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Being There AKA Chance (Blu-ray) (1979)
Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it.Director: Hal Ashby
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
The Criterion releases include a 4K restoration and many additional extras.
The Warner releases have an exclusive interview. Note the Italian Warner release has no extras.
Versions:
The US release of the film had outtakes of Peter Sellers playing over the end credits. Sellers hated this, believing it broke the "spell" of the film.
When the film was originally released on VHS, the end credits played over TV static and a montage of audio from commercials + music. Some viewers report seeing this version theatrically in some foreign releases and early US showings.
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray A America- Criterion Collection - No cuts - Outtakes end credits (130:12).
- Blu-ray ALL America- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Outtakes end credits (129:50).
- Blu-ray ALL Brazil- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Outtakes end credits (129:50).
- Blu-ray ALL Canada- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Outtakes end credits (129:50).
- Blu-ray ALL Italy- Warner Home Video - No cuts - most likely Outtakes end credits.
- Blu-ray ALL Japan- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Outtakes end credits (129:50).
- Blu-ray ALL Mexico- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Outtakes end credits (129:50).
- Blu-ray ALL United Kingdom- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Outtakes end credits (129:50).
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Criterion Collection - No cuts - Outtakes end credits (130:12).
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Comparison added by Samuel_Scott on 09/09/10
Comparison last updated by Vincent_Prendergast on 04/03/21UPDATE LOG:
09/09/10: Initial entry.
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29/07/13: Addition of the DVDBeaver link.
22/02/17: Added US Criterion, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, UK.
11/04/18: Clean-up.
27/10/19: Added UK Criterion release.
03/04/21: Updated Caps-a-holic link, added Canada & Italy. updated Warner DD 2.0 mono tracks to 1.0, added additional details of extras/notes on Warner & Criterion releases, added Versions info.
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