HBP cut scene(s)

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
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> md responded:
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> That's the theatrical version, there's no "short" version.
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> Carol responds:
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> Are you sure? I could have sworn that Slughorn's luncheon, complete with Marcus Belby choking on his partridge, was shown in the theater. It was definitely missing from the DVD.
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> Carol
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Steve responds:

The problem is, in the movie, the scene doesn't open until they are done with dinner and having desert; they are eating ice cream. Pretty hard to choke on ice cream. 

I suspect the vivid images of the books in your mind, have clouded you view of the movie. 

The scene opens with everyone eating ice cream. Slughorn speakers with Cormac, then turns his attention to Belby, who is wolfing down ice cream like their is no tomorrow. Slughorn turns his attention away from Belby as Jenny walks in late. Being the only gentleman in the room, Harry stands as Ginny enters. Then, somewhere in the mix, Slughorn turns his attention to Hermione to says her parents are Dentists, and how a child bit Mr. Granger. 

That's pretty much the scene as I remember it in both the movie and on the video, though I confess it has been a while since I saw the movie in the theater. 

Anything you remember that does not involve them eating desert, probably comes from the book.

Also, it was during Sluggie's luncheon on the train where Belby chokes on some pheasant.

Steve/bboyminn