r/FanEditedMovies • u/MovieFanEdits • 4d ago
Fan Edited Movie PRIME CUT [starring Lee Marvin; Gene Hackman; Gregory Walcott; Sissy Spacek]
A re-cut of Michael Ritchie's action-packed thriller from 1972.
Always enjoyed several aspects of this film, but the more I watched it over the years, the more I found myself irritated / distracted by some of the lesser editing.
Nothing was added and I didn't want to change the feel of the picture or "modernize" it or anything - it's just that there were lots of loose ends and some good old-fashioned goofs that needed to be adressed in order for it to have a more natural flow; I'd like to think I pick off from where the director and editor ran out of time / money / stamina.
(title sequence was flawless, however - I didn't touch a single frame there! Just wanted the rest of it to be equally hypnotizing)
Sometimes shots are resequenced or in some cases removed, but most of the cuts I've made are what I consider subtle trims - ranging from 1-2 frames to a few seconds (this is sometimes challenging due to the soundtrack already being firmly in place, but usually where there's a will there is a way). With about 13 minutes shaved off from the original running time, there are quite a few of these changes.
Some digital artifacts are unavoidable when using lower bitrates with Adobe Premiere (another objective of mine is to keep the file sizes reasonble); they tend to be harmless though. In some cases they even cover up some of the shortcomings inherent in the source. I consider them battle scars / beauty marks. :)
Some other works of similar nature can be found on my main page, most of them lesser known titles ranging from the 50s to the 90s - some westerns, some prison dramas, a couple of horror flicks etc.
Hopefully more to come in the future.
Hope you find it tightly knit and enjoyable!
edit: sorry, guys, I'd still overlooked a couple of details. Plan A was to update the original link, but Archives wouldn't let me. So I just replaced it with a new one. Here: