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Tears Of The Sun - Prime Objective

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by geKKo
What is it about? This is a faster cut that focuses on the Navy SEALs doing their mission. Much of the priest/nuns screentime have been cut. Some redundant exposition involving the ethnic cleansing have been minimized. I tried to make this edit less preachy and simply about the SEALs doing their job.

Tagline: To complete his mission, he'll make the ultimate choice.

Original film name: Tears of the Sun
New film name: Tears of the Sun (Prime Objective)
Film studio name: Sony (Revolution)
Edit crew name: geKKo
Date original film was released: March 7, 2003
Date edit was released: October 31, 2007
Original runtime: 1h 53m (without credits)
New runtime: 1h 35m
Amount of time Cut/Added: 18 minutesCuts removed/added/extended:

* - Removed some missionary scenes with priest/nuns.
* - Removed some dissolve transitions.
* - Removed shots of jungle animals.
* - Removed some cutaway shots from action.
* - Removed some hints of romance developing between characters.
* - Removed some redundant exposition.
* - Moved Edmund Burke quote to beginning to make it less of a guilt trip at the end.
* - Other minor cuts to improve pacing. In total over 50 cuts.

Fanedit details:

* Video: 854 x 480, H.264, 1850kbps
* Audio: 48kHz, AAC, 128kbps, Stereo

DVD authored by boon:

* NTSC 1.78:1 presented in 16:9
* Dolby 5.1 Ac-3 audio
* Menus
* Animnated scene selection
* Gekko's fanedit list
* Info
* Cover Art

Your intention for this fanedit:
Faster pace, less guilt.Hardware and software information (what did you use to create your fanedit):
Final Cut Pro 6

Additional Comment:

* This is a faster cut that focuses on the Navy SEALs doing their mission. Much of the priest/nuns screentime have been cut. Some redundant exposition involving the ethnic cleansing have been minimized. I tried to make this edit less preachy and simply about the SEALs doing their job.

Time needed for the edition:
3 days

persons involved:
geKKo

Additional information links:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314353/

Images:

tearsofthesun_PO_by_boon23_front.jpg


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