The current DVD release ending naration repeats the RI company info. The original naration repeated the "how Americans spend 1.5 years of their life watching commercials...". Wonder why that was changed ;- )
Who cares? Reston's speech still contains the line about Americans spending 1.5 years watching commercials. It's not like they cut the line out. Maybe Crichton didn't want it repeated. He didn't mention it in his commentary.
shareWow, you know the movie better than Crichton! Which original version were you thinking of -- the VHS version or the HBO version?
...I ask this almost a year later. Ahem.