Posted: 4:46 AM - Mar 04, 2003
BuMz187
Have you guys heard about this movie? Saw it in Malaysia.. it is GOOD. Really good in fact.
Official Site
When is this released in the US?MRk MRK n FnK Mz
Posted: 5:08 AM - Mar 04, 2003
Jim
Can you say.....never?
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MiramAxe has already cut it to shreds, and the only chance it'll even see the light of day over here is if it wins the Oscar it was nominated for.
Here's the short version: MiramAxe made a deal with the makers of Hero, and one of the parts of the deal said that they would lose distribution rights to the film if they didn't heavily promote it for the Oscar. They didn't, and instead focused their attention on the Brazilian film "City Of God", which was the early favorite to win in the first place. For some strange reason, City Of God was never even nominated, and instead, Hero surprised pretty much everyone by getting it instead. Of course, MiramAxe still retains the distribution rights.
MiramAxe then had the film cut down from 116 (?) minutes to 98, effectively eliminating 18 minutes of "little" stuff like plot and dialogue. Not surprisingly, just about every negative review I've seen of the movie has been of the 98-minute cut.
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So...I really want to see it, and if the new SE DVD that's coming soon is region free (as its supposed to have English subtitles), then I'm going to just pick that up (assuming they don't try to block the sales of it AGAIN), since I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for a proper R1 release. As far as a theatrical release goes, I can only see a LIMITED release of the edited version if it WINS the Oscar.
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Posted: 5:58 AM - Mar 04, 2003
doraemi
i have...........gonna borrow it off someone soon...
just to let you know......the twisted the chinese history a bit...so.....its what happened isn't really true in the chinese history....some is..some not
....Bakamitai....
- doraemi
Posted: 5:58 AM - Mar 04, 2003
BuMz187
I have the original release on vcd. The version that was released in Asia in December.. With english subtitles mind you! hehe..
You really HAVE to see this movie. So maybe I can arrange something via snail mail.MRk MRK n FnK Mz
Posted: 7:41 AM - Mar 04, 2003
Jim
The VCDs shouldn't be a problem finding, but I'm going to hold off for a bit until I try and track down that new DVD when it comes out.
Personally, I'd rather see a film print, but that doesn't seem like a viable option here.
Posted: 4:16 AM - Mar 05, 2003
Gestahr
Bounce KOGals, you fuckers. :inot allowed
