I have acquired this release and held onto it for many years and have watched it again recently as part of writing this feature. Spread over two DVDs with a running time of 171 minutes, this was the longest known version of the film.
All other television broadcasts, whilst extended, unfortunately, were censored for violence and swearing.īy the summer of 2008, McFly89 finished and released onto the internet, Waterworld: The Ulysses Cut. This was due to the fact it was the only extended cut that contained all the violence from the theatrical edit. Footage was also sourced from a Spanish transmission which originated from the Telemundo network. McFly89 was sent several copies and he also made different recordings himself from different channels that were broadcasting the film at the time.īecause each edit of the film was slightly different, McFly89 decided to create the longest possible version of Waterworld. Jump forward two years and forum member McFly89 took on the challenge of creating the ultimate extended edit of Waterworld.Īn invitation was posted online asking for any digital copies that other forum users had acquired. It emerged that a video file weighing in at just under 1GB was circulating on the internet but it was encoded from a VHS cassette recording and the quality was described as watchable. A forum member asked if anyone had recorded any of the extended Waterworld broadcasts and had kept them for preservation purposes. Another section of this forum is dedicated to general film as well.Ī discussion thread was started in the general film section in late 2005 ( Link).
This forum is primarily a band of dedicated fans that strive to protect and record all versions of the Star Wars saga including some very professionally made fan edits.
One day on the internet I happened to come across a discussion forum called. In the due course of time, I later upgraded to the DVD as well, disappointed that the only bonus content was the original theatrical trailer. Despite the generally negative press, I do enjoy the film. I remember purchasing the widescreen VHS cassette of the theatrical edition for myself. That was the first and last time I saw the extended edition until researching this article. Many years ago, a colleague at work had recorded one of these showings onto VHS tape and lent it to me. Since that night all those years ago, this longer cut has been televised every now and again on other channels such as the Sci-Fi Channel (as it was then known) but all using slightly different edits of the film. What made this television premiere different was the film being shown across two consecutive nights because of the inclusion of approximately forty minutes of new and previously unseen material. In 1997, the American television network ABC broadcast the premiere of the feature film Waterworld.
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