[net.movies] Question About 'Real Genius'

jimc@haddock.UUCP (08/30/85)

>         It seems to me that when I saw the  previews  for  [Real Genius]
>         there  was one scene where he (Knight?) is in a ballon outside
>         a professor's window.  I don't remember  seeing  this  in  the
>         movie.  So what happened:
> 
> 	a) Did I imagine this scene?
> 
> 	b) Did I miss it when I watched the movie?
> 
> 	c) Did they decide to use the scene in the previews, but
> 	   not in the movie?

	The answer must be c, because I didn't see that scene either and
	neither did anyone who was with me.  I find it rather low of
	film promoters to sport scenes in the previews which do not
	appear in the movies.  Otherwise, I agree; a fairly good picture.

				Jim Campbell

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reiher@ucla-cs.UUCP (09/03/85)

In article <90200005@haddock.UUCP> jimc@haddock.UUCP writes:
>
>	I find it rather low of
>	film promoters to sport scenes in the previews which do not
>	appear in the movies.  

This phenomenon is rarely intentional.  Frequently, the people who edit
the trailers (usually not the same people who edit the film itself) must
produce the trailer before the film itself is fully cut.  Thus, they have
no guarantee that a given scene they use will appear in the film itself.
Most trailers seek to show highlights of the film, so usually they choose
shots which won't be cut, but once in a while a bit which looked great in
isolation just doesn't fit into the movie, so it gets axed.  
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        			Peter Reiher
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