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The Hunting Party, coming to DVD May 17th,

posted 20 years ago by IndLightBulbFilm
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Read the bold print.

Look for MGM's 4-disc Steve McQueen Collection gift set on 5/17 (SRP $49.96), featuring The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven: Special Edition, Junior Bonner and The Thomas Crown Affair. MGM has number of classic westerns due on 5/17 as well, including Hour of the Gun, Escort West, The Hunting Party, Invitation to a Gunfighter, More Dead Than Alive, Sam Whisky and Scalphunters (SRP $14.95 each). Also announced for 5/17 by MGM are a pair of Bob Hope films, The Princess and the Pirate and I'll Take Sweden, and a pair of Abbot and Costello films, The Noose Hangs High and Dance with Me, Henry (SRP $14.95 each).

[–] istraume 20 years ago

This is going to be awesome! Hunting Party is one of the best! I Love it!

[–] jerzy1 20 years ago

I'm curious whether this will be the unrated and uncut version of the film, with all the missing footage restored. Any info pertaining to this? Is this going to be an Unrated or R-rated classification?

[–] davinderswali 19 years ago

Well heres to all the none believers in the world. The Hunting Party was released to an unsuspecting audience with an X certificate, in 1971, in Britain. It was subject to censorship cuts as is it today. I have the supposed uncut version from holland. Any queries please e-mail me. Even when this film was released on home video it was cut. Oh yes and by the way its also one of Oliver reeds key works of the 1970's along with Revolver. Enjoy. If you can get it. Can anyone shed light on the region 1 dvd? Is it also cut?

[–] jerzy1 19 years ago

The US version on Region 1 is uncut, even though it is rated R. There is no "unrated version".

The scene at the beginning where Calder's men slit the throat of the cow, Brandt's scene with the Chinese prostitute and the candle, and Reed's horsefall in the movie are all intact in the US DVD version.

The UK Sky screening of the film many months ago had these scenes removed.

[–] tamimauer 19 years ago

Where (what site) can you buy this dvd? It still does not show that it is available for puchase on IMBD site?

[–] Schooley 19 years ago

I bought the movie today at my local Kroger's...a chain of supermarkets in my area. I paid $9.99 for it. It's listed as being rated "R" so I guess it's not the unrated version that someone alluded to. The running time is listed at 1 hour and 51 minutes. There doesn't seem to be anything in the area of DVD extras...