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Damn spoilers!

posted 13 years ago by TheManInOil
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I'd waited years to see this, having heard only that it is one of the great movies. I finally saw it on TCM (and I am glad they show stuff like this that I'd otherwise have no access to). But the host Robert Osbourne introduced it with a number of spoilers about the plot which I could have done without. After the movie though, he mentions "Remember the part where Angela Lansbury smokes in defiance of her mistress? They had to wait for her to turn 18 to shoot that." There was no such scene in the film I saw. So I guess they ran a different cut than he was familiar with, and he didn't know about that. So I feel like not only did TCM give spoilers, they also ran an incomplete film. :(

"I'll book you. I'll book you on something. I'll find something in the book to book you on."

[–] HeywoodJablomy 13 years ago

he mentions "Remember the part where Angela Lansbury smokes in defiance of her mistress? They had to wait for her to turn 18 to shoot that." There was no such scene in the film I saw. So I guess they ran a different cut than he was familiar with, and he didn't know about that. So I feel like not only did TCM give spoilers, they also ran an incomplete film.

I've seen this movie several times, and there's no scene with Angela Lansbury smoking. I love Robert Osborne, but I think he might have been having a senior moment...

[–] gribfritz2 13 years ago

I agree with the idiocy of TCM's pre-movie comments. I DVR my movies and ALWAYS fast forward past the intro, watch the film, continue watching to hear what they say AFTER the film, then go back to the beginning and see what they said BEFORE the film. I think TCM feels everyone has already seen these movies, even the ones they rarely show for some reason.

[–] Forlorn_Rage 9 years ago

I felt the exact same way about the way Eddie Muller introduced Kiss Me Deadly during this year's Summer of Darkness festival. He immediately revealed exactly what the "whatsit" that everyone, in the movie was after, was. Even though in the movie, it wasn't revealed until probably 3/4th into the movie.

Also, in some of the TCM promos, there are specific scenes discussed, ex: Lew Eyres talking about the ending to All Quiet on the Western Front, Ben Mankiewicz "subtly" saying, "Spoiler. It's his sled," concerning Citizen Kane, assuming either all TCM viewers had seen Citizen Kane or that "spoiler" without a beat was sufficient enough warning. 

Also, Mark Cousins goes over several spoilers, without any warning, in his Story of Film documentary. This included one of the best climaxes/endings of all time from Chinatown!

I hate it when people are so obnoxious as to do that. If it's not in the first 10-20 of the film (depending on the length), don't say it!