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CliffClaven	May 7 2009, 10:34 AM
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 230 Group: Members Member #712 Joined: March 30, 2009	Hacking up films in the name of "pacing" (and/or enabling theaters to squeeze in an extra showing per day) is a Hollywood tradition that transcends bigotry. It's a low-cost way for executives to claim a creative contribution after the work is finished, and to claim it was a piece of junk before their brilliant executive work. Sometimes producers would go in and have scenes reshot or added, but more often it was just a matter of clipping. The one reversal I know of is Disney's "Pollyanna". Director David Swift claims he desperately wanted to trim some things, but Disney was so enamored of the film he wouldn't allow the cuts.


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