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post #1 of 25
4/2/05 at 3:45pm
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Ok. I'm confused. There's always been the tale of how WB had to recall this from stores in the US because someone put the alternate ending on there - which had Audrey IIs destroying NYC - supposedly because the footage was owned by David Geffen and not WB. And how the original discs are worth a shitload of money.

The thing is, I bought the R2 edition today. And what do I find in 'outtakes and deleted scenes'? Scenes of Audrey II destroying buildings.

Anyone know if this is another legal issue, or did Geffen budge?
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post #2 of 25
4/2/05 at 3:47pm
I'm not sure. I'd heard about the recall as well.

Does the deleted scene section on your copy contain the full song "Don't Feed the Plants"? That was the full alternate ending, to my recollection.

That said, I really love this movie. Some of the best songs ever in a musical. I still find myself humming "Mean Green Mother" every so often.
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post #3 of 25
4/2/05 at 3:54pm
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Not the song IIRC, although yeah I'd heard that. I'd also heard the recalled footage was B&W, and this is full colour.
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post #4 of 25
4/2/05 at 5:27pm
I don't know. I own a copy of the original DVD and all of the ending material was in black and white (aside from the girl group singing). I'm not sure what you have your hands on.
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post #5 of 25
4/2/05 at 6:24pm
Do you like the film? i saw it again last year and found it the music a bit painful. the it sounded like fake ersatz 50's rather the real deal. Kind of like Grease. it was clever, winking and knowing, the way only bad musical theatre can be. I don't know, i'm picky about my music and, having a dad who does amateur dramatics, i'm very sensitive when it comes to musicals. it also sounded really cheap, like it was all done on one keyboard.

but Steve Martin and 'son, be a dentist' makes it all worthwhile.
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post #6 of 25
4/2/05 at 7:00pm
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I just finished watching it again, and still love it. It's hilarious, it's really sweet, and endearing, and Steve Martin punching his dental assistant is awesome. It's hokey, but yeah, it's a 50s b-movie homage that clearly defines itself as existing in the movies and theater. It's Roger Corman by way of Jim Henson, and I adore it.
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post #7 of 25
4/2/05 at 7:16pm
Great, great movie, which captures all the cheapness of the stage show. I love all the cameos, particularly Christopher Guest. The difference between it and Grease is that in LSOH all the songs are great, whereas Grease has three or four songs that are worth anything.
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post #8 of 25
4/3/05 at 3:43am
I haven't seen this movie in a good ten years. Who does Guest play in the movie?

My aunt loves this movie, and when she comes home for holidays, and we get ready to eat our dinner, she'll invariably say "Feed me, Seymore!" in that Audrey II voice. Cracks me up to this day.
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post #9 of 25
4/3/05 at 3:50am
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Guest is the first customer who comes in when they put Audrey II in the window. Moranis gives him the explanatory speech, then he buys 100 dollars of roses, which leads to the 'Mushnik's selling tons of flowers' montage.
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post #10 of 25
9/11/06 at 1:22pm
Here's the alternate ending (in b&w): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaBJDRIgJRY
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post #11 of 25
9/11/06 at 7:05pm
A perfectly cast, fun musical directed by Frank Oz. Music by Ashman/Menken (guys responsible for music in Disney's Little Mermaid , etc.). Featuring an expressively KICKASS Henson puppet. If I could ever be in an on-Broadway show, this would be it. I actually saw my wife perform in this (in a rival High School version) as one of the 3 "Greek Chorus" girls... years before we even met. I had gone to see it because a buddy of mine played Seymour, and I loved the movie so much. Boy, was I shocked to see the different ending.
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post #12 of 25
9/11/06 at 7:08pm
I was the Audrey Puppeteer in a high school production of this. Lots of fun, I love the dentist.
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post #13 of 25
9/11/06 at 7:31pm
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Originally Posted by Patrick Ripoll
I was the Audrey Puppeteer in a high school production of this. Lots of fun, I love the dentist.
You lucky bastard!
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post #14 of 25
9/11/06 at 8:04pm
Not really. I had to bend my entire body in half, then thrust 30 pounds of padding up and down for an entire act. It was a lot like losing my virginity, actually. Exhausting, physically demanding, and after it was over I couldn't decide if I wanted to take a bow or just go to sleep.
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post #15 of 25
9/12/06 at 7:14am
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Originally Posted by CaptainZahn
Here's the alternate ending (in b&w): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaBJDRIgJRY

