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1988 Theatrical Release / Outcut land before time scenes
« on: December 30, 2014, 06:06:32 AM »
I have been trying to investigate where the Finnish TV channel MTV3 got the "uncut version" of the movie. I didn't have that much luck but this is what I found out so far:
I followed Pikkutassu's lead and contacted the National Audiovisual Institute in Finland. They have the film prints of all the movies that are shown in Finnish theaters (foreign and national). They also have detailed information when certain movies are shown on TV.
They had listed in their library that TLBT was shown in 25.12.1995 and 31.01.1998 on MTV3. Those are the dates when people have said that the channel showed the uncut version. My first question was, are those dates about the movie only or the FILM COPY that they have in their archive.
I asked about this on e-mail and they said that those dates apply to all screenings on TV, not only their copy. They also mentioned that it is almost certain that MTV3 got their copy somewhere else than from National Audiovisual Institute's archive in the 90's. Usually TV channels get their copies from production companies, which makes sense. But it just raises.. more questions.
There's also a small conflict with the uncut film being shown in 25.12.1995 on MTV3. The running time for the movie was 66 min according to Katso-magazine. They had booked 70 min for the movie (this includes commercials etc.), so even if it had been the uncut version, it wouldn't have fitted into the booked timeslot.
Even though it doesn't seem that likely that the institute have the uncut version in their possession, I'm still planning to go to see the film copy in their archives. Unfortunately, you have to book one week earlier because they have to take the film copy out of the cold-storage. It also costs a little bit but I think it is worth se see, just in case.
So for the Finnish fans, I recommend to keep contacting MTV3. Or at least ask where they got their copy of the movie in the 90's.
One more thing, could Finnish fans also tell me was the uncut version on MTV3 Finnish dubbed? Or in English?
I followed Pikkutassu's lead and contacted the National Audiovisual Institute in Finland. They have the film prints of all the movies that are shown in Finnish theaters (foreign and national). They also have detailed information when certain movies are shown on TV.
They had listed in their library that TLBT was shown in 25.12.1995 and 31.01.1998 on MTV3. Those are the dates when people have said that the channel showed the uncut version. My first question was, are those dates about the movie only or the FILM COPY that they have in their archive.
I asked about this on e-mail and they said that those dates apply to all screenings on TV, not only their copy. They also mentioned that it is almost certain that MTV3 got their copy somewhere else than from National Audiovisual Institute's archive in the 90's. Usually TV channels get their copies from production companies, which makes sense. But it just raises.. more questions.
There's also a small conflict with the uncut film being shown in 25.12.1995 on MTV3. The running time for the movie was 66 min according to Katso-magazine. They had booked 70 min for the movie (this includes commercials etc.), so even if it had been the uncut version, it wouldn't have fitted into the booked timeslot.
Even though it doesn't seem that likely that the institute have the uncut version in their possession, I'm still planning to go to see the film copy in their archives. Unfortunately, you have to book one week earlier because they have to take the film copy out of the cold-storage. It also costs a little bit but I think it is worth se see, just in case.
So for the Finnish fans, I recommend to keep contacting MTV3. Or at least ask where they got their copy of the movie in the 90's.
One more thing, could Finnish fans also tell me was the uncut version on MTV3 Finnish dubbed? Or in English?