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2002-04-22

There are more versions of the Wicker Man that there are Star Trek-spin offs and it makes my head hurt. There are the usual 84 minute version, the one that has received the most circulation. This is the butchered version made by the studio without ant regard to theose involved. Then there are one which runs 95 minutes and on that runs 99. The 99 one is a new Directors Cut made from whatever they could save and is the one (together with the 84 theatrical release) which is present in the special edition DVD.

However. There is another version out there that runs for about 102 minutes, the original cut, but that hasn’t been available anyware since -91. Probably, the negative has been destroyed and this is a lost cause nowadays. The BBC-version (92 minutes) doesn’t exist any longer, but it is suspected that it is the same as the 95 minute American release.

It is confusing up to the point that I no longer knows which version I own. Oh well, it is good movie nevertheless. Nice extras too.

Update: the 102 and 99 minute versions are according to those involved making the picture the same. Go figure. I can now relax and go back to study the English language and its origins.