May 28, 2015 special trailer for 54 in anticipation of the films directors cut coming to bluray and dvd on june 2, 2015 relive the outrageous escapades of studio 54 in this new, unrated directors cut. Set against the backdrop of studio 54 s party lifestyle that made the club infamous in the 70s, the directors cut explores in greater. The director s cut featuring 44 minutes of neverbeforeseen material. May 29, 2018 it turns out hes obsessed with missi pyle, who, like all the actors, plays herself. Find out where 54 director s cut is streaming, if 54 director s cut is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. The directors cut a discoera cabaret thrusting its way to delirium. This is a comparison between the theatrical version and the director s cut both available on the german bluray released by studiocanal. The ultimate meta movie, director s cut is an insane, cinematic sleight of hand trick that reflects on itself, much like the stage persona of its costar and creator, world famous illusionist. Jun 01, 2015 54 directors cut trailer youtube movies.
An ode to the the glitterball era, 54 was sanitised beyond recognition before its first release. Jun 04, 2015 starring ryan phillippe, salma hayek, and mike myers, 54. What were supposedly watching is the director s cut of that movie, with his commentary. The hopes were to have a summer blockbuster movie ready for the. Starring ryan phillippe, salma hayek, and mike myers, 54. What were supposedly watching is the directors cut of that movie, with his commentary. While traces of this riseandfall plotline remain in 54, the film now concludes in a much more open. The directors cut is indeed a new gay cult classic, a glorious. He uses his footage together with raw footage he steals from the movie to cobble together his own version of the movie, in which hes the hero. Youll finally be able to watch ryan phillippe and breckin. But just last week a directors cut of the film, which starred ryan phillippe, mike myers, salma hayek, breckin meyer, and neve campbell, was. The movie was meant to be about this decadent world on the edge of. Background after five years of research about the actual events in the popular, titlegiving nightclub, miramax bought the rights to director mark christopher s 54 and filming started in 1997. Exploring in greater depth a love triangle between a bartender, a coat check girl and a busboy in the biggest party on the planet.
Thrilled there is a directors cut version of this fabulous movie. Admittedly when 54 the risque ensemble drama about the studio 54 starring ryan phillippe, mike myers and salma hayek came out in 1998, it was a flop. Amber live with stars on 54 performing if you could read my mind in the movie 54. In 2008, a bootleg version of the directors cut was screened at outfest, leading to interest for its release. Were given a taste of the drug addiction and even the sexual promiscuity that made the place famoustheres a scene where a couple shamelessly pounds away on the balcony. Jun 06, 2015 still, its all but unheard of for a directors cut to tell an almost completely different story. Almost 17 years after miramax released the original film, 54. The movie follows several characters at once, some of whom are in desperate straits and on the verge of crashing.
Dec 24, 2017 this restored directors cut is the film mark christopher tried to release before the studio cut the 1998 original, and contains 45 minutes of never before seen footage. Restored director s cut reveals the allure of decadence. Jul 09, 2015 now, we get to see his version, which premiered in berlin this year. The director s cut has been reedited with 44 minutes of never before seen material. The directors cut 19982015 now digitally approximates the original cut by debut writerdirector mark christopher, deleting reshoots made by the distributor and restoring fortyfour minutes of material that had only been seen in a bootleg vhs tape of the films workprint that had circulated underground. The directors cut still has a pacing that lags during the. Seventeen years after its original theatrical release, director mark christopher has finally managed to complete the version of 54 that everyone signed up to make in the first place. The directors cut was resurrected from 1998 disaster to. Many critics were particularly disappointed with the film s fictional characters and storyline, believing that studio 54 s notorious, reallife past should have been explored more in detail and with better realism. May 31, 2015 2 more days until the party of the year comes to digital hd. An anthology film retelling the story of the famous studio 54, a hot disco hangout for the social elite of new york. The directors cut is a revelation, the need for which shows how paranoid hollywood can be about any display of homosexual activity in the movies, however minor. In the 17 years since, 54 has become something of a cult classic despite the 44 minutes director mark christopher was forced to cut and 30 new minutes of reshoots added to the. From the 1998 movie 54 directors cut, which was released in 2015 and quickly became a gay cult classic.
It has a huge cult following among the lgbt community. The directors cut has been reedited to include 44 minutes of never before seen material giving. If you are a film student, you will be fascinated by how editing can completely alter a film s narrative. The ultimate meta movie, directors cut is an insane, cinematic sleight of hand trick that reflects on itself, much like the stage persona of its costar and creator, world famous illusionist. The directors cut has been reedited to include 44 minutes of never before seen material, giving the film a new runtime of 106. Jun 01, 2015 admittedly when 54 the risque ensemble drama about the studio 54 starring ryan phillippe, mike myers and salma hayek came out in 1998, it was a flop. In 2008, director mark christopher assembled a bootleg director s cut of the film with 45 minutes of never before seen footage and unofficially screened it at outfest. Her friend is interested in shanes sexual favors, and in this context the movie continues with the scene which the theatrical version showed roghly one minute earlier. In the director s cut shane reacts by changing the position, yet billie does not seem to be too eager and soon falls asleep. Myers, the mastermind behind new yorks infamous studio 54 disco, plucks young shane oshea ryan phillippe, gosford park, cruel intentions from the.
In february 2015, a one hundred five minute director s cut of the film, which includes over thirty minutes of footage from the original shoot which has never been seen in any previous cut, and deleting all but a few seconds of the studiodictated reshot footage, was screened in the panorama section of the 65th berlin international film festival. Miramax is a global film and television studio best known for its highly. The directors cut 19982015 now digitally approximates the original cut by debut writer director mark christopher, deleting reshoots made by the distributor and restoring fortyfour minutes of material that had only been seen in a bootleg vhs tape of the film s workprint that had circulated underground. A director s cut is an edited version of a film or television episode, music video, commercial, or video game that is supposed to represent the director s own approved edit. Version directors cut avec 44 minutes totalement inedites.
Shane ryan phillippe, a jersey boy with big dreams, crosses the river in hopes of finding a more exciting life at studio 54. Of course things have changed a lot since the theater version of the movie was released, but not all that much. The director s cut a discoera cabaret thrusting its way to delirium. The director s cut is a revelation, the need for which shows how paranoid hollywood can be about any display of homosexual activity in the movies, however minor. Any way you splice it, 54 is still the runt of the litter as far as late 90s movies about the late 70s are concerned. The result is something of a cross between a classic movie within a movie and a found footage documentary. Jun 02, 2015 any way you splice it, 54 is still the runt of the litter as far as late 90s movies about the late 70s are concerned. The director s cut instead extends the prior scene with billie. Aug 12, 2017 from the 1998 movie 54 directors cut, which was released in 2015 and quickly became a gay cult classic. If you didnt like the original version of 54, you may want to take a peek at what the director originally intended. May 14, 2015 an entertaining hit that pulses with the best dance music of the era, 54 is not just your ticket provider lionsgate shop rating. Special trailer for 54 in anticipation of the film s director s cut coming to bluray and dvd on june 2, 2015 relive the outrageous escapades of studio 54 in this new, unrated directors cut. Amber live with stars on 54 performing if you could read my mind in the movie 54 duration.
The director s cut was resurrected from 1998 disaster to new gay cult classic. There is something for everyone in this new directors cut. Myers, the mastermind behind new yorks infamous studio 54 disco, plucks young shane oshea ryan phillippe, gosford park, cruel intentions. When the director s cut also cuts to shane, he at first wants to say something, but steve does not let him finish. The directors cut is indeed a new gay cult classic, a glorious, hedonistic revelry that transports us to an. Lionsgate mark christophers saturday night feveresque tale about a young new jersey guy played by ryan philippe who enters the. These films in no particular order are the 25 best directors cut movies ever.
