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akrycek · 07-30-2002, 01:25 PM

Please forgive me if this is the wrong Forum section.

I have recently put up a petition for Fox to release the classic
1971 film Vanishing Point on DVD at:

http://www.petitiononline.com/vpoint02/petition.html

I haven't really advertised it that much, but over 100 people have already signed it.

It is coming out in the UK in September, but there is no news concerning Region 1. Unfortunately, none of the cut scenes with Charlotte Rampling have been restored and it is mono only. It is 16x9 widescreen though which is a big improvement over the VHS and LD Pan&Scan versions. As far as the cut scene, I've heard that only the Japanese LD had it.

Krycek

07-30-2002, 10:29 PM

People should learn their is nothing wrong with mono if that is the original soundmix!

Still i would love an OAR dvd release of this film...so i signed!

btw...whats with the cut scene? never knew of it!

akrycek · 07-31-2002, 04:28 AM

I actually would like them to include the mono audio even if they make a new DD5.1 mix, which I doubt they will since it is a big hit in the UK and that version isn't going to have a new DD5.1 mix.

As far as the cut scene goes, here is an except from an article printed in Musclecar Review magazine March 1986 called "Kowalski's Last Ride" that explains it.

The full article reprint can be found at:

http://www.vanishingpointcar.com/article.html

"There was a wonderful scene where Kowalski stops the car and picks up a hitchhiker, played by Charlotte Rampling. The girl, dressed in black and shrouded in fog, is carrying a sign that says San Francisco. He picks her up, she gets into the car and she asks him 'What are you?' He answers, 'a car delivery driver.' She says, 'No, what sign are you?' They talk and end up spending the night together in the desert. Suddenly she says, 'Don't go to San Francisco,' and vanishes. She was the symbol of death."

"That was an interesting scene, because it really gave the film an allegorical lift and explains everything." I was in Austria filming The Salzburg Connection while they were editing Vanishing Point, and I received a call from my agent in New York. He had just seen a screening of Vanishing Point and said they cut it up and made it look like a "B" movie. They cut out the Rampling scenes because they were afraid the audience wouldn't understand what happened to the girl in the car; why was she suddenly not there? That was their explanation."

Thanks for signing the petition.

Krycek

07-30-2002, 01:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
akrycek Actor Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Chester, VA	Petition Created for Vanishing Point (1971) Please forgive me if this is the wrong Forum section. I have recently put up a petition for Fox to release the classic 1971 film Vanishing Point on DVD at: http://www.petitiononline.com/vpoint02/petition.html I haven't really advertised it that much, but over 100 people have already signed it. It is coming out in the UK in September, but there is no news concerning Region 1. Unfortunately, none of the cut scenes with Charlotte Rampling have been restored and it is mono only. It is 16x9 widescreen though which is a big improvement over the VHS and LD Pan&Scan versions. As far as the cut scene, I've heard that only the Japanese LD had it. Krycek

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07-30-2002, 10:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
Christina V.	People should learn their is nothing wrong with mono if that is the original soundmix! Still i would love an OAR dvd release of this film...so i signed! btw...whats with the cut scene? never knew of it!

07-31-2002, 04:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
akrycek Actor Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Chester, VA	I actually would like them to include the mono audio even if they make a new DD5.1 mix, which I doubt they will since it is a big hit in the UK and that version isn't going to have a new DD5.1 mix. As far as the cut scene goes, here is an except from an article printed in Musclecar Review magazine March 1986 called "Kowalski's Last Ride" that explains it. The full article reprint can be found at: http://www.vanishingpointcar.com/article.html "There was a wonderful scene where Kowalski stops the car and picks up a hitchhiker, played by Charlotte Rampling. The girl, dressed in black and shrouded in fog, is carrying a sign that says San Francisco. He picks her up, she gets into the car and she asks him 'What are you?' He answers, 'a car delivery driver.' She says, 'No, what sign are you?' They talk and end up spending the night together in the desert. Suddenly she says, 'Don't go to San Francisco,' and vanishes. She was the symbol of death." "That was an interesting scene, because it really gave the film an allegorical lift and explains everything." I was in Austria filming The Salzburg Connection while they were editing Vanishing Point, and I received a call from my agent in New York. He had just seen a screening of Vanishing Point and said they cut it up and made it look like a "B" movie. They cut out the Rampling scenes because they were afraid the audience wouldn't understand what happened to the girl in the car; why was she suddenly not there? That was their explanation." Thanks for signing the petition. Krycek