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musicradio77 · 07-17-2005, 11:14 PM

I was watching the movie "Godzilla" on NBC last night and it was great. I looked up on IMDb that the runtime of the movie was 140 minutes. That was in the theatrical version. The NBC version was edited down to about 90 minutes instead of 140, removing several scenes from the broadcast version that it was not even seen theatrically or on DVD. I saw it at the beginning of the broadcast version that the disclaimer says that "this movie was edited for content and it should be run in the time allotted." A lot of local stations except network stations that run broadcast movies that really went down the drain. I have copies of movies that were aired on broadcast TV since it was shown theatrically before. I don't watch broadcast movies that much. All I should do, get the DVD or watch it on cable like HBO or Encore or Showtime or whatever channels that you are watching. Stay away from broadcast movies.

webuster · 07-18-2005, 05:52 AM

Films are very rarely edited for TV in the UK- it seems alot more is allowed to be shown than in America. The only film I remember being edited was Problem Child- the part where Big Ben dropped his trousers- I think they just showed him giving his son the finger instead.

It's weird how they used to film extra scenes for television, especially in the 80's- getting a movie on tV must have been much rarer then. Halloween has aobut 10 minutes of footage shot especially for the TV version.

07-17-2005, 11:14 PM	#1
musicradio77 Disney Expert Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 14, 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY USA Posts: 6,475	Broadcast Movies I was watching the movie "Godzilla" on NBC last night and it was great. I looked up on IMDb that the runtime of the movie was 140 minutes. That was in the theatrical version. The NBC version was edited down to about 90 minutes instead of 140, removing several scenes from the broadcast version that it was not even seen theatrically or on DVD. I saw it at the beginning of the broadcast version that the disclaimer says that "this movie was edited for content and it should be run in the time allotted." A lot of local stations except network stations that run broadcast movies that really went down the drain. I have copies of movies that were aired on broadcast TV since it was shown theatrically before. I don't watch broadcast movies that much. All I should do, get the DVD or watch it on cable like HBO or Encore or Showtime or whatever channels that you are watching. Stay away from broadcast movies.
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07-18-2005, 05:52 AM	#2
webuster Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 26, 2002 Posts: 2,150	Films are very rarely edited for TV in the UK- it seems alot more is allowed to be shown than in America. The only film I remember being edited was Problem Child- the part where Big Ben dropped his trousers- I think they just showed him giving his son the finger instead. It's weird how they used to film extra scenes for television, especially in the 80's- getting a movie on tV must have been much rarer then. Halloween has aobut 10 minutes of footage shot especially for the TV version.