[net.movies] Rustler's Rhapsody

markg@nvuxf.UUCP (M. Guzdial) (05/18/85)

I just saw "Rustler's Rhapsody" last night and noticed that a scene from
the previews was missing from the movie.  

In the previews, there was one scene where the Town Drunk/Sidekick character
asks "Well, How was it?"  We then see Our Hero Rex and the Cattle Baron's
Daughter walking out from behind a rock.  Rex says, "Fine."  The Daughter
pipes up, "Yes.  It was very nice." (Or something to that effect)

I can see where that scene would fit into the plot, but wonder what
happened to it.  Anyone else notice this?  Has anyone heard why that
scene was cut?  Perhaps it exists in some versions of RR but not in
others (like the one I saw)?
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steven@ism70.UUCP (05/23/85)

Theory and Spoiler from Mr. Box Office:

They probably cut it out from the final release version because the
scene would be redundant from a story standpoint. Rex needs a
motivation to go back and face Bob Barber again. So, they probably
filmed the scene wherein he proves himself a "confident heterosexual"
with Sela Ward (the Cattle Baron's daughter) _a_n_d the scene where
Peter, the sidekick (G.W. Bailey), gets it. But those scenes do
the same thing; give Rex confidence enough/sufficient motive to
go into the final shootout. So they cut one out, and covered the
other at the end with a line of dialogue about Marilu Henner and
Tom Berenger doing more than kissing this time.

dianeh@ism70.UUCP (05/24/85)

>I just saw "Rustler's Rhapsody" last night and noticed that a scene from
>the previews was missing from the movie.
...

>I can see where that scene would fit into the plot, but wonder what
>happened to it.  Anyone else notice this?  Has anyone heard why that
>scene was cut?  Perhaps it exists in some versions of RR but not in
>others (like the one I saw)?
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The putting together of a trailer has little to do with the editing of a film.
Trailers are often done by companies who specialize in doing just that; they
get footage from the production company, go through it, and put together a
trailer from that. Even if the production company does it in-house, there's
no guarantee that they'll choose the same scenes that make it into the film.

Diane