 'From Russia With Love' mystery, A look at the cuts and censorship of the gondola scene |
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Sub-Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 24 July 2002 From: Los Feliz  |
2 August 2006 - 22:59
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Now on the CBn main page...
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Commander RNR Group: Veterans Reserve Enlisted: 7 March 2003 From: Bronx,NY |
3 August 2006 - 00:56
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Wow! I had always wondered about that cut in the Venice gondola scene, but did not know about all that other missing dialogue & footage from the film. Nice find, Solex.
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
3 August 2006 - 01:14
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Very cool find, Solex!
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
3 August 2006 - 01:53
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Now on the CBn main page...
~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 13 January 2002 From: London, Ontario |
3 August 2006 - 02:59
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And then a year later they have a character named Pussy Galore. Go figure, stupid censors. Interesting read!!
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Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 15 November 2005 |
3 August 2006 - 03:14
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but remember that the producers were concerned enough about Pussy to consider changing her name to Kitty.
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 10 November 2002 From: Montreal, Canada |
3 August 2006 - 03:52
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wow.... such a shame!
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 16 September 2005 |
3 August 2006 - 04:14
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I've always been surprised at the amount of overt sexual content in FRWL, considering the cuts that were made it's pretty amazing what made it past the censors. Still, love to see it with all the bits and bobs...shame to not have the "What a performance!" line in either scene.
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 30 December 2005 From: Under the sea |
3 August 2006 - 04:43
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If anyone could produce from his collection the Region 2 french Warner home video rental VHS of FRWL from the eighties, (pan & scan); I'm sure you will find many of these supposed cuts uncut there. Would be interesting to check out.
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 23 August 2001 From: England |
3 August 2006 - 08:59
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One little factual error in the penultimate point - it was, of course, Tania who shot Rosa.
But othewise, very interesting indeed. ________________________________________________
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Commander CMG Group: Veterans Enlisted: 3 May 2004 |
3 August 2006 - 10:57
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Wow. That's actually quite a lot of stuff they cut. It would have made for a significantly sweatier, sexier, more violent film, and it already was all of those. I can just see Connery saying 'Two hours should straighten this out': that is pretty dark stuff. The 'What a performance!' line would have been brilliant on both occasions, and would probably be two of the more famous moments in the series. The fact that the best fight scene in the series' history is shortened from Young's original cut is a little shocking. The gypsy scene too. I'd love to see the original cut, but I guess we never will. This deserves more attention, I think.
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Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 10 September 2002 From: New York area |
3 August 2006 - 13:29
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This is the kind of nit-picking that makes being a fan really worthwhile! Absolutely fascinating.
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 19 June 2006 From: Portugal |
3 August 2006 - 13:52
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QUOTE(Kara Milovy @ 3 August 2006 - 14:29)  This is the kind of nit-picking that makes being a fan really worthwhile! Absolutely fascinating. That's exactly what I was thinking after reading this. 
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 20 July 2002 From: Washington D.C.. USA |
3 August 2006 - 15:20
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I always wondered what the missing line of dialogue was on the gondola. Now we know.
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