OK, you've been to see a movie at the cinema and are thinking, Do you know what? I wouldn't mind seeing that again - I'll get the DVD, it will be identical right? - No.
I've probably watched
The Shining as many times as billionaire Howard Hughes watched Ice Station Zebra (allegedly 150) but never at the cinema, some years ago I made a VHS recording when it appeared on TV and now the recording is showing its age so a year or so back when asked
what do want for Christmas? I replied:
The Shining on DVD.The picture quality was great,
but wait! Where's the rest of it?! My investigations revealed a wide variation in run time:
Premier: 146 minutes
USA version: 144 minutes
European version: 119 minutes
My DVD version (origin unknown) 115 minutes
My old VHS TV recording: about the same as the USA version
So my new DVD was only 79% of the Premier, and that's a full 31 minutes less!
How long's a piece of string? Right? Peg.