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Has anyone seen this version? I'd love a brief review.
I enjoyed the film but there was something missing for me, something missing that keeps it out of "excellent" territory.
Is the extended treatment akin to that of Kingdom of Heaven, albeit with only an extra 18 minutes?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: American Gangster Extended Edition
No, the longer cut doesn't improve the flick ala KOH. There's an extended ending that stands out as different but the rest of it was tough for me to notice as extra footage. I saw the film theatrically and couldn't tell what was new most of the time.
IMO, both cuts of the film are about the same in terms of quality/impact, though I like the theatrical version's ending better...
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Re: American Gangster Extended Edition
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Originally Posted by Colin Jacobson
No, the longer cut doesn't improve the flick ala KOH. There's an extended ending that stands out as different but the rest of it was tough for me to notice as extra footage. I saw the film theatrically and couldn't tell what was new most of the time.
IMO, both cuts of the film are about the same in terms of quality/impact, though I like the theatrical version's ending better...
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Thanks, Colin.
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Re: American Gangster Extended Edition
Exactly, the extended cut is just an extended cut, not a director's cut like KOH. Both cuts are on both DVDs. DVDTalk says the extended scenes, aside from being extraneous, are not color-corrected to the standards of the rest of the movie. DVDBeaver however, much more reliable on such matters, makes no such statement regarding image quality. Either way I'll be picking this up- the Making of is supposedly fantastic to boot. Very underrated picture- it's subtly different in ways that end up making it very different from other similar films. Ridley's so good that when he turns in another great movie, people shrug their shoulders. If you like Ridley, and are interested in the subject matter, you'll dig it.
Regards,
Nathan
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Re: American Gangster Extended Edition
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Other than to release the film he originally made, there was another reason for releasing an unrated, extended cut of American Gangster right off the bat: Before the film even hit theaters, it had already hit the Web.
“Of course, I went mad and called Universal,” Scott said of the pirated copies. “They were in shock. We had already been pirated everywhere.
“…The pirated copies were good — good enough. …The extended version is probably better for DVD … and therefore it gives it a nice way of gaining advantage over all those thieves.”
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Re: American Gangster Extended Edition
Thanks everyone for answering. I'll pick it up later when the price goes down.
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Re: American Gangster Extended Edition
I prefer the theatrical version...
