GoF DVD Extras

[Richard]

At 03:54 07/01/2006 , Lynda wrote:

>I noticed on Leaky that some British group named scenes that would be
>included in the DVD -- will the Brits get different DVDs than 
>us???  There  were a lot more and different scenes listed than I'd read 
>were to be included in  our
>DVD.  If they're going to have a different version, I want one  too!!!  argh.

"Some British Group"? The BBFC, you mean. The British Board of Film 
Classification is responsible, as the name indicates, for the 
"certification" of all film and video material which is shown in public 
cinemas or sold for home distribution. In all practical respects, they 
provide the equivalent of the US ratings for movies (although over here it 
extends to home formats, not just cinema distribution).

In the case of DVDs and videos, they need to view and certify all the 
extras which, by definition, were not included in the original cinema 
release. In fact, there have been instances when DVD/Video ratings for 
movies have differed from those in cinemas for all kinds of reasons.

Therefore, because the BBFC must get first viewing of anything that's going 
to go on public sale in the UK, extras mentioned on their web site are a 
detailed list of what's going in the box.

There is no reason whatsoever to assume that the list is complete at 
present (in fact, I'm surprised they've already published certification 
details for *any* extras, as they don't usually get them until about a 
month before DVD releases), and it's particularly strange to assume on this 
basis that the contents of the UK DVD will differ in any way from those in 
the USA or anywhere else.

Of course, there have been frequent examples where the extras on Region 1 
DVDs (North America) have differed from Region 2 (Europe & Japan) but this 
has always been because of the distributors rather than the censors (off 
the top of my head, I can think of a few examples where the BBFC have made 
cuts to films released on DVD in the UK, but this is extremely rare).

All the HP DVDs to date have been identical in all respects, and there is 
no reason to suspect that GoF will have different extras on Region 1 and 
Region 2.

I hope that makes sense.

--
Richard, who was horrified to read that there will be a "Full Screen" 
version available in the USA - this is SCANDALOUS and I urge ALL decent 
people to boycott any such idea. DO NOT BUY!