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Someone was listening at Twilight Time to our long discussions of SOLOMON AND SHEBA ( & BARABBAS) since it is being released on BR in March -- Hosanna ! Thank you for bringing this classic film to a new generation , Twilight Time! Also very excited about APRIL LOVE , JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH + THE BOUNTY.. Hope you will be able rerelease MYSTERIOUS ISLAND too eventually. I've heard fans call S&S fun and entertaining. Music is interesting. But a 'classic'? Really? No more or less than anything is a "classic". It never fails to surprise me the amount of invective that is hurled at poor S&S while real pieces of crap get a free pass. For those of us who were young kids in the theater for the 70mm presentation "in the day" it is most certainly a classic. For others, probably not. Kind of like the tots who went to STAR WARS and still love it as adults. It was a brave and generous move by TT to make it happen and I, for one, REALLY appreciate it.
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Someone was listening at Twilight Time to our long discussions of SOLOMON AND SHEBA ( & BARABBAS) since it is being released on BR in March -- Hosanna ! Thank you for bringing this classic film to a new generation , Twilight Time! Also very excited about APRIL LOVE , JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH + THE BOUNTY.. Hope you will be able rerelease MYSTERIOUS ISLAND too eventually. I've heard fans call S&S fun and entertaining. Music is interesting. But a 'classic'? Really? No more or less than anything is a "classic". It never fails to surprise me the amount of invective that is hurled at poor S&S while real pieces of crap get a free pass. For those of us who were young kids in the theater for the 70mm presentation "in the day" it is most certainly a classic. For others, probably not. Kind of like the tots who went to STAR WARS and still love it as adults. It was a brave and generous move by TT to make it happen and I, for one, REALLY appreciate it. You're probably right. I don't believe that many fans would agree on what constitutes a 'classic' film. A film that stands the test of time? Who knows? It's just that I've never heard anyone say that S&S is a 'classic' film. Favorite maybe..but classic? On a personal level I've always -until recently-enjoyed this film since seeing a trailer back in 1958 and actually seeing it first run(non Roadshow). Recalled the music and the chariots falling into the 'ditch'. Taped it from a HD showing last year and couldn't get past the wooden acting. Another 'favorite' bit the dust. In my case times have changed as well as taste. Many of the Roadshow epics I so enjoyed in the 50's and 60's just don't cut it any longer while well written and acted films such as Sunset Boulevard, Sabrina, Elmer Gantry are admired. My 2 cents worth.
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Wonder if Twilight Time will release the roadshow version of S&S. Somehow, I doubt it. Would be great if they included the above mentioned Tyrone Power sequences. But I doubt that too. Oh well...
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Joe is correct -- this is the Roadshow version.. Would love anything on the Ty Power version included. Perhaps John, you are thinking of Barabbas -- the uncut version shown in Italy was longer by about 20 minutes I have read. Don't believe that S&S played Roadshow in NY-though I have the program. Barabbas is another story. It would not surprise me to learn that the Italian version was longer by 20 minutes. Barabbas has some abrupt cuts that are quite apparent. The whole stoning episode in the first half of the picture is poorly edited and appears cut. The Barabbas DVD is the US Roadshow length EXCEPT it does not have the Overture, nor music leading to the Intermission(Barabbas being carted away from the mines) and the Entr'acte. The Overture and Entr'acte music is the same and can be listened to on the CD under the name Intermezzo.
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