Posted by Dead_By_Dawn at 63.230.167.113 on February 11, 2002 at 16:02:28:
In Reply to: Dino posted by Woodycooks on February 11, 2002 at 16:00:54:
Thanks for clearing that up.
DbD
: Dino De Laurentiis's distribution company released it in foreign territories. Universal only handed distribution in the US. Sam brought the 96 min. cut to Universal and Universal wanted a few things changed. 1)Some gore had to be removed to prevent it from recieving an NC-17 rating. 2)Universal felt 96 minutes was too long so Universal, with the help of Sam, trimmed it down to 81 minutes. 3)Universal felt the ending was too much of a downer so they wanted a different more cheerful ending.