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{{trope}}
Occasionally, a movie turns out good. [[
Kinds of Recuts:
* ''Director's Cut'': The cut of the film the director 'approves of'. If the director didn't like the theatrical cut because they [[Executive Meddling|weren't allowed]] to cut the film the way they wanted, they may put scenes back in, take scenes out, fiddle with timing, change audio or various other things. This kind of Director's Cut is very common on DVD. Occasionally, the theatrical cut ''is'' the director's cut, because the director's perfectly happy with the theatrical cut.
** ''Extended Cut'': Identical to the Director's Cut, except not necessarily by the director, and not necessarily the director's original vision. Example: [[Peter Jackson]] considers the theatrical ''[[The Lord of the Rings (
* ''TV Cut'': An edited version of the film. Basically, every movie shown on TV has been changed slightly (every time there's an ad break, the film fades to black) but often there are more significant changes. For instance, violence is often cut, swear words are covered up, and nudity may be removed. (See any ''[[
* ''In-Flight Cut'': A version of the film edited for viewing during an airline flight. Similar to the ''TV Cut'', but ''far'' more stringent. In addition to cuts and dubs for language, violence and/or sexuality, all manner of other content may be removed, depending on the airline showing the film -- for example, removing anything to do with pork products from films sold to airlines from Muslim nations. And for some strange reason, any scene which depicts ''anything'' at all, however minor, which negatively impacts an airplane -- even one on the ground -- will disappear from the film.
Beyond that, things can get very confusing. The inclusion of one or more Recuts is often one of the selling points of a [[Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== [[Anime]] ==
* ''[[Dragon Ball Kai]]'' is a rare case of a recut of an entire televised series (in this case, ''[[Dragonball Z]]''), cutting away the filler, remastering the show in HD and rerecording the dialogue with as many of the original voice actors as possible.
== [[
* When [[Marvel Comics]] reprinted the original series of ''[[Elf Quest]]'' new pages had to be added by Wendy Pini to fit the total page count. Some of these were new episode titles and recaps, while others were new or expanded story pages. Most of the latter were included in subsequent reprints; due to [[Art Evolution]] it's usually not too hard to tell which. A few of the new episode titles were also included, causing some disruption to the original chaptering. Controversially, the series was also re-lettered with bigger
** Another reformatting took place when [[DC Comics]] reprinted the series in [[Manga]]-style volumes, requiring Pini to expand, contract or extend existing comic panels to fit the new page size. This version also included most of the additional art drawn for the Marvel version.
*
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Supernova]]'' had an R-rated version released on video that was more violent and made the bad guy even ''more'' of a [[Complete Monster]]. These scenes can be viewed on the DVD in the [[Deleted Scene]] section.
* There was a special showing of ''[[
* The horror film ''[[Needful Things]]'' was shown on TBS some years back with a sizeable chunk of added footage, most adding depth to the characters. This version has yet to be released in any format.
* The ''[[Dune]]'' movie. The 1984 theatrical version was not director [[David Lynch]]'s Director's
* Universal also did this for the Kevin Costner sci fi ''[[Waterworld]]''. The Extended Cut originally appeared on ABC television in two parts that clocked in at two hours each (with commercials). It trimmed out the opening pee shot, the excess violence, and replaced most cusswords with "Slime!". It also reshuffled some of the order of events and added a ''ton'' of development of both world and characters, mostly for the Deacon and the atollers.
* While we're on Kevin Costner, this also happened to ''[[Dances
* Another Costner film that got this treatment was ''[[Robin Hood]]: [[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves|Prince Of Thieves]]''. Not much is added, but the connection between the Sheriff and the old crone is explained, and it is ''gross''. This has also been released on DVD.
** It's also the version available on the Netflix streaming service. Really, a much better film than the original...
* Made infamous by [[George Lucas]] reworking the original ''[[Star Wars]]'' trilogy, resulting in [[The Dog Shot First|the "Han Shot First" campaign]].
** He also did this to ''[[
* [[Peter Jackson]] also has done this. In ''[[The Frighteners]]'', he removed some scenes to avoid an R-rating. It didn't work. One scene featured Johnny Bartlett's ghost and his [[Ax Crazy]] live girlfriend engaging in what can only be described as the ''weirdest'' foreplay ''ever''. It features her {{spoiler|stabbing his ectoplasmic chest with a butcher knife and him acting like he's having sex}}. Another scene features a more family-friendly death scene for Jeffrey Combs' character that has been shown in the airline and television versions of the film. Both versions have been released on DVD, but the Director's Cut has a behind-the-scenes special that's actually ''longer'' than the film.
** He has also done this to his remake of ''[[King Kong]]''.
* Bob Guccione's infamous ''[[Caligula]]'' exists in no fewer than '''ten''' cuts, a result of the gross amount of [[Executive Meddling]] that occured during the film's production and [[Values Dissonance|varying decency standards in the US and Europe]].
