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Our chills multiplied and we almost lost control anticipating a musical montage, but then the Travolta/Newton John sendup ended up on the cutting-room floor.
The James Franco/Anne Hathaway 'Grease' routine: Now it can be seen 2011
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The arts are usually the first thing to end up on the cutting-room floor when budget scissors get sharpened in Washington.
Mickey Hart: There's a Fire on the Mountain Mickey Hart 2011
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The dialogue doesn't address the March smooch — which was filmed but left on the cutting-room floor — or what might've followed.
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Which is sort of like editing a film, deciding what winds up on the "cutting-room floor" and what goes into that final cut that people get to see.
"Look at everything around us. Look at everything we've done." greygirlbeast 2010
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But ultimately, "we felt it would end up on the cutting-room floor."
Fitting 'One Day' Into Two Hours Rachel Dodes 2011
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In order to compress the play to a workable length, they cut most of the first act, adding a single line "Compelling thee to marry with Demetrius" to clarify a key plot point that got lost on the cutting-room floor.
Making Shakespeare Sing: A Modest Proposal for a Costly Festival Terry Teachout 2011
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Scene 6: More Winona Ryder, who must be steamed that a third of these scenes collected from the cutting-room floor feature her.
'Star Trek' DVD: Prepare for a deleted-scene geek-out | EW.com 2009
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He interprets the record as a weird sort of concept album, one gleaned from the cutting-room floor and artfully constructed as a "cover up, not as a revelation".
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Press play on our two-part interview below to see what Irina had to say about her controversial all-black collection, how the nickname Mean-a Irina came to be, and her claim that behind whatever bitchery she displayed on screen, there was always a good reason for it … only, it consistently ended up on the cutting-room floor.
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Which is sort of like editing a film, deciding what winds up on the "cutting-room floor" and what goes into that final cut that people get to see.
"Look at everything around us. Look at everything we've done." greygirlbeast 2010
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