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Electra Glide in Blue - Overture

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I love this movie. Came quite late to it in the early 00's, but now own on blu ray.

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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So do I. So who do you think killed the old guy in the desert?



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I wish I had kept my vhs version. It contained an extra bloody shot of Wintergreen getting blown away off his bike.

Wasn't it Willie?

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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The movies is a bit open ended about that, but I think the most prevalent theory is that: Willie shot him with a 22. Then Zipper arrived, stole the $5,000, and staged the shotgun suicide scene to avoid a murder investigation. He later bought a new Electra Glide with the money.

Do you agree?



BTW, the only version I have ever seen is where Wintergreen gets blown off his bike. Such a sad, ironic, and poignant ending.

BTW, a vulture flies overhead, and they freeze the scene when he is over Wintergreen. A moment of serendipity for the director apparently, and that's why he freezes the scene at that point. A really sharp poster on MC spotted that.


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That makes sense and is revealed at the end, yet just the single killing aspect, it was Willie that still shot him. Zipper just got opportunistic after the fact.

Stunning directorial debut. I was blown away, pardon the pun, the first time I saw it. I think there are some editing/presentation issues in parts, but these are negligible. One of the best films of the year from 1973.

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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The film would be a tad esoteric for regular mainstream tastes. Those that appreciate original and intelligent film-making needn't look any further than EGIB.

Diminutive Blake holds it all together and the support cast is exceptionally solid too.

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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The vhs contained an extra close up Wintergreen's demise by shotgun, gory Peckinpah style. It was cut to obtain a PG rating, which was still pushing the boundary. The fate of our tiny hero has always been the same.

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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I believe that's the version I have seen.



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My blu-ray doesn't contain the extra shot. I ordered it from the US.

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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Bummer.



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Is yours from the US? I have watched both a region A and region B blu ray and they are the same.

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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I don't have a DVD, I watched it in the cinema only.



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You mean you loved the film, not that you own it on disc? Gotcha!

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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WTF!



Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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Some deluded moron on drugs obviously did this insane poster.



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On IMDB, it was apparently known as The Legend Of Big John upon a reissue. It doesn't mention this title, which is ludicrous. Both are. It does look like an authentic US movie poster.

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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It might be authentic, but it's still insane and wildly inaccurate.



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It's terrible and misrepresentative.

The film wasn't a big hit. It was released in 70mm in some locations apparently.

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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You cannot place pearls before swine.



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Do you recall a reissue of the movie, if you saw upon initial release?

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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No I do not. I saw the original in the local cinema.



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I was way too young considering the rating it had where I was living, R16.

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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Thanks!



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