* Upon its initial release, [[
* Ditto ''[[Blade Runner]]'', which is now available in ''five'' versions: the Domestic and International Theatrical Cuts (both with voiceover by Harrison Ford and a happy
** While we're on Ridley Scott, his film ''[[Kingdom of Heaven]]'' was released in its theatrical cut (which he hated), and in a multi-disc Director's Cut, with which director, film critics, and many viewers were much happier.
** ''[[Legend (
** Another case of a Ridley Scott Recut is ''[[Alien]]''. When Fox requested a "Director's Cut" for the Special Edition release, Scott felt that an extended cut would ruin the film's pacing, and instead opted for an alternate cut using several deleted scenes. The end result was a "Director's Cut" that was actually two minutes shorter than the original film.
** Ridley Scott's ''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)|Robin Hood]]'' lost at least twenty minutes of footage before its theatrical release, including a scene that created a major plot hole. The Director's Cut DVD release restores it all.
* After nearly finishing production on ''[[Superman II]]'', director Richard Donner was fired and replaced with Richard Lester, who reshot much of the film. The original theatrical cut is about 35% Donner footage and 65% Lester footage. In 2006, Richard Donner released his own cut of the film on DVD, which is composed of about 90% of his material, and makes use of rehearsal footage and screen tests to make up the parts he never got a chance to film properly.
** Speaking of [[Superman]] and Richard Donner, the Director's Cut of the original film has ''also'' been released on DVD. This version adds some verisimilitude (sorry, couldn't resist) as well as some new scenes to the cut. Some of these scenes expand on the Kryptonian stuff in the film, as well a scene featuring little Lois seeing little Clark running at superspeed. Her parents are played by the actors from the original TV series.
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* A similar thing was done in 2009 for the reissue of the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' pilot movie, "Children of the Gods". Not only did the revised version clear up some at-the-time unfixed plot points (like how Apophis and his Jaffa departed through the Stargate in the beginning) and the motivation for Teal'c's [[Mook Face Turn]], but also removed such cringe-inducing moments like the nudity scene or Carter's infamous "[[Dork Age|reproductive organs]]" line. This came about from series creator Brad Wright's growing dissatisfaction with the original version, particularly with the full frontal nudity which was rumored to have been forced on him by then-series owners [[Showtime]].
** The movie that launched the series also had this done. Some scenes added to the Extended cut of the film show remains of some Anubis guards buried near the gate when it's dug up in the beginning.
* The ''[[Halloween (
** During the filming of the sequel, John Carpenter shot more scenes for the ABC broadcast of the original to help it pad out the
** The sequel itself has a few new things for the TV Cut. These include some alternate cuts of scenes, some scene and dialogue extensions, and a scene added to the end that takes place in the ambulance.
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** ''Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers'' has the most stunning example of this. Apparently, the film ran over time and budget, so [[Executive Meddling|the suits decided to take it over to see how they could screw it up]]. Their version is the Theatrical Cut. When the film was shown on TV, someone got a hold of the now infamous Producer's Cut. While the violence and cursing were trimmed, an ''assload'' of alternate takes and different opening narration were shown, and the entire last 20 minutes of the film is RADICALLY different from the Theatrical Cut. The main change is that the explanation for Michael's killing ways is altered: The Theatrical version offered a scientific reason, but the Producer's Cut says the reason is supernatural (which also explains why Michael is also growing bigger in each previous film. It's because his power is growing). It also shows a final scene with Dr. Loomis realizing that he has been cursed by Thorn. This was likely altered when Donald Pleasance died. An early trailer showed that the film was originally going to called "Halloween 666: The Curse of Michael Myers." This version is only available through bootleg video releases.
** ''[[Halloween H 20]]'' has a TV Cut that does the violence and cussword trim, but also has some alternate scenes fun. One added scene gives the
** The Rob Zombie remake has an Unrated Director's Cut on DVD.
* Another victim of [[Executive Meddling]] was ''[[Highlander II the Quickening]]''. When it ran over time and budget, [[Executive Meddling|the suits]] just couldn't ''wait'' to screw ''this'' pooch. The main difference between the Theatrical Cut and the Renegade Cut is that the immortals are NOT from freakin' space, but from the ancient past and predate humanity. The planet Zeist plotline was so clumsily added that it created one massive logic hole concerning MacLeod's reactivation of his immortal nature. This was handled in the Theatrical Cut with what had to be the ''worst'' explanation scene ever. Both have since been released on DVD.
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## In the first few minutes of the film, the boys are in the kitchen during their viewing of the Frankenstein movie to get snacks. Gary grabs a ''ridiculous'' handful of frozen mini-pizzas and shoves them into the microwave.
## During the party, some guys in Devo flowerpot hats show up, and ask to be let in. Lisa asks the guests what they think. The guests vote to toss 'em, but Lisa lets them in anyway.
* One of the earliest examples is ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''. After the film's successful initial release in 1977, [[Steven Spielberg]] convinced Columbia Pictures to re-edit the film and shoot new footage for scenes he never got to
* Spielberg later caught some flack from his re-cut of ''
* Disney made Special Editions of both ''[