I would believe that the version New Yorker Films distributes would be the original since Dan Talbot (New Yorker's owner) was the co-producer of the film. I'm sure someone at New Yorker Films could find out the history of their material and every other version. As for claims about "firsts," we distributors will often do or say anything to get more press so it sometimes comes from us. Or worse, from writers with insufficient historical backgrounds and everybody repeats it. Even the best make mistakes. For example, one great historian mentions that Grass is about Laplanders chasing reindeer. Or our claim in the Tabu press kit that the film is one of the most beautiful B&W films ever shot (which we feel comes close to the truth), but many reporters wrote, " the most beautiful B&W film ever made" which naturally, we quoted back in our publicity as well. Dennis Doros Milestone Film & Video ---- To sign off SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]