Page 1 of Predator cut on dvd

This time fox are to blame not the B.B.F.C.they submitted a shorter version how stupid can they be.so arnie wont be saying stick around,in total its going to be missng 5 minutes of footage .fox u can stick it.predator fans beware

Is this definite? I have the Region 1 disc which is 106m 26 seconds. However, many people are unaware that, as Pal video runs at 25 fps as opposed to NTSC-FILM at 23.976 fps, all Pal video is played about 4% faster making the movie appear "shorter." This movie also appears to have a difference of about another 25 seconds which is unaccounted for after this is worked out. The BBFC states that this is due to technical reasons, whatever that means.

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/BBFCStandardFrameset?OpenFrameSet&Frame=BBFCLower&Src=_s5trmaojjd5q6abq3dhgn6sr9cpkmap1edppmcbp44h9maobicdk3ujrgcln4crridkj42tbkdt374obdcli00_

So are fox planning to realease a version shorter than the previously submitted video run time of 101m 45s?

That`s very trainspottery Fruity, yet strangely fascinating. Doh!

I hope to god its not, how did you come across this information anyway ?

i read in a magazine. the picture quality is also very poor.the b.b.f.c had nothing to do with it fox have two versions of the film and submitted the shorter one.commando has never been shown in this country uncut,either.i believe the review came from ultimate dvd.hope to have been of help.region 2 one step forward two steps back.

DVD review mag says that predator and predator 2 have "near perfect" picture and Dolby 5.1 sound.
as to cutting, my VHS copy is "102 mins (approx.)" on the box, and all of the sites I`ve checked give 102 mins as the running time...what`s your definition of cut ?

there is a memorable scene where arnie says stick around apparently its missing

`stick around` - you arent confusing it with a scene in `the running man` perhaps?

the Melon Farmers site says ...

(cert)18 106:31s 1987 US film by John McTiernan (Twentieth Century Fox, idescreen)
No cuts listed by the BBFC but the film appears to exist in two versions so perhaps this explains the fact there are many reports of cuts. I guess the distributors have submitted the toned down version for UK release

Wot we need is an R1/R2 comparison.

The R4 copy is 103 mins
R2 is 102 mins
R1 is 107 mins (NTSC frame rate accounts for the longer time here)

This would suggest that since the R2/R4 are both PAL, the R2 version is probably cut (either that or Aussies round up, whils Europe rounds down :-))

HTH

SN