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Sense of Freedom (A) (TV) (1979)
The true story of career criminal Jimmy Boyle.Director: John MacKenzie
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
The German and UK Anchor Bay releases include an optional 5.1 track and a lengthy documentary.
The UK Odyssey release includes both the TV version and Theatrical versions of the film with a differing documentary.
The SCTV Version - features the original Glaswegian Scottish dialogue.
The Theatrical Version - features a redubbed generic Scottish dialogue track, with about 7 minutes of cuts to the film. Also added were dates and locations captions and alternate credit sequences.
A note on the aspect ratio:
As a TV production, the film was shot on 16mm in the 1.33:1 ratio. For the theatrical release, the film was cropped on the top and bottom, screened at 1.85:1. For the DVD master, the 1.85:1 theatrical version was further cropped on the sides to 1.33:1. All the DVDs feature this severely cropped version, losing about 1/4 of the original picture. -
CUTS:
- R2 Germany- Koch Media - No Cuts - Theatrical Version (85:30 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No Cuts - Theatrical Version (85:29 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Odyssey - No cuts - Includes both the STV broadcast version and the UK Theatrical version.
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Comparison added by Samuel_Scott on 10/03/04
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 30/11/15UPDATE LOG:
27/02/13: R2 Germany added
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30/11/15: Added UK Odyssey, added ASINs, updated about the 2 versions.
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