Deleted scenes:Canadian TV version
Any truth to the rumours that a Canadian TV version was broadcast in the 1980`s with all the missing footage?The trivia states the scenes were lost during a purge at MGM.
shareThe deleted scenes as they were struck, and processed, were given away or put away somewhere. I don't know if the elements to the scenes themselves were actually destroyed. Truth is there is a lot of material that is traded or stocked away or kept somewhere. We may never see it but it's there.
This picture was quite grand in it's heyday and still stands as a great MGM motion picture. Unfortunately, the millennials who do not appreciate a great Science Fiction film that applies philosophy and social anxiety to it's base of narration have made it all but impossible for any studio to endeavor the task of processing new footage of the negatives, the scenes, a new print (which is sorely needed), et al.
I can't speak accurately on the matter, but it is my opinion that the original 132 minute print of the film (which was shows in San Diego as a sneak Preview in May of 1976) possibly and probably is sitting in a vault somewhere. And it would have had to have been from an interpositive or answer print - which would mean the color would still be nice if stored properly and accordingly. We can hold out hope - it's just a matter of somebody putting forth the money to make all of this happen.
Studios are really cheap now. The millennials have seized the audience population and now govern the decisions on whether a film like "Logan's Run" or some such will get the accolades of home video release as with Blu Rays, special features, and further, out in NY or LA, where there are repertory screenings of such cinema, where new 35mm or 70mm prints would be very welcome and lauded. Alas, they treat these films with nonchalance and create DCPs of existing DVD/Blu Ray transfers which don't attribute to any great viewing experience such as the film versions would have.
To answer the question - I too have heard that there was a Canadian TV version - and if this was the case, someone needs to research and find out which station broadcast the TV cut, and find out where the 16mm Broadcast print went. That's a start.
I think there are some online sites that have SOME of the footage not seen on disc or in the deleted scenes. As interesting as it's existance is, I didn't think those parts helped the story at all.
shareYou didn't think...?
Were you one of the lucky, the few, who were in attendance that fateful day in 1976 in San Diego...?
I mean, things are cut from movies usually because they don't move the story. None of the stuff I watched were deal breakers in any way.... I'm happy with the final theatrical cut.
I was not in SD 1976, but there have been things released on the web
here's one of them
http://nemsworld.com/logan/video/video.htm
probably some more out there http://www.oocities.org/area51/Dimension/5357/lost.htm
I think there were two OTHER runner sequences filmed for the front of the movie, but the final one they went with explained the characters enough that extra runners getting gunned down didn't aid the story.
As a fan, I love seeing cut scenes from movies, but TO ME, rarely are those scenes needed to make the film better. But that is probably because I learned to love the original film first. :)