any change they made 20 years after the release to this scene would be financial suicide, since millions of people have seen it and
they're not going to get anybody to buy it if they alter it.  Sure, MGM could absorb the loss, but why would they want to create it
to begin with?

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From: "Ron Leming" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: FYI--Escape From New York


> logistically, I just can't see how this could be done, even if someone
> was stupid enough to want to. If the towers were simply peripheral to
> the movie, part of the set, sure, you could CGI them out. But the towers
> are an integral part of the film, taking them out would destroy the
> integrity of the movie.
>
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