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24.140.55.164 (
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14:40, 22 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Banned?
I had heard part of this movie was banned from TV broadcast. Something about disturbing segment with Satan. Anyone know if there's any truth in this? --
Threyon (
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10:13, 31 October 2008 (UTC)reply
There's a video making the rounds of the Internet supposedly from a "banned children's film" that's actually from this movie, the vignette from it is based on Satan from Twain's novella
The Mysterious Stranger. It really is creepy, but I don't think this is strictly a children's movie.
67.149.27.246 (
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05:45, 30 January 2009 (UTC)reply
The truth is that the film was never banned from TV. What *actually* happened was that, when the Disney Channel showed this movie back in the early 90s, they cut out the "Mysterious Stranger" segment.--
71.143.10.118 (
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23:18, 19 June 2009 (UTC)reply
That would make sense. I had the movie taped off TV in the late 80s/early 90s and must've watched it hundreds of times. I have no recollection of the mysterious stranger segment. I first saw it on Youtube recently. So strange.
Myrkkyhammas (
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23:49, 31 March 2011 (UTC)reply
Netflix has the film at the moment, and from what I recall about the Disney airing of it, everything was intact (i.e., I don't remember saying "that's new" while watching it). I don't think it was ever banned, although due to its relatively low profile, it probably didn't get much airplay. That said, yes there are parts of the movie that are more than a bit creepy, but it plays off of some of Twain's works that were very critical of humanity. --McDoobAU9320:37, 3 September 2014 (UTC)reply
Read over the plot summary of the 1944 film. Unless there's a journey across the globe in a
TARDIS-like airship, it's not the same film. This one does need a plot summary to better clarify what's going on, though. *queues up Netflix* --McDoobAU9320:34, 3 September 2014 (UTC)reply
Definitely not the same film. However, the term "remake" seems to be broad enough to cover this case according to
its Wikipedia article. I suppose my comment was more as to whether or not the producers or the critics referred to it as a remake of the earlier film. Which is not the most essential fact about the film by any means, but would be nice to know, if true.
Davidhof (
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19:12, 4 September 2014 (UTC)reply
Think the only similarity is the name. They tell two totally different stories; the 40's film appears to be a biographical piece while the 80's film is pure fantasy. --McDoobAU9319:15, 4 September 2014 (UTC)reply
Rotten Tomatoes,
C.H.U.D.,
IMDb and
Turner Classic Movies, among others, have the film from 1985. However, I did find where the release date you found most likely came from; the
New York Times film review was published on that date, and even its title says the film is from 1985. Preponderence of evidence and number of sources seems to determine that the January 17, 1986 release date is an aberration. --McDoobAU9321:40, 21 April 2015 (UTC)reply