Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ccice5.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!rochester!ritcv!ccice5!rdz From: rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone) Newsgroups: net.tv,net.movies Subject: "Purple Rain", did Max cut it? Message-ID: <861@ccice5.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 08:28:42 EDT Article-I.D.: ccice5.861 Posted: Tue Jul 2 08:28:42 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 20:31:35 EDT Distribution: net Organization: CCI Central Engineering, Rochester, NY Lines: 16 Xref: watmath net.tv:3059 net.movies:6843 I saw the movie "Purple Rain" in a theatre last year and on Cinemax last night. At the end of the "When Doves Cry" sequence, Prince pulls his motorcycle over to the curb where his mother is sitting, her back to the viewer, and asks what's wrong. The way I remember the movie, he lifts here head, sees that she's been battered, and storms into the house after his father. In last night's showing, he just storms into the house. Does anyone remember if the first scenario did exist in the original release? If so, why did Cinemax cut it? BTW, for those who argued that this movie was a two hour video, you are, in my humble opinion, dead wrong. The only "video" in the whole movie is the "When Doves Cry" sequence. If you doubt that, I suggest you view "Cabaret" or "All that Jazz". I will admit though that they did over use the spinning-rear-wheel-of-a-motorcycle shot. *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***