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C’mon, guys!!! This is the age of DVD “extra-mania” with every sort of outtake, alternate scene, missing scene, lost scene, director’s prick,, etc etc being an Principal share of a film’s legacy as preserved in the DVD format.
In the case of the tantalizing and much “Requiem” (and I agree with the customer who feels that the Jackie Gleason/Julie Harris staircase scene belongs at the top of the all-time list of sizable movie scenes), the film was obviously released in several different versions.
The confusion begins,in fact, immediately after the staircase scene. There are AT LEAST THREE SCENES from the latter fraction of the film that are NOT INCLUDED on the DVD:
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1.) Gleason’s encounter with the vile Ma Greeny in the hallway when he tells her he’d “like to urge into her when you’re not grafted to that torpedo…” (referring to her grand thug/bodyguard) .
2.) A lengthy (and painful) scene where Quinn is training to be a wrestler, and the moronic Pirelli (Stan Adams, the only actor to reprise his role from the 1956 TV fresh version) signals Quinn’s wrestling partner to intentionally gouge his awful study, whereupon Quinn beats the crap out of the guy…..
3.) Gleason’s final speech on the putrid world of Prize Fighting which he delivers to the young wanna-be…..
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If Serling ultimately wanted these scenes crop, WHY IN THE WORLD were they ot included as EXTRAS??? I have extinct video copies of late-night, local TV airings of this film that are FAR MORE COMPLETE than this state-of-the-art DVD release.
What a pity—to peep such a icy film treated so poorly (the audio is also very uncouth on this disc; I had to jack the TV volume all the map up to gain a decent signal) .
I am reviewing the VHS version of this film because the DVD is edited and omits several key scenes. I was bitterly disappointed in the DVD and would not recommend it. However, I enthusiastically recommend the VHS version.
This film is one of the substantial forgotten masterpieces. Rarely do you discover such depth of emotion as displayed by the three leading characters: Anthony Quinn, Mickey Rooney and Jackie Gleason. This is undoubtedly Quinn’s greatest and most poignant performance, he delivers a knock out interpretation of the brain-damaged Mountain Rivera. Make-up and a untrue nose disguises Quinn’s safe looks and he resembles a drunken Victor MacLagen here. Mickey Rooney, always seriously underrated, is fair as Mountain’s assistant. And Jackie Gleason is perfection as the greasy, sleazy manager. The scene of him on the stairwell with Julie Harris is one of the substantial moments in cinema history. What a movie!
I’m at a loss to elaborate why this radiant film is not universally recognized as one of the gigantic movies ever made. The acting is edifying, the screenplay involving and the ending will mesmerize you. A thinking man’s flick, to be obvious. This is definitely a keeper.
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