Documentary about the first international tour of the band The Police.Documentary about the first international tour of the band The Police.Documentary about the first international tour of the band The Police.
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- Alternate versionsOn May 20, 2022 "Around The World Restored & Expanded" was released on bluray and DVD. This title would suggest a longer running time, but the documentary is actually 10 minutes shorter. Almost every segment of the movie was tinkered with. The only noticeable expansion would be the replacement of slow-motion parts with actual (sometimes new) moving images. But mostly any scenes that might be seen as politically incorrect nowadays or that show the band members in a bad light (swearing, arguing, ...) are gone.
- the opening credits have been replaced with a modernized version
- in the very first scene the profile shots of Andy Summers and the lady in the garden (and one garden shot) are replaced with band scenes
- "Next To You" - one "woohoo" after the announcement is missing, the guitar solo including band shots at the train station are cut
- "Light Changes" - new "him killer dog" audio at the start; at the end about 35 seconds with Andy and Stewart talking are cut
- "Walking On The Moon" - slow-motion effects are replaced with additional shots of Sting signalling the end of the fight and Andy Summers being whirled around / Stewart Copeland's comment are partially cut
- "Guitar Man" - the dressing room argument at the end is cut
- tailor scene - bribing the tailor with what's probably a The Police pin : cut
- "Man In A Suitcase" - fan interview is partially cut, the radio announcer and scenes with the doctor are completely gone
- "Can't Stand Losing You" - the cough right before announcing the song & woman saying "thank you all for coming" : cut / one scene with costumes has been replaced / after "Alright Bombay" a few beats including an additional cough have been cut
- "Bring On The Night" - Stewart Copeland's "Arab" comments are cut / roadie Danny Quatrochi talking is cut
- "Voices Inside My Head" - the dressing room scene right afterwards with an angry Stewart Copeland was cut
- "When The World Is Running Down..." - one new Sting shot singing replaces a slow-motion effect / the end now features more moving images of the skyline and a short fade to black before "Shadows In The Rain" starts
- "Shadows In The Rain" - two scenes with Andy Summers and his bolos are cut
- "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" - completely cut (Sting being aggressive to a fan who threw mud at him)
- "Don't Stand So Close To Me" - fade-in: the very first vocals are not audible anymore
- "Truth Hits Everybody" - the first Jools Holland scene is cut, the song now starts to random fan footage / the whole middle section has gone, including a Sting backstage moment
- "Roxanne" - the end of the Frances Tomelty interview is cut - with Sting slowly looking into the camera / bare breasts are replaced with random audience scenes
- "Message In A Bottle" - end credits style has changed / background videos are different in parts
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Great stuff from the 80s
Previous review says it all. The DVD is a long time coming but hopefully when it does it will have tons of extras (as it the current footage isn't long enough) and do justice to a great band. This documentary is very special as it chronicled The Police when they were the very first band of the 80s to do a true world tour. In fact the concerts in Greece were the first since the early 70s when the Rolling Stones played there and were allegedly 'beaten up and jailed'. The footage of India is awesome as they were probably the first or one of the first Western bands to play there and the emotions of the audience are very natural and a joy to watch. Come on get this out on DVD....
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- ndicksee
- Aug 2, 2006
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