tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post855868859677964764..comments2024-03-28T21:34:40.656-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Lionsgate vs. History: Nicholas Meyer on the two versions of 'Houdini'John Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-88608711884100635492014-10-01T09:25:11.393-07:002014-10-01T09:25:11.393-07:00You've got that right. Good one.
-MeredithYou've got that right. Good one.<br /><br />-MeredithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-20634151971994315662014-09-30T17:53:53.863-07:002014-09-30T17:53:53.863-07:00Meredith--if this Houdini biopic were edited down ...Meredith--if this Houdini biopic were edited down to a more accurate representation of Houdini, we would be left with just 10 minutes of film footage.Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-4079280155796031692014-09-29T22:15:30.218-07:002014-09-29T22:15:30.218-07:00Amen to that. Even removing the V.O. altogether do...Amen to that. Even removing the V.O. altogether doesn't change the lamentable mess of a screenplay that it is, and adding scenes, even if they are 100% historically accurate, won't alter how far out of left-field his little elaborations are. I'd much prefer an edited version to an extended version, to be perfectly honest.<br /><br />-MeredithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-38996067560885619382014-09-29T19:15:42.588-07:002014-09-29T19:15:42.588-07:00No matter what he says to try to clean up his imag...No matter what he says to try to clean up his image, he wrote the silly stuff that Houdini was a spy, and opened safes to get state secrets, which was never in his fathers book. He got it elsewhere.<br /><br />He wrote things about Bess that were degrading.<br /><br />He wrote the lie that Houdini did the bullet catch in the mouth in Russia. Houdini Never did the bullet catch in the mouth Dick Brookz and Dorothy Dietrichhttp://houdini.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-21674818365242019772014-09-29T11:57:17.227-07:002014-09-29T11:57:17.227-07:00Comes out in the U.S. on DVD and Blu-ray October 7...Comes out in the U.S. on DVD and Blu-ray October 7. Pre-order link is at the end of the story above.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-81966272246420100472014-09-29T11:54:06.496-07:002014-09-29T11:54:06.496-07:00Well, how do we see the international cut ?Well, how do we see the international cut ?ringmasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744405313382337881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-67041039536034047542014-09-29T11:39:18.630-07:002014-09-29T11:39:18.630-07:00The History Channel made cuts to fit in more comme...The History Channel made cuts to fit in more commercials and a more restricted time slot. International markets don't have to deal as much with this.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-26023361084679109262014-09-29T11:33:58.367-07:002014-09-29T11:33:58.367-07:00no writer is ever happy with the final version...b...no writer is ever happy with the final version...but Meyer's got a point of, over-use of; booming voiceovers...this extra effect ruined it, for Houdini purists. On the other hand, if you're the History Channel network, you know, viewers are channel surfing, and just trying to grab their attention, it's a monumental task. I look forward to seeing final DVD, which I can imagine, is moreAdam Steinfeldhttp://www.magiclive.comnoreply@blogger.com