DVD Video - Re: Programming Flaw in Casablanca SE?

08-17-2003, 04:18 PM

"Totaljust" <> wrote in message
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> "Paul" wrote:
>I read a few reviews on the Web that refer to this extra as a
>"condensed" version of the TV show. "Warner Brothers Presents"
>was a one-hour show, so it would seem quite a lot was cut for the DVD.
>Plus, remember that "Who Holds Tomorrow?" was only episode 1 of
>the Casablanca rotating series as shown on WBP. Here's an episode
>guide that provides some more info: http://tinyurl.com/k79q
>
>Paul

<<Thanks for the info Paul. I have no problem with the episode being
"condensed," I have a problem with the fact that NO WHERE ON THE
PACKAGING does it allude to the fact that it was chopped. It opens with
the original show open, an ad for cigarettes and GE, and a Gig Young
promo promising to answer a trivia question about John Wayne...and
then....chop city. The edit is REALLY abrupt and it looks like an entire
reel of the story is missing. At first I thought it was supposed to be a
flashback.>>

<<I wonder if the cut has anything to do with the musical rights to "As
Time Goes By" since that is where the axe seems to have fallen first.>>

<<If there had been a blurb at the front saying "The following is an
excerpt" or some such I would have been satisified. I'm just amazed that
a high profile work like this has such a gaping flaw that a first year
film student intern would have caught in a microsecond.>>

I always set my player to show the time remaining and when "Who Holds
Tomorrow?" came on -- complete with a lavish ad for Chesterfield
Kings -- showing only 18 minutes of running time, it made me wonder what
was going on. A typical half-hour show from this period would run around
24 minutes, so if this was supposed to be a 1-hour show, most of it was
missing.

Anyway, I started to watch the show, but became totally bored with it
after about 10 minutes. It's easy to see why it failed on TV. At least
now I know that there is no reason to go back and finish watching it.
Warner should have mentioned that this featurette contained only a few
scenes.

Scot Gardner

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08-17-2003, 04:18 PM	#1
	Re: Programming Flaw in Casablanca SE? "Totaljust" <> wrote in message news:... > "Paul" wrote: >I read a few reviews on the Web that refer to this extra as a >"condensed" version of the TV show. "Warner Brothers Presents" >was a one-hour show, so it would seem quite a lot was cut for the DVD. >Plus, remember that "Who Holds Tomorrow?" was only episode 1 of >the Casablanca rotating series as shown on WBP. Here's an episode >guide that provides some more info: http://tinyurl.com/k79q > >Paul <<Thanks for the info Paul. I have no problem with the episode being "condensed," I have a problem with the fact that NO WHERE ON THE PACKAGING does it allude to the fact that it was chopped. It opens with the original show open, an ad for cigarettes and GE, and a Gig Young promo promising to answer a trivia question about John Wayne...and then....chop city. The edit is REALLY abrupt and it looks like an entire reel of the story is missing. At first I thought it was supposed to be a flashback.>> <<I wonder if the cut has anything to do with the musical rights to "As Time Goes By" since that is where the axe seems to have fallen first.>> <<If there had been a blurb at the front saying "The following is an excerpt" or some such I would have been satisified. I'm just amazed that a high profile work like this has such a gaping flaw that a first year film student intern would have caught in a microsecond.>> I always set my player to show the time remaining and when "Who Holds Tomorrow?" came on -- complete with a lavish ad for Chesterfield Kings -- showing only 18 minutes of running time, it made me wonder what was going on. A typical half-hour show from this period would run around 24 minutes, so if this was supposed to be a 1-hour show, most of it was missing. Anyway, I started to watch the show, but became totally bored with it after about 10 minutes. It's easy to see why it failed on TV. At least now I know that there is no reason to go back and finish watching it. Warner should have mentioned that this featurette contained only a few scenes. Scot Gardner