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noogie-man
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Post subject: Street knight 1993 HK laserdisc? International cut or not?? Posted: 09 Oct 2020, 15:45 |
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Joined: 03 Jul 2018, 20:50 Posts: 145 Location: Sweden Has thanked: 27 times Been thanked: 15 times
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The Hong Kong laserdisc of Street knight 1993 with Jeff Speakman, is this LD the unrated version or the trimmed R-rated version? This movie was never released on dvd nor blu-ray in the US or Europe only on dvd in Asia. I think it was Malaysia or Philipines which had a dvd release and it was a PG rated version. Street Knight (1993) [32117]Street Knight (1993) [ULV3518]Did anyone compare the US laserdisc to HK laserdisc? What is the correct running time between both versions? US jacket claims 101 min vs HK jacket claims 90 min. What's correct on running time?
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laserking
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Post subject: Re: Street knight 1993 HK laserdisc? International cut or no Posted: 29 Oct 2020, 21:45 |
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Joined: 05 Jan 2005, 21:37 Posts: 202 Location: Lexington, Ky, United States Has thanked: 1 time Been thanked: 37 times
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Hi Everyone, I'm afraid I can't shed any light on the differences between the U.S. and Hong Kong releases of this title, as I don't own a copy of the U.S. one. However, I do have a copy of a Taiwan release of this title, which is under reference number JWL-122. After seeing your discussion here, I recalled that I did a comparison study of this with the Hong Kong version. I never did an update to either of the listings, but I looked around and did locate my notes from the study. I will try to do updates in the near future to document what I found. What I can tell you off the top of my head is that there are numerous differences between the two, and I mean a LOT! David
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laserking
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Post subject: Re: Street knight 1993 HK laserdisc? International cut or no Posted: 28 Feb 2022, 00:10 |
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Joined: 05 Jan 2005, 21:37 Posts: 202 Location: Lexington, Ky, United States Has thanked: 1 time Been thanked: 37 times
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Hi Everyone, I know this is a long belated reply to this topic, but I felt compelled to post it, in the event that anyone still cares about it. I felt I finally had something of greater substance to offer on it, as I just recently acquired a copy of the U.S. release of this title from one of the local Half Price Books locations for about $3! Although I have not done a direct side-by-side comparison with the Hong Kong release, there are a couple of things I can say for certain. First, the U.S. release has an incorrect running time listed on the disc labels (there is no time shown on the jacket itself). The labels state 101 minutes, but the actual running time is 91 minutes, which would make it the unrated cut of the film. Second, my recollection on the Hong Kong release is that one thing missing from it was a short scene with a brief flash of nudity. It is a scene fairly early in the film, in which Jeff Speakman is in bed. He wakes up, gets out of bed, and walks over to the window, and you see a shot of him naked from the rear. That is missing from the Hong Kong release, but it is definitely included on the U.S. release. The odd thing is that is is also included on the Taiwan release, which is noticeably shorter, mostly due to numerous cuts in various scenes to remove bad language and violence. I got my copy of the Taiwanese release several years ago from a seller in Singapore. They evidently have a very strict censorship code there, and are not at all tolerant when it comes to certain curse words and extreme violence. Although released by a Taiwanese publisher, this disc was obviously distributed in Singapore as well, as it spent a portion of its' lifetime as an active rental disc there. It obviously had to conform to the stringent censorship standards there, hence the numerous cuts in various scenes. It is surprising, however that it does include the aforementioned scene with the brief bit of male nudity by Jeff Speakman. Apparently they didn't mind that in Singapore! Well, I hope that clears things up somewhat regarding the various releases of this title. David
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noogie-man
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Post subject: Re: Street knight 1993 HK laserdisc? International cut or no Posted: 28 Oct 2022, 18:21 |
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Wow, it's been almost 2 years since I made this thread. A massive apology for my late reply as I haven't been here for a long time. I have now seen the unrated version on DVD, it was released in Germany in Region 2 in shi*ty format 4:3 pan & scan. I believe fight scenes are a bit longer and bloodier than US version. Here is an ebay link what the dvd looks like https://www.ebay.com/itm/265949223762?h ... R_qVyvmDYQ
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lonerangerface
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Post subject: Re: Street knight 1993 HK laserdisc? International cut or no Posted: 29 Oct 2022, 05:08 |
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Joined: 23 Dec 2019, 20:45 Posts: 88 Location: United States Has thanked: 0 time Been thanked: 11 times
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noogie-man wrote: Wow, it's been almost 2 years since I made this thread. A massive apology for my late reply as I haven't been here for a long time. I have now seen the unrated version on DVD, it was released in Germany in Region 2 in shi*ty format 4:3 pan & scan. I believe fight scenes are a bit longer and bloodier than US version. Here is an ebay link what the dvd looks like https://www.ebay.com/itm/265949223762?h ... R_qVyvmDYQA little over two years is more like it.
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