version, and can be viewed with either the original or the alternative ending which is a few seconds shorter and modifies the fate of one character. I had already seen the film before from an English language 35mm print about 15 years ago. That print was listed as being 100 min and despite my earlier doubts I think the running time is actually correct since it was the full version of the film (as far as I can tell) but with the alternative ending (this I remember 100%) and no ending credits at all (this I also remember 100%).

I also had a chance to briefly examine the 93 min Studio Canal version as it was on TV yesterday. I only took a look at the ending and Dear God, this is much worse than I thought. I think I can explain this without major spoilers. The Studio Canal version shows the drug courier landing at the airport, hopping into a car, then we hear the line “to the port” and then the film immediately cuts to the end credits against the port background. The climax, where the plot is wrapped and several seminal characters are killed, is missing entirely. All the footage from the port is missing, the last scene at Fernando Rey’s house is missing, and neither the original nor the alternate ending are featured in this version. It just ends in the middle of everything without any kind of wrap up or “closing shot”.

I absolutely cannot comprehend how this 93 min version came to be. It doesn’t feel like an alternative version or shortened version, but rather a faulty version where the last film reel was omitted by accident. The ending is just incredibly awkward here.

The film itself is brilliant and one of the best poliziotteschi ever made. Thank God for the German BD.

I took another look at the two versions (103 min BD vs. 93 min TV broadcast) and I realized the line "to the port" comes at 92 min in both. The 103 min version continues another 11 min after that line whereas the Studio Canal version cuts to the end credits.

I think I've seen it stated here or elsewhere that the Studio Canal print was missing 10 min, including 5 min from the climax, but it seems all of that missing 10 min actually comes from the end (if there's any footage missing before that, must be very brief). I thought I should point this out in case someone was as confused as I were.

[Levon]

Haven't seen Kill Them All and Comeback Alone, so definitely in for that. If the film isn't that great, It'll be worth it alone for the Alex Cox audio commentary.

[LeDroitDeTuer]

Yeah, the FilmArt version is the one to get until someone reissues it with English subtitles for the Italian audio (and maybe even upgraded print quality for the shootout portion / last reel if they find better elements). As far as English dubs go, this one is actually pretty solid to the point where I'm convinced that most of the main cast did speak English while filming.

[Hammerlover]

Hope they're going to release some British films, preferably from the 1960s. That's where it's at for me.

[drush9999]

Looks like pre-ordering the Vestron/Lionsgate release of Extreme Prejudice was the right choice extras wise.

[NKB2017]

Originally Posted by drush9999

Looks like pre-ordering the Vestron/Lionsgate release of Extreme Prejudice was the right choice extras wise.

Good to know.
Does the U.S. release miss out on anything (other than the art cards)?