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What all did the edited-for-TV version skip on, MM? How short was it from the original unrated version?
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To tell you the truth, I really cannot remember. I was around 10 or 12, so that was up to nearly 30 years ago :(
What I do remember is that it didn't really make that much of a difference to the film. What probably was skipped were shots of blood and gore. All the scares were still there.
I don't know how much shorter it would have been, because there were advertisements during the movie. But it would not have been much shorter - most probably just a few minutes.
Australian TV used to show a lot of modified-for-tv versions of movies. I remember when Jaws first came on TV, some of the cuts included when the swimmer's amputated leg sank to the bottom of the ocean - the very last few frames when the top of the amutated leg was visible was cut. Also when Quint expired blood out of his mouth was cut.
These days, these scenes would not be cut. The movie would be shown a bit later instead.