Well that made my day. Thanks a bunch!
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post #16 of 25
9/12/06 at 9:31am
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Originally Posted by Patrick Ripoll
Not really. I had to bend my entire body in half, then thrust 30 pounds of padding up and down for an entire act. It was a lot like losing my virginity, actually. Exhausting, physically demanding, and after it was over I couldn't decide if I wanted to take a bow or just go to sleep.
I got that beat. My own talentedness and lack of viable actors forced me to play Orin, Audrey II's voice, and puppeteer the damn thing for the second act.

Upside, I lost 20 pounds doing that play. Downside, drowning my tired sorrows at White Castle after it was over gained 10 of it back.

Plus I got a concussion when I bent over too far to open Audrey's mouth, dropped the top half too fast, and a wooden bar slammed into the back of my head.

Yup. Good times.

Oh, and yeah, the movie's great. Still get chills hearing little Audrey belt out that first big note in Suddenly Seymour.
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post #17 of 25
9/12/06 at 10:03am
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Originally Posted by CaptainZahn
Here's the alternate ending (in b&w): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaBJDRIgJRY
Awesome. Thanks.

That said, call me nuts, but I think this is better off as an extremely cool curiosity rather than the actual ending. It just doesn't mesh well with the rest of the film.
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post #18 of 25
9/12/06 at 10:19am
I'm curious if the color version is more finished- with sound effects and stuff.
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post #19 of 25
9/12/06 at 10:45am
I did this one as well on stage, I was Audrey II's voice, a bum in Skid Row, one of the salesman who tries to buy Audrey II, and I played guitar in the pit.
As for the movie version, I've always loved it, mostly for Steve Martin ,Bill Murray, and John Candy. Great music through the whole thing, I only wish they would have included Mushnik and Son in it.
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post #20 of 25
9/12/06 at 11:08am
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Originally Posted by Crow
Awesome. Thanks.

That said, call me nuts, but I think this is better off as an extremely cool curiosity rather than the actual ending. It just doesn't mesh well with the rest of the film.
I agree. It seems just a little too campy and clever for it's own good. Plus, Paul Dooley is no Jim Belushi.
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post #21 of 25
9/12/06 at 12:25pm
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Originally Posted by Crow
Awesome. Thanks.

That said, call me nuts, but I think this is better off as an extremely cool curiosity rather than the actual ending. It just doesn't mesh well with the rest of the film.
Agreed.
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post #22 of 25
9/12/06 at 1:20pm
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Originally Posted by Patrick Ripoll
Not really. I had to bend my entire body in half, then thrust 30 pounds of padding up and down for an entire act. It was a lot like losing my virginity, actually. Exhausting, physically demanding, and after it was over I couldn't decide if I wanted to take a bow or just go to sleep.
"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Patrick Ripoll again." Awesome.

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Plus, Paul Dooley is no Jim Belushi.
But it's Deep Throat...
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post #23 of 25
9/12/06 at 3:48pm
Some clips of Kerry Butler and Hunter Foster in the Broadway revival:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HqHDiF0UfKA
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NMd4oGjOLDs
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post #24 of 25
9/12/06 at 6:05pm
So obviously, even though this thread was started nearly a year and a half ago, we can now surmise that the footage on the DVD Brigden watched (which I believe is also on the R1 release still on shelves, on the same featurette) was merely a small portion of this infamous alt. ending.

Thank you, CaptainZahn, for the footage link and the reminder to elevate this very special film to the top of the "must watch again" pile.
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post #25 of 25
9/12/06 at 6:43pm
You're welcome.

Tisha Campbell is so funny as Chiffon. She's such an underappreciated performer. When they shot the replacement ending she was already shooting Spike Lee's School Daze so they had to use a double for her.
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