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: Re: "Purple Rain", did Max cut it? Message-ID: <867@ccice5.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 13:06:17 EDT Article-I.D.: ccice5.867 Posted: Wed Jul 10 13:06:17 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 14:35:44 EDT References: <861@ccice5.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: CCI Central Engineering, Rochester, NY Lines: 16 Xref: watmath net.tv:3087 net.movies:7005 > 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? > I think I may have the answer to my own question. I watched this movie on HBO last night (get the impression that I like it?) and the scene was just like that on Cinemax. I guess the memory must be one of the first things to go! *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***