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FITM-K t1_j46pfxu wrote

Goddamn the soundtrack of this movie never gets the credit it deserves in movie soundtrack conversations.

(For anyone who's unaware, this is from Gettysburg (1993). Great movie. It's long but absolutely worth your time if you've never seen it before. Just be sure you watch the theatrical version and not the extended cut, which is even longer and contains a bunch of deleted scenes that were deleted for very good reasons.)

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mymaineaccount46 t1_j46tm96 wrote

Extended cut or bust. If I'm sitting down for a three hour movie I'm going all the way.

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FITM-K t1_j46wejk wrote

I get the impulse, but in this case the cut scenes were mostly cut because they're fucking awful. The one that jumps to mind in particular is a scene with some kids (I assume the children of the producers) talking to Buford and the acting is just fucking terrible. The scene is also pretty pointless.

I've seen both versions, and it's not like LOTR or other films with extended cuts. The extended stuff adds nothing of value imo.

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jkuhl t1_j47xhl1 wrote

I had the pleasure of watching it shortly after visiting Gettysburg itself.

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