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Eye of the Needle AKA The Eye of the Needle (1981)
Codename: "The Needle". Only one person can stop him: The woman who loves him!Director: Richard Marquand
OVERALL: R2-
OVERALL: R2
The UK BFI for the extras and anamorphic transfer.
Note there are two endings for the film: (SPOILERS!)
- The shorter ending - included on the US MGM and UK BFI releases: After the shooting, it dissolves into an aerial panoramic view of the lighthouse cliff top and fades to credits. This is the "director's preferred" ending.
- The longer ending - included on the PAL MGM releases and on the UK BFI as an extra: After the shooting, a helicopter arrives to shore and Lucy embraces her son. Then it cuts to the an aerial panoramic view of the lighthouse cliff top and fades to credits. -
CUTS:
- R1 America- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - shorter "director preferred" ending (~112 mins NTSC).
- R2 France- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - longer ending (108:04 PAL).
- R2 Germany- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - longer ending (108:04 PAL).
- R2 Italy- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - longer ending (108:04 PAL).
- R2 Poland- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - longer ending (108:04 PAL).
- R2 Spain- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - longer ending (108:04 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts - shorter "director preferred" ending (107:49 PAL)
- R2 United Kingdom- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - longer ending (108:04 PAL).
- R4 Australia- MGM Home Entertainment - No cuts - longer ending (108:04 PAL).
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Comparison added by Nigel_Badnell on 13/06/10
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 26/09/18UPDATE LOG:
13/06/10 Initial entries
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27/02/13 - R2 Germany added
05/01/16 - R2 France, Poland & Spain added + all ASINs.
24/09/18: Updated spoiler tag to fix an error and remove some heavy spoilers.
26/09/18: DVDBeaver.
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