What a presumptuous post this is. Horrifying really. Mr. Hunt directed the stage version of 1776 and he directed the film version. Not you, not Joe C. - if an overture was never intended for this film, if no intermission was ever intended (the stage show had none and the show does not work with one inserted and I've seen many productions - the ones that insert the intermission have NEVER worked because it interrupts the show of its forward momentum at exactly the time it can't - people who add the intermission do so for venal reasons - to sell their little drinks and trinkets) who exactly do you think you ARE demanding these things? Oh, I forgot that we live in the land of entitlement. Mr. Hunt seems very willing to have his preferred cut and another which puts back a lot of stuff for the "fans". That seems most reasonable. But if he says no overture (there was NEVER EVER an overture for this film) and no intermission - that's it. The End. Mr. Hunt is as much responsible for 1776 being the surprising hit it was as are the authors. As Moe says, and as Mr. Hunt's brother Gordon has confirmed to me, this was a very unworkable piece before Mr. Hunt's involvement and he shaped it and worked with the authors to get it to the place where it was a success. If I were Mr. Hunt and saw your post I would simply say, "Screw it - do my cut and forget the rest because there will never be any pleasing these people. Since Mr. Hunt was there at the beginning, I think we should all allow him to present his film as he sees fit - the fact that he's willing - WILLING - to allow some other version is very nice of him and everyone should be saying "Thank you, Mr. Hunt" rather than making with these kinds of completely off-putting posts.Jack P said:
No, there is a difference here, Jack. As you stated, I expressed my bewilderment. My personal bewilderment. At no time did I say that "the home theater viewer" or "Hunt" (or any of the other creators of the piece) shared my bewilderment or had to share my bewilderment. I spoke only for myself.Jack P said:
No John, there is no difference. You presumed *your* standard to be the one for "ANY" fan of the musical regarding the presence of the Overture/Intermission and how one felt about it Your words were "I don't see how any fan of the show and/or the film could want an Overture and Intermission". That is a presumption of arrogance of the highest order that those who like it are not somehow true, legitimate fans of the musical and were you a practitioner of what you preached, you would not have so framed it in the terms you did. Spare me your hypocrisy, it doesn't become you.JohnMor said:
That's right: I don't see how any fan... MY opinion. No one else's. I didn't say "No fan of the show would ever like..." Again, and for the last time, there is a difference. As far as the name calling, it's just sad.Jack P said:
The First Amendment. Maybe you should try a career in comedy. How many times do you have to make the same post - how many words to you have to expend saying the same thing over and over again? Say it once and move along. Here is what your right is as a paying member of the public - pay or don't pay. You've said your piece here and elsewhere hundreds of times. To even bring up the First Amendment is so perverse it defies belief. And to be specific, I find your sense of entitlement horrifying. Under the First Amendment, I believe I have the "right" to find your sense of entitlement and your hundreds of posts on this subject off-putting, and therefore, under the First Amendment, I am so stating.Jack P said:
Uh, actually you don't--In fact, it's most of the "entitled" folk who use "First Amendment" when people tell them they can't get what they want, who would be the most "horrified". (And heehee, I love to see their faces when they are....Jack P said:
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(Hey, what a coincidence! That's exactly what my cat says, when I tell him to get off the bed!Jack P said:
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Of course "yawn." What else can you say?Jack P said:
Completely agree Robert. There are those of us who want the LD version released (kitchen sink, so to speak), and other's who are not as passionate about it. No need to have name calling.Robert Crawford said:
