A rough cut of Zulu Dawn: The FanEdit is complete. I stress rough cut. Below is a list of the most significant changes. The battle itself has so many alterations that they are impossible to list.
The original runtime is 117 minutes. The FanEdit runtime is 100 minutes.
ZULU DAWN: The FanEdit - Cut & Addition List
Cut: Opening credit sequence
New: Opening credits and title
Cut: Score by Elmer Bernstein
New: Score by John Barry
New: Title Card
New: Zulu Dance
Cut: Line by Bartle Frere (Mills) "You'll see from the letter....this is our decision alone"
New: Brought forward scene of NNC messenger telling King Cetshwayo (Sabela) of the British ultimatum
Cut: Some shots from British army on parade
Cut: Dunford (Lancaster) to Lt. William Vereker (Ward) "Show him how an officer is expected to behave"
Cut: Durnford and the cricket ball
Cut: Lt. William Vereker meeting Fanny Colenso (Calder-Marshall)
Cut: Chelmsford (O'Toole), Bartle Frere and Crealock (Jayston) talking about Durnford
Cut: Fanny Colenso's line "Why can't men think of nothing but war"
Cut: Bartle Frere's final solution line
Cut: Durnford's line "does he wish me to fight the Zulus or observe their natural habitat"
Cut: Durnford's line "God go with you Mr Vereker"
New: Re-arranged scenes at British camp at night before invasion
New: Zulu Dawn sequence
New: Re-arranged British army crossing Buffalo river into Zululand
Cut: Scene between Q.S.M. Bloomfield (Vaughan) and Lt. Harford (Pickup) over dead NNC
New: Added Zulus watching the invasion
Cut: "Why do you come to the Land of The Zulu?"
Cut: Scene with Norris Newman (Lacey) after first blood is drawn "This one is a grandfather at least..."
New: SPX Matte of camp at Isandlwana, Dusk
New: Norris Newman (Lacey) questioning Col Crealock (Jayston) about "willingly splitting his force" has been moved to the morning before Chelmsford leaves camp at Isandlwana
New: Tightened the Zulus escape from British camp
Cut: Chelmsford about to have lunch and all following scenes with him once battle begins at Isandlwana
New: Various SPX shots to increase size of Zulu army
Cut: Shots that show the Zulu Impi as underwhelming
Cut: Colonel Pulleine (Elliott) asking for guns to cover "Durnford for a fallback"
Cut: Lt. William Vereker asking the artillery to cover Durnford
New: Lt. William Vereker rides to Durnford’s position and is witness to the confusion
Cut: Colonel Pulleine asking Melvill to save the colours
Cut: Durnford asking a NNC to ride to Natal "when you see the Bishop tell him...tell his daughter, I was obliged to remain here with my infantry"
New: Added shots of Martini Henry rifles to reduce obvious use of the carbines by the 24th Foot
New: Solar Eclipse during closing stages of the battle
Cut: Lt. William Vereker shooting at the Queen’s Colours
New: Matte of Isandlwana after the battle, Night
Cut: Out-of-context quotation from Disraeli. The quote refers to the death of the Prince Imperial
New: Narrartion
New: End title card
New: Added credits
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