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Not many of my “followers” are real & I’ve been in this box for over 16yrs. So, I rant into this void about movies, wrestling & whatever else. Letterbox below

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@TripleH Gayyyyyyyyyy

[Vivian Kubrick @ViKu1111]

EYES WIDE SHUT: THE MISSING 20 MINUTES

You know, this is as good a time as any to finally address the missing 20 minutes from Eyes Wide Shut. It’s a story that has been circulating for many years, so let me tell you what I actually know and don’t know.

For context, my father always had his outtakes incinerated once a film was finished, specifically to prevent the studio from later re-editing his work or creating alternative versions.

There has been a lot of speculation that some 20 minutes were removed from Eyes Wide Shut after he died. This will be very disappointing to many people, but I certainly did not hear anything about a missing 20 minutes at the time, nor have I heard anything since that would confirm such a section ever existed. I guess you could stop reading right here. But if you’re interested in the details, please read on.

Of course, I was not in a position to know everything that may have happened before or immediately after my father’s death. At the time, I was living in Los Angeles, writing the score for a different movie. I flew to England, utterly traumatized, to be there for the preparations for my father’s funeral and burial. But I had to return to LA the day after his burial—stricken with grief and exhaustion—to complete the score I was contractually obligated to finish, which I barely managed. So I wasn’t there, in more ways than one, for whatever discussions may have followed.

The only alteration I heard about at the time was the use of CGI—computer-generated figures—to obscure some of the nudity in the orgy scene, which Warner Brothers wanted in order to secure an R rating for the film. But I did not hear that any shots or scenes were removed.

When my father died, Eyes Wide Shut had reached picture lock and was moving through the final stages of post-production. It had just been shown to the studio heads, I assume with a temporary music track, while the final sound mix and some of the music work were still to be completed.

This was 1999, in the era of physical film distribution. The film was edited on Avid, but that should not be confused with the kind of permanent digital archive people imagine today. The Avid material consisted of standard-definition video transfers made from the rushes—720 × 576 pixels—and used for editing. They were working copies, not a high-resolution digital preservation of the original negative. There wasn’t a high-resolution digital version of every take sitting on a server somewhere, as people might reasonably imagine today.

There were, of course, all the 35mm rush prints, as well as the original camera negative containing the outtakes. Eventually, long after the film was finished and released, the 35mm rush prints and the original negative of outtakes were incinerated. The original master negative of the finished film and the intermediate film elements made from it were, of course, kept in storage.

Once the picture was locked, the original camera negative would have been physically cut to match the final Avid edit. Once the negative itself had been cut, you couldn’t simply undo those cuts and rearrange the film: each cut destroyed a frame at both the head and tail of the shot. The master negative of the finished film was then used to make interpositives, from which internegatives were made, and those internegatives would have been used to make the 35mm theatrical release prints. The original negative of the outtakes never went through that process because, of course, those shots were not part of the finished film.

Someone might say, “But then, if the missing 20-minute edit exists, it would be preserved on the Avid!” But editing the film on Avid does not mean all of that material was preserved indefinitely. This was not an era in which every piece of editorial media was automatically retained on servers for decades, and I have no knowledge of whether any of the Avid editorial material from the production still exists. That’s a question for the …
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At least he didn’t go for a kill shot 🤷

Looks like 2 in the abdomen or lower, survivable but not a 100%

[Viral News NYC @ViralNewsNYC]

Here's the exact moment a lady charged at NYPD officers with two knives.

Minutes before this took place the lady allegedly stabbed multiple people.

What happened to good citizens these days ? Why didn't someone walk up behind her and hit her over the head with something ?

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@Justinjpearson @KamalaHarris Not something to be proud of bruh.. she needs to get away from my party

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I got that choo-choo

[friendscallmeJay @Jaypotta]

Well, I heard about a man whose broken heart was torn in two
And everybody's got a protest song for you-know-who
Well, you can keep them barroom ditties stuck inside your brain
The only thing that clears 'em out is songs about a train

-Billy MF Strings

https://t.co/6vvCvcEh2m

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@TheEricGoldman There was literally an amusement park ride that gave ‘Back to the Future’ a run for its money back in the 90s least you forget…

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@PpollingNumbers @ChristopherHahn Who the fuck is voting for Pete???

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@RandyRRQuaid we can tell you’re not gonna asked to be in the sequel now

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I have watched/listened to HUNDREDS of Billy Strings shows and I can confidently say last nights Ionia Freak Fair Night 1 was a top tier -top 10 (maybe Top 5) all time performance

Congrats to Billy, the lazy boys and the team. What a hell of a show to witness even from the couch

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I just want an 8 episode arc and THAT’S it!

[ToonHive @ToonHive]

Concept art for a proposed ‘Doug’ sequel series, titled ‘Doug Kids,’ has been posted online by series creator Jim Jinkins.

The series was pitched to Disney in 2019 but ultimately never moved forward.

[FOCKBUSTER @AlexFocker]

I hate capitalism, burn it down

[Joe Rossignol @rsgnl]

Apple TV pricing history (U.S.):

$4.99/month (2019)
$6.99/month (2022)
$9.99/month (2023)
$12.99/month (2025)
$14.99/month (2026)

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@MtGrassUnit Such 🔥, great job yall!!!

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@KamalaHarris We don’t want you near this shit

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The era of Frats jumping from Rap to Jam Bands in 2026 has officially shifted.

[TheJBPL @WeSeeMonsters]

Roofied

@goosetheband

🎥 @gooselenz

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🫡

[Seth 🐀 @mixsethaddams]

Tits out for Dolly, buldges out for Tim.

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@JeffBezos Maybe you should fund the literacy program then……

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@IvankaTrump @lexfridman @DollyParton Youre father is fucking youre doppelgänger

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@harrisonjaime Yo Jaime, FUCK Israel … I don’t know how clear we have to be over here. Why you think we throwin AIPAC out when possible

You think this is a game?

Seriously, who the hell are you?

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We didn’t deserve her

[pop culture gal @allurequinn]

oh i’m crying bad…..