The shooting script i read, is almost shot for shot exactly as it was released, which is incredible to me, the intro with all the editing is all spelled out ,all the songs with the exception of G-spot and electric intercourse being omited.
In the rehearsal scene when Prince is late and Wendy plays the guitar part to "Lets Go Crazy", in the script it was supposed to be G-spot, then she sais her lets go crazy part "But there is something else...)

Vanity was still the named on the script to the last minute it seems, all of Morris's "whahhhawks" are there in the script exactly as in the movie which i find hilarious!

Erika2k8 said:

I think if the scenes in the screenplay (later omitted from the movie) were included it would have been too intense--especially the train, mother and rape scenes. Too dark for mainstream movie goers at that time?

toots said:

Whatever, dude.

NWF said:

Umm...Im no dude and it has been out for awhile thanks!

toots said:

Well excuse me for being tardy to the party.

Thanks, interesting read. I prefer the edited version though. I think the rape scene and the fight with Jelly bean would have been too much. I wonder how much came from his purple notebook.

I read the script a year ago boy was I surprised by the gritty dark tone of the story very weird that they wanted to call it "Dreams" so fucking corny man.

she hesitates a moment, then pulls off her blouse, discards it to the moist dusty floor. a deep thunder rolls. she's on top of him, moving deliciously, her body glowing in the purple dawn light. Moist, purple water shadows streak and course her skin as she moves slowly, the deliberately aagainst him. He watches her avidly, his hands firmly on her thighs, and thrusts into her again and again...and again.

wow if this would have been in the movie it would have been xxRated dont ya think i had to stop reading after this to hot

CHRISLUV92 said:

that would have been amazingly sexy!

it truly makes me want those deleted scenes from all 3 movies after reading this..and it makes so much more sense 2 have some of the scenes kept in..the whole delivery of flowers by morris imo is a good example of editing. but still, i want 2 c all those shots filmed

syble said:

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It is real. There are other links not edited by this person and you can see some of the scences in the trailer for the movie. The director discussed some of the cut scences the the DVD for PR. In addition, songs were being written while the movie was actually being filmed.

Why would anyone want to do this?

CHRISLUV92 said:

Dude, I just rubbed one out while reading this . This would have been hot!

JuliePurplehead said:

and u didn't let me watch!!!!

was recently watching the film with the commentary. I think some of the footage was cut, other parts were lost.
I don't think the rape scene would have ever been shot (which I think is a good thing, becuase the fact that he wacks her, i always thought was a little too full on for me).

I would have liked to have seen more of the relationship bw the kid and his mum. It's a creepy storyline, but interesting, and I think the film glossed over it (I never really understood that the mother was an alcoholic etc untill I read this script)

ToraToraDreams said:

If I could go back in time I'd tell The Kid to release the full orginal version as planned. Though I suspect the suits at Warner had more to do with the heavy editing than Our Hero did. I hear they weren't overly keen on the whole movie idea in the first place, hence the minimal budget. They probably figured keeping all the gritty details in as planned would've pushed the edge beyond audience-friendly fare. I mean, the original script does imply he was having sex with his mom.

GoActive said:

That explains why Take Me With U is so crap compared to the rest of the soundtrack.

meow85 said:

^ I guess that makes the Kid the MotherFucKERRRR and not Francis L.

GoActive said:

There is an earlier version of it floating around that starts with Prince's dad shooting himself. That one has Vanity in it.

See, you can detect those darker and grittier elements in movies like "8 Mile". And that movie had some pretty risque content. But that's OK by today's standards. But back in 1984, I don't think Prince or William Blinn or Albert Magnoli or any of them would've gotten away with the original script for PR. I'm actually fine with the final results anyways. I think they were really trying to make the movie a vehicle for Prince and his music and the whole music scene in Minneapolis anyways since that hasn't been done before.

uhmm ok.. I have my VHS copy of purple rain and ive not seen it in awhile,because my VCR isn't working,but I do have the 20th edition of the 2 disc set DVD...am i trippin' or was the barn sex scene cut out of it? could someone shed some light here?

Tamera1 said:

It was edited out I have the 2 disc set as well. I wish they would of kept some scence that they did cut out though.

toots said:

I've heard people swear up and down that that scene was in the movie when they saw it in theatres.

So is the link the one with the real PR script-
http://www.imsdb.com/scri...-Rain.html

or is it the corky link that has the real script?

Tamera1 said:

ToraToraDreams said:

Toots: Thanks..I thought so. Well,atleast from what I remember too even from then & my VHS. I agree I really wish they would have kept it too. ToraToraDreams: Thanks as well. I'm pretty sure that 'scene' was in there in theatres and early version of VHS copy. Dang. That sucks. You'd think being the 20th edition that they'd keep that in there.
I'm pretty poistive it was there.

would love to see that barn sex scene!!!

ToraToraDreams said:

The poster wasnt talking about the theaters, they were talking about the 2 disc set

Tamera1 said:

I have both the DVD version(not the Aniiversery) AND the Anniversery Edition 2 disc set it isnt in either one of them.
[Edited 6/9/08 14:18pm]

The barn scene was never in the film. There were clips of it in the trailer...and in the video for When Doves Cry. But it was never in the film.

And the script that is on the internet looks like a working screenplay - the one Albert Magnoli worked from. The "original original" was written by William Blinn - and by all accounts, was radically different from what was shot. (Jill had a much larger role, for example.)

This is a great discussion and it makes me more excited about the 25th anniversary. Legend has it that Purple Rain was originally given an X rating by the MPAA. This was supposed to have been reported by MTV back in 1984 although I cannot find any articles or news clips. Uptown magazine reported this in one issue. If this is true, one would have to assume that there was another cut of Purple Rain that possibly included the 2nd love scene and/or the “rape” scene. I always assumed that Al Magnoli, being an editor, knew that the movie would run long and decided to leave certain scenes out of preliminary edits. This includes everything that was deleted after Prince seduces Apollonia in his basement straight through to when they both return to her apartment and possibly the “rape” scene (if it was filmed). But this MPAA story threatens to obliterate my theory. An X rated cut of Purple Rain had to include the 2nd love scene or the “rape” scene.

Lastly, if the 1983-1984 work print (with minimal extra footage) managed to get leaked and bootlegged, could this mean that an earlier edit is out there somewhere?