Randy A Salas
Screenwriter
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Every once in a while, one of my readers or someone on an Internet forum has asked when The Pirate Movie will come out on DVD. Notoriously reviled by critics, it nonetheless (apparently) has a cultish following.
So I asked director Ken Annakin about it during an interview about one of his other DVDs. He said he hadn't heard of any effort to release an R1 DVD, but he added:
"If they did anything with it [on DVD], I would love to make a few cuts in that. You know, that [movie] is complete proof that a director shouldn't also be completely in charge of a picture. I look at it now, and I think I did some marvelous things in that picture, but some of those scenes just go on too long. I'd love to do a little bit of editing in that picture. I hope if they put it out [on DVD], they will allow me to do that."
(Please credit the Star Tribune if reposting.)
So I asked director Ken Annakin about it during an interview about one of his other DVDs. He said he hadn't heard of any effort to release an R1 DVD, but he added:
"If they did anything with it [on DVD], I would love to make a few cuts in that. You know, that [movie] is complete proof that a director shouldn't also be completely in charge of a picture. I look at it now, and I think I did some marvelous things in that picture, but some of those scenes just go on too long. I'd love to do a little bit of editing in that picture. I hope if they put it out [on DVD], they will allow me to do that."
(Please credit the Star Tribune if reposting.)