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Bad Lieutenant 1992 Uncut Audio
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Hey there,



I have just joined up with the Forum. I would have done it a long time ago, if I had known that it existed before now. Smile

I was previously involved with the creation of a "sound redux" fan edit of Bill Forsyth's "Being Human", which was literally ruined by Warner Brothers. The film was slashed down from about 2.5 hours into an allegedly more "commercial" length of 2 hours, with a goofy narration track by Theresa Russell added to 'clarify' the overall theme and storyline of the film, which the studio believed would confuse audiences. It turned what had been a gentle lost masterpiece (one of Robin Williams' alltime best films) into an infamously unwatchable flop. 



Bill Forsyth was so crushed about the treatment of his film that he literally quit making films, with the exception of the unfortunate "Gregory's Two Girls" in 1999, which was a great idea for a sequel that was brought down by terrible casting (almost none of the original teens returned as adults, which was essential to making the idea work) and a goofy script about Gregory now being the teacher, and fantasizing (in a borderline creepy fashion, given his advanced age) about many of the young girls in his class (at least one of whom blatantly offers him the key to her jailbait, which he reluctantly declines).



The creator of the "Being Human" sound redux fan edit is Stephen Dorian Kutos. I sent him the full script (which is now available on my blog along with his re-edit), and he expertly removed the horrific narration and replaced it with music and natural sounds from elsewhere in the film. I think that he did a brilliant job.





I am fascinated by fan edits ("Dune: Spicediver Edit" is probably my favorite) and lost films ("Subterranean Cinema" has been online for a couple of decades). I used to have a vast rarity collection, mostly on VHS and laserdisc, and one of my pride and joys was the laserdisc of "Bad Lieutenant" with the infamous Schoolly D "banned" soundtrack. Like "Being Human", the film was badly marred by the removal of the song. Unfortunately, due to life circumstances, I had to get rid of my entire collection over a decade ago.



I have been doing some searching to see if anybody has a digital print of the original "theatrical print" of "Bad Lieutenant" available for download. I recently tried to watch the newer version of it, and it just doesn't work for me. I found this posting by "alleycat" and this forum from that search. For some reason, the forum settings won't allow me to send him a "private message", so Ive decided to just post this here. I am very interested in checking the old "banned" version out, so please contact me back thru that message, or directly by email.



Thanks, it is truly a "lost" version of the film that has almost literally been forgotten about, which is a real shame.





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#12
Posted by Subterranean Cinema: "For some reason, the forum settings won't allow me to send him a private message"...  You seem to be much more than someone who just wants to grab and bolt here so you will likely be embraced with all your knowledge sharing, but yeah, PM'ing is disabled for people who've just arrived because too many try to sign up/pop in only with the likes off, "I want a copy of this, thanks" "download link please" etc., and that's that. Great post first post (to my relative newbie eyes anyway Smile)

Sorry you had to sell off items of your collection that you wish you still had. I'm always worried about that same fine line and sooo hope I never find myself in such a spot of regret, but something tells me I will eventually with how I'm needing to pare down my possessions. Sad
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Hi, would really love to see your edit! Would you mind sending the link my way? Have seen the full version once back when it first came out, would love to see it as it was meant to be shown, thanks!
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