The Program(1993) original version found on Laserdisc!

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The Program(1993) original version found on Laserdisc! Mar 8, 2022 16:17:51 GMT

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Post by darkrage6 on Mar 8, 2022 16:17:51 GMT

So i'm sure some of you have heard about the how the Disney football movie "The Program" had one sequence that got cut from the film of football players laying down in traffic to prove their manhood after it resulted in at least two people getting killed and several getting injured. Supposedly that scene got cut from the film before it even left theaters and it was removed from all home releases, or was it? While doing some research for other Laserdisc releases, I found out that apparently the Laserdisc version of this film somehow managed to escape unscathed and has that infamous scene fully intact, so if anyone on here knows how to rip a Laserdisc have at it! Fortunately it's very cheap to buy on Ebay.

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atomicpupper Lost Media Beginner Posts: 27	The Program(1993) original version found on Laserdisc! Mar 11, 2022 9:42:39 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by atomicpupper on Mar 11, 2022 9:42:39 GMT Wikipedia also says that the Australian DVD release has this scene intact, but I can't confirm if that's true or not.

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The Program(1993) original version found on Laserdisc! Mar 11, 2022 17:01:42 GMT atomicpupper likes this

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Post by darkrage6 on Mar 11, 2022 17:01:42 GMT

Mar 11, 2022 9:42:39 GMT atomicpupper said:

Wikipedia also says that the Australian DVD release has this scene intact, but I can't confirm if that's true or not.

Double-checked and it looks like it's only the Hong Kong Laserdisc that's unedited, the U.S. Laserdisc is edited, so looks like this one will be a bit tougher to find then expected.

Found the scene on Youtube, it's a rip from the HK Laserdisc though the audio is from a bootleg theater recording so quality isn't the best.

Hopefully that claim about the Australian DVD is true so we can have this scene in better quality:deleted scene

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Post by videoranger007 on Mar 12, 2022 20:59:23 GMT

Well, in my experience of collecting rare films and tv on physical media- if the Hong Kong laser disc is uncut, there's potentially an uncut Australian DVD...... I'd say it's a safe bet that most Southeast Asian countries if not Asia as a whole received the film uncut. I'd definitely look into a potential Japanese release as 98% of the time Japan will NOT release a film unless its the complete version.

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Mar 12, 2022 20:59:23 GMT videoranger007 said:

Well, in my experience of collecting rare films and tv on physical media- if the Hong Kong laser disc is uncut, there's potentially an uncut Australian DVD...... I'd say it's a safe bet that most Southeast Asian countries if not Asia as a whole received the film uncut. I'd definitely look into a potential Japanese release as 98% of the time Japan will NOT release a film unless its the complete version.

Ok I checked Ebay Australia and the back of the region 4 DVD says 110 minutes while the Hong Kong Laserdisc says 115 minutes, so looks like the AU DVD is edited too, though the running time could be wrong.

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