The Police Academy movies (1984-94)

[WaveCrest]

I've seen a different Police Academy R2 disc listed on Play.com recently and I wanted to ask anyone here if they know if this is a bootleg or not. It's called "Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (Alternative Edition)" and contains 14 minutes of deleted scenes. The URL link to the Play.com listing page is below:

amazon.co.uk: Police Academy 4

[WaveCrest]

Marc, can you confirm whether this is a genuine DVD or a bootleg version? Based on your posts on the ABUK forum you know your stuff about whether some DVD releases of films are genuine or bootleg versions.

[MarcMorris]

It's an official Warner release.

[Oscar Deutsch]

I think it's called the Alternative Release because it was originally cut slightly for a PG. Under BBFC guidelines, if a later uncut version subsequently comes out, it must be labelled in some way as different - heaven forbid anyone picks it up and is subjected to a bad word they never heard when they watched an older release, society would surely crumble to dust within weeks.

[ForestFilmsUK]

I got this one, and as far as I can tell, its the same as the old VHS. The extra footage is as extras, not in the film itself.

[mic]

The VHS was cut to remove Guttenberg applying glue to a microphone which subsequently sticks to whatsisface's chin [apparently an 'imitable technique']. The dvd restores this cut. So it's not an alternate version at all really. Besides which they didn't use the 'alternate version' heading for PA 6 even though that also had cuts restored. PA 4 is bloody awful by the way; by far the worst of the first 6 films IMO. I can't bring myself to watch PA 7.

[the dude]

It's annoying some of the sequels are in 4:3 when the French releases are all anamorphic

[WaveCrest]

I was a bit disappointed when I tested out the Alternative Version R2 disc of Police Academy 4 and found it was in full screen (the print is a bit dark as well and the the picture at the start jumps slightly as the credits start). Have the Police Academy movies ever been shown in widescreen on the TV?

[Count Yorga]

I was recently in a remote part of Thailand, and at the hotel were I stayed I was almost alone (off-season) However on the hotels own channel they showed all the PA films in row over and over non-stop 24/7. I saw them at least 5 times,all of them over the 10 days I was there

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