alleybjj Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 It was actually missing about 15 minutes. It looks like they may have just dropped a reel in the middle, including the famous Gere jockstrap scene. In fact, the movie as shown makes no sense, since they actually cut the meeting with Gere in the bar. The rest of the film wasn't edited for sex or nudity, so it may have just been a tragic mistake. I'm not sure, but it also looks like some of the extra footage that was only in the tv showing may have been included. I'll have to double check that. At any rate, boo TCM! You need to fix this and reshow it to make it up to those of us who have been waiting for this for months. Please! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayban Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 They'd never go near Richard Gere's jockstrap scene from "Looking for Mr. Goodbar". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Isn't this something fans should realize might happen if there are edited for TV versions? If a studio made edits for network and cable TV broadcasts, it is always possible that's the one they'll lease to TCM. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alleybjj Posted July 15, 2016 Author Share Posted July 15, 2016 Isn't this something fans should realize might happen if there are edited for TV versions? If a studio made edits for network and cable TV broadcasts, it is always possible that's the one they'll lease to TCM. I really don't think this is an edit; I think they may have just dropped an entire reel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alleybjj Posted July 15, 2016 Author Share Posted July 15, 2016 They'd never go near Richard Gere's jockstrap scene from "Looking for Mr. Goodbar". Given the sex and nudity they did show, it's hard to believe it was the jockstrap that was the problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I suspect Rose Mary Woods had something to do with this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 They'd never go near Richard Gere's jockstrap scene from "Looking for Mr. Goodbar". Wowza. Yes, I remember that was the first film I saw RIchard Gere in...... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I suspect Rose Mary Woods had something to do with this. LOL. She must be pretty old by now.......... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alleybjj Posted July 15, 2016 Author Share Posted July 15, 2016 I'm going to do a scene by scene analysis tomorrow and report back. I know there's a lot missing, but as I was speeding through, I also saw the nun scene and the ice skating scene, which I thought were only added for the network tv showing, but memory plays strange tricks (maybe they were there all along and just expanded for tv). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I'm going to do a scene by scene analysis tomorrow and report back. I know there's a lot missing, but as I was speeding through, I also saw the nun scene and the ice skating scene, which I thought were only added for the network tv showing, but memory plays strange tricks (maybe they were there all along and just expanded for tv). Which version TCM leases has been an issue, especially for post Production Movies. While I understand that there may be limits to which version TCM can lease, the into, as well as their movie guide should explain which version they obtained. But instead it is like they are clueless as to what they are showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayban Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Given the sex and nudity they did show, it's hard to believe it was the jockstrap that was the problem. A jockstrap would be the problem - jockstraps are akin to full frontal nudity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayban Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Wowza. Yes, I remember that was the first film I saw RIchard Gere in...... Richard Gere supposedly did full frontal nudity in "American Gigolo", but that particular scene didn't quite register on the big screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 LOL. She must be pretty old by now.......... Yes. She's been dead for 11 years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Richard Gere supposedly did full frontal nudity in "American Gigolo", but that particular scene probably registered on the big screen. I dont remember but I do remember he had a brief one in the Breathless remake.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I really don't think this is an edit; I think they may have just dropped an entire reel Maybe if this is something you recorded on DVR, your cable company lost the signal for awhile and you ended up with a shorter version. You would have to look at the total running time and correlate it with the running time listed on TCM's schedule. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Yes. She's been dead for 11 years. LOL. I figured she must be a hundred by now........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I dont remember but I do remember he had a brief one in the Breathless remake.... Wait a minute ... are we talking about briefs or jockstraps now? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Wait a minute ... are we talking about briefs or jockstraps now? NEITHER. Au Natural.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayban Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Which version TCM leases has been an issue, especially for post Production Movies. While I understand that there may be limits to which version TCM can lease, the into, as well as their movie guide should explain which version they obtained. But instead it is like they are clueless as to what they are showing. They recently showed an extremely bad movie - "The Picasso Summer" - and Ben M. in no way prepared us for it - in the concluding address, he simply said that it was "a troubled production". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmovieviewer Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 The movie shown on my cable system (Time Warner) had the complete 2h 16m runtime per IMDB and contained the Richard Gere scenes at the bar etc. discussed below. I do not think it was a failure on TCM's part. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayban Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Wasn't Richard Gere more "gay" than "straight" in "American Gigolo"? His full-frontal bedroom scene can be seen on Google by accessing "Richard Gere Nudity American Gigolo". The imagery in "Amercan Gigolo" was extremely homoerotic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 No, I dont remember that at all. In fact I remember him saying some derogatory things. ("I dont do ---) The imagery may have been homoerotic, but the character wasnt...... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feego Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I Tivo'd this last night and did a quick skim this morning. Gere's jockstrap scene and his meeting Keaton in the bar are definitely there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I saw Looking for Mr. Goodbar years ago. I can't remember anything about the film except my reaction to it at the time (disliked it though I thought Keaton's performance was good). Anyway I recorded it last night to reappraise it and the recording ran 2 hours, 15 minutes and 51 seconds. Maltin lists it as a 135 minute film in my 2003 Maltin book. Unless a longer version of the film has come into existence, that sure sounds consistent with what I recorded. Sure doesn't look like any reel is missing. Ironically, my recorder's last recording was a short I coped off TCM last weekend called "Dating Do's and Don'ts." I guess Goodbar classifies as one long don't. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clore Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I was so caught up in the current events in Nice last night that I forgot about the film until about 15 minutes in. Sometimes the DVR box will pick up a film from the start even if I hit the button a bit late, such was not the case this time. I really wanted to archive this on DVD. I had not seen it since its theatrical run, but it appeared to have run full length - if such an expression is appropriate here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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