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God, please come to Region 1 dvd!

I love these movies! Both are on my top ten movie list I really want to see the uncut version of Plague Dogs. Got an old VHS off of eBay a few years ago, but its the shortened, censored version thats the most commenly found

Highly recommended to all!

(Lucky Australians)

I've read Watership Down, but I've never heard of the Plague Dogs. Maybe I should read it.

Yes, definitely. I saw the Plague Dogs about twenty years ago when it came out on VHS, not since because it, like Toys, was continually rented out and videotapes in those days costed upwards $50!

I've been kind of going through a Watership Down renaissance lately, since I found a site where someone who lived near the real place went hiking around and taking pictures of the various locations mentioned in the book. You'll be pleased to know that the locus where Woundwort and Bigwig confront each other, the arch bridge under the railroad track, was translated to the film's background faithfully and IRL, someone drew a grafitti mural of Kehaar attacking the General on the bricks under the arch.

http://www.mayfieldiow.freewire.co.uk/w ... tm#viewmap

Oohh, I know that film! Nostalgia!

I own Watership down on DVD but not plague dogs. Its been a while since i've actually seen Plague dogs, but did the dogs die at the end?

In the version I saw, they did. It's Snitter going under, saying "Reet mazer...yows..." Then just the waves and roll creds.

Argh. Cold, cruel ending, no wonder nobody liked it. But I heard there's a "happy ending" that was shot that jibes up with the book.

Question for the panel: What do you think of Shardik as a movie? I'd like to see it but not as animation. And no question, it would have to be an R. The story element of child slavery and the kid dying are just too heavy and you can't cut it out or bowdlerize it. If they did that, they'd have no story. I think Shardik would be an awesome film if Ridley Scott directed it!