| Actors:
| Dennis Hopper, Jodie Foster, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price, John Turturro | | Director:
| Dennis Hopper | | Format:
| Anamorphic, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Lions Gate | | Run Time:
| 102 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| October 04, 2001 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 28 reviews |
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29 of 30 found the following review helpful:
 DVD is NOT the Director's Cut!May 06, 2001
For those who don't know, there are two versions of this film:The European version titled "Catchfire", which runs 98 minutes (more or less) and has a music score by Curt Sobel. The director of the film, Dennis Hopper disowned this version--it is credited to Alan Smithee instead. Then there's the director's cut, "Backtrack", which runs 116 minutes (more or less), and features a different score by Michel Columbier. This version is available on video. I don't know why, but the DVD release is in fact the shorter European cut w/ alternate score--despite keeping the "Backtrack" title and Hopper's name on the credits as director. Oh, and the back of the box credits Michel Columbier as composer, which is very odd considering not a note of his music is present in this version. A simple mistake by the distributor Artisan? Or are they simply trying to pull a fast one on the consumers? Either way, I strongly suggest that you either wait for a proper release on DVD or purchase the VHS version instead, which to my knowledge remains as the director's cut. Maybe Hopper changed his mind about which cut he prefers, but I highly doubt that.
24 of 26 found the following review helpful:
Butchered movieJul 20, 2005
By Victoria A. Wildermuth
Don't buy this DVD. Buy the VHS director's cut. The movie has been wrecked by haphazard edits. The DVD doesn't even make sense. This is not a bad film. Buy the VHS, but run as far as you can from this DVD. It's a rip-off.
19 of 20 found the following review helpful:
WARNING!Aug 30, 2004
By E. Newman
A word to the wise from one who got burned: the Artisan DVD release is the expurgated cut. The story makes no sense once they've trimmed the Jodie/Dennis sex scenes, so don't buy it. Shame on Artisan.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 BUYERS BEWAREFeb 25, 2005
By A. Laslo
READ ALL REVIEWS BEFORE YOU BUY. If I had taken the time to read the warning about the cut DVD version, I never would have bought this DVD. Too late schmart. It's a hatchet job. Very sad and SO maddening that an intriguing film in which one could luxuriate has been turned into a goofy trivialization. And I can't return it because I've opened it.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Shorter and less sexy than the VHSJun 27, 2001
The Widescreen simply cuts off the the top and bottom of the full screen VHS. Left out some of the Jodie Foster Shower scene and cut some the touchy feely between Hopper and Foster.
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