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AMC cut out an early scene

posted 11 years ago by tbirdman-1
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I was watching Legends of the Fall this morning and the movie started
at 9 am. After the opening scenes with Gordon Totoosis I noticed
that an early scene depicting Colonel Ludlow in uniform had been cut.
In the scene the colonel watched as a large group of Native Americans
left an area on the open plains on horseback. And the colonel being
so frustrated and fed up with all of the fighting against the Indians
removed his saber from the sheath and stuck it into the ground. This
scene although brief helps to show the colonel's dissatisfaction with
how the military and federal government had mistreated the Indians.
So perhaps AMC decided to cut the brief scene for time constraints
though the scene lasts for less than five minutes! I really do not
understand the logic for cutting out the scene.

Lorenzo Sunny Arizona

Call me a sailor or a swabby just don't call me a squid!

[–] jeffer23 11 years ago

I hate when they do that. At least you got to see the issue as the film was starting in case you decided to not watch an altered version of the movie.

[–] grumpyoldguy1 10 years ago

And this is the channel with the long-running ad campaign that boasts "We Love Movies!" We always knew it was BS, but items like this just underline the hypocrisy.

[–] brockmeeks 10 years ago

This is why I wished TCM ran movies post 1980 more often.

Always uncut and commercial free.

I don't care for AMC much. It's disappointing when they are the ones running an old movie I like.

[–] BulmaPunkRocker 10 years ago

In my country, before movies started, there's a "warning" stating that the movie has been modified in order that it content would be suitable for all audiences, or something like that.
In that moment, I choose not to watch the movie.
Here in my country, TMC broadcast 90s films too, like this one. But not so many oldies, just the most famous.

Please excuse my terrible redaction, english is not my native language.

[–] olliemankz 10 years ago

Netflix left it in. I didn't quite get it. I'm glad you explained it for me.

[–] Zuider_Zee 9 years ago

AMC has no respect at all toward the art of the film. The do respect the dollar but not the art of film making.

[–] sha-46 9 years ago

I agree. Anytime, my SAT providers lineup will be showing a favorite movie of mine on a station that is not commercial free, I do not watch it. I will pull out my own personal copy and ENJOY.

😀

[–] cpoet 9 years ago

I pay some significant money to my cable company so I can have Independent Film Channel and Sundance. It's outrageous that Sundance also has the "edited for time and content" policy. Wasn't the whole point of Redford starting the Sundance Institute/brand to support the filmmaker's vision against beancounter interference?

(In the Twilight Zone marathon on SyFy over New Year's, they bragged about "every episode, from the beginning" and then chopped out six or seven minutes from each show so they could cram in extra commercials!)

TCM and IFC should get a lot of credit for not cutting scenes.

Rant: over.