For years he and his 54 coproducer jonathan king had lobbied miramax to allow them to reassemble, remaster, and then release the directors cut on dvd one at a higher quality than the. Ryan philippe stars as shane oshea, a workingclass teenager from new. Sep 14, 2017 it director andy muschietti says that a director s cut will be released on the bluray, and that it will probably have an additional 15 minutes of footage. Set against the backdrop of studio 54s party lifestyle that made the club infamous in the 70s, the directors cut explores in greater depth a love triangle between a bartender, a coat check girl and a busboy.
Petitions to miramax to release 54 as christopher intended it began to appear online, and in 2008, the new york lgbt film festival outfest had a secret screening of the directors cut. Great movie, very hard to find in a new condition and also very hard to find this version of this movie. The director s cut still has a pacing that lags during the second act, and now. Whats going on is a directors cut of 54 that officially premiered at the berlin film festival in february and becomes available on digital hd on june 2. However, interestlingly enough there is an alternative scene before he. Jul 29, 2015 seventeen years after the premiere of its severely shorn miramax release, 54. Tuesday, 17 february 2015 wednesday, 18 march 2015 vortex of bloggery culture vulture 54 the film directors cut, andy towle, cult gay classic cinema, harvey weinstein 54 directors cut, lost gay classic cinema, louis jordan, stars on 54, studio 54, sydney gay clubbing. Mark christopher nicely captured the whole rebellious atmosphere of 54. Seventeen years after the premiere of its severely shorn miramax release, 54. Director mark christopher remembers the moment that he decided to restore his original vision for 54, his 1998 movie about new yorks iconic. The director s cut of 54 is a remarkable artefact that tells us as much about the 1990s as it does the 1970s. This restored directors cut is the film mark christopher tried to release before the studio cut the 1998 original, and contains 45 minutes of never before seen footage.
Myers, the mastermind behind new yorks infamous studio 54 disco, plucks young shane oshea ryan. They create a good part of the movie knocked off, a low budget but completely credible. Cut explicitly refers to the process of film editing. Travolta commands the screen as tony manero, a restless brooklyn rebel who escapes. But the more bullish director can often turn that to his or her advantage by releasing a studiofacereddening redux that paints those moneyhungry suits in a lessthanflickering light. Everyone who worked on the film should be happy with the directors cut, which proves they were making something pretty decent until the studio stuffed it up. Jun 01, 2015 director mark christopher remembers the moment that he decided to restore his original vision for 54, his 1998 movie about new yorks iconic pleasuredome that was notoriously sliced and diced. Mark christopher s film was made in 1998, but has been given new life with the release of a director s cut. This version reinstated the blatant promiscuity and bisexuality of ryan phillippe s character, as well as the film s core love triangle between phillippe, salma hayek and breckin meyer which the studio forced him to cut from the. This is a comparison between the theatrical version and the extended version both included on the old bluray released by miramax studiocanal 11 differences, 6 of them with alternative footage difference in time.
Mar 11, 2016 this is a comparison between the theatrical version and the director s cut both available on the german bluray released by studiocanal. It director andy muschietti says that a director s cut will be released on the bluray, and that it will probably have an additional 15 minutes of footage. Ryan phillippes shirtless boogie restored in directors cut duration. Now a new cut comes closer to writer director mark christophers freewheeling original vision of discofuelled hedonism and hijinks amongst the workingclass staff and jetset denizens of the legendary studio 54. Fans of queer cinema were a bit disappointed when 54, mark christophers widelyheralded ode. From the 1998 movie 54 director s cut, which was released in 2015 and quickly became a gay cult classic. If you are a fan of 54, you will be in for a real treat.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The critical response to the director s cut is more positive. Background after five years of research about the actual events in the popular, titlegiving nightclub, miramax bought the rights to director mark christophers 54 and filming started in 1997. This spirited, gloriously messy ode to the tarnished glamour of new yorks 1970s nightlife has become a cult classic. In the theatrical version, the main characters bisexuality and.
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