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| Lurking Huron6943 |
Posted - November 19 2003 : 5:29:27 PM
Hi, Does anyone know where I can find the edited version shown on ABC several years ago? The original version is much too violent to show to junior high school students. The TV version was much better for this.
I already contacted ABC, but they say that they do not sell videos of movies they show. They also have no idea if they will show it again in the future.
Thanks! Charlie |
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| chasjehuff |
Posted - September 02 2005 : 4:56:26 PM
Hello Again,
The points brought up were ones that I used when showing the original video version with parent permission slips. However, I had a couple of parents who complained and even compared me to the devil for showing this. They had read a column some far right Christian advocate had written (without seeing the actual movie) about the violence and naked savages with bare buttocks being portrayed. It didn't matter whether the information was accurate or not. When I sent an email to the guy, he admitted that he had not actually watched the movie, because he was against it. He said that he had heard someone say those things who had watched it. Naturally, that information was one of the things the parents used to complain.
I had a friend who had taped the ABC version, but it had commericails in it and for some reason the ending got cut off. I tried to videotape the FOX version after someone alerted me that it was on, but for whatever reason my VCR did not capture either showing. It's too bad that some company doesn't make an edited version for libraries and schools like PEPSI did of "Glory."
Charlie |
| Wilderness Woman |
Posted - April 07 2004 : 7:23:24 PM
Boris Karloff?!?! This I find hard to imagine! What part did he play, I wonder? Surely not Hawkeye! I'm gonna have to go do some research on that.
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Back from doing research. This is most interesting! The film has been released on DVD, as Vincent mentioned, and I found this customer review on Amazon:
"Last of the Mohicans is a very fine silent adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's Classic novel. The film distils a long novel into its fairly short running time, but remains faithful to the essence of Cooper's story. The main change is that the role of Hawkeye is relegated to one of secondary importance. The emphasis of the film is on the romance between Uncas and Cora Munro and the scheming of the evil Magua to have Cora for himself.
"The performances in the film are naturalistic and full of feeling. Wallace Beery as Magua makes a fine villain, while Barbara Bedford is a stunning Cora, brave, beautiful and feisty. But what makes this film work so well is the use of location, the glorious scenery and the thrilling action. Some of this action is surprisingly violent, especially an attack by drunken Hurons on a group of refugees. This attack includes a shocking scene of an infant torn from her mother's arms and thrown skyward to its death. Although the Hurons are shown in a poor light, the film on the whole, as is the case with Cooper's novel, is sympathetic towards the Native American characters. Uncas is portrayed as a far superior man to Cora's original British suitor. Her being attracted to Uncas is shown to be natural and indeed commonplace. This must have seemed a daring approach for a film made in 1920, a time when interracial romance was considered taboo.
"This is a very well produced DVD. The print quality is first class with almost no apparent damage. The colour-tinted images are sharp and clear and some of the scenes are dazzling in their beauty. The film is accompanied by a score which fits in well with the action and adds to the mood of the whole viewing experience."
So, my question is answered. Boris had a small bit part. This is quite a different take on the story, from the 1936 and 1992 versions. I thought this reviewer made some valid points, about the "daring" romantic theme for the early 20th century, as well as the violence. Of course, this was before the infamous movie censorship Hays Code was adopted (1934), so things were a lot looser than they were through the 40s, 50s, and 60s.
I would love to see this version. Most interesting, indeed. Thanks, Vincent, for mentioning it! |
| vincent |
Posted - April 07 2004 : 5:41:56 PM
FYI, Netflix has 3 versions:
(1) The Last of the Mohicans "R" 1992
(2) The Last of the Mohicans "UR" 1920 - Silent Boris Karloff version
(3) The Last of the Mohicans (Animated) NR 1999
Hope this helps...
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| Mylene |
Posted - March 23 2004 : 06:45:40 AM
The first time I saw the movie was in junior high. We had to get a parent signature to say it was okay to watch, and she FF'd most of the movie (so of course, me and my two best friends at the time went out and rented it). I didnt even know there was an ABC special (and no, that wasn't the version she showed us) |
| Fitz Williams |
Posted - November 23 2003 : 11:11:47 AM
If you take the violence out of war, it becomes entirely too acceptable to the viewers. Show it in as bad a light as possible! |
| daire |
Posted - November 22 2003 : 8:48:26 PM
I think they can handle it. There's stuff on tv and in videogames with more violence. |
| Theresa |
Posted - November 20 2003 : 07:24:38 AM
Sorry,Charlie. Fox will sometimes run the movie but it includes a lot of the violence, too. I would venture a guess here, but perhaps her junior high students have seen violence in movies, maybe even worse than what's portrayed in this movie...afterall, war is like that. |
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