We’ve written before about the travesty that is Pirate Radio – a recut of the excellent movie The Boat The Rocked. You can read all about the differences between the two here.
Now, the question is what will the DVD be like?
Well, John Rabon on the Brit Track mailing list did some research and found here – here’s his report on the Boat That Rocked/Pirate Radio DVD differences.
So, doing some research today on the Pirate Radio (aka The Boat that Rocked) US DVD release date–that is 4/13/10. The problem, though, if you’ve seen the original unedited TBTR version, is that the US DVD will be just like the US release of the film, which means there’s not separate extended edition or director’s cut on the DVD. You do, however, get the cut scenes as a DVD extra.
Some good news, if you own a Blu-Ray player, is that the Blu-Ray edition of The Boat that Rocked will play on US Blu-Ray players. Certain studios, including Universal, are kind enough to permit their Blu-Ray discs to be region-free. If you want to see the movie as it was originally meant to be, this is pretty much your only option right now.
Thanks John!
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You know, it’s crap like cutting a movie to fit another’s taste is how we lost the original version of Metropolis in the first place. I want to see the original “The Boat that Rocked” and not some studios idea of what they think I would understand or get.