http://apnews.myway.com//article/20030716/D7SAR5MO0.html Mirimax is cutting Quentin Tarantino's next movie, Kill Bill, in two and releasing them 2 to 6 months apart. The running time was only 3 hours to begin with. How lame is that? What's wrong with a 3 hour movie? I can understand if the movie was 4 or more hours but 3 hours?! Come on people, give me a break.
DH was saying that it was around 300 minutes long and that's why it was cut... mathman mathman mathman.... That's 5 hours boys and girls.
From the article: Cutting "Kill Bill" in two carries risks for Miramax, which will have to pay advertising and distribution costs on two movies instead of one. But if "Kill Bill" succeeds, Miramax stands to profit because viewers will be paying twice to see the film's two parts. I guess the situation was so complex that the above had to be written. I am now dumber for reading that.
My bad; here's the actual article... 200 minutes... 3 hrs 20 minutes. I don't see the need for a chop chop, except to make more Cassius Clay (he he 2 boxing references in one sentence) Kill Bill: More fuel is being added to the fire over the Tarantino flick. A while back David Carradine indicated the film was so long that Miramax was considering splitting it into two parts, the claim later denied. Then last week Entertainment Weekly regurgitated the rumour and this time it seems to have more weight although nothing official has yet been said. AICN indicates they've heard that "Kill Bill Volume I" & "Kill Bill Volume II" may be the potential titles but either way we will be getting something on October 10th. Now this past weekend DH has learned David Carradine has yet again spoken up on the issue at the Dallas Comic Con and 'Daniel' was there to reveal what was said - "He stated that Kill Bill may be broken up in to two parts - apparently they have a rough cut of about 200 mins and Miramax along with Tarantino are deciding whether or not to chop the length into one dose or just do it as two movies. Mr. Carradine seemed to believe that they are leaning towards two films though". A final verdict is expected at this weekend's San Diego Comic Con.
If they cut it in half, I'll just wait until they release it as one film on one DVD. Not like I've ever seen a Tarrantino film in the theaters anyway.
