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Perhaps the granddaddy of the "missing trailer footage"
phenomenon, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels had a great teaser. Who can
forget the stuffy Michael Caine and mischievous Steve Martin pushing
that old lady into the river and that kid's face into his ice
cream? Despite taking a whole day to shoot, too bad the footage
was never incorporated into the movie. Yet so many people saw
that trailer that invariably there was a near-outcry when moviegoers
felt cheated that the scene wasn't in the film!
Released on DVD by Image Entertainment in late 1997, that disc
has long since been discontinued, and didn't include the famous
teaser. Perhaps with MGM now owning the film, they'll get around
to reissuing it with the trailer this time. Or better, yet, how
about a full-fledged special edition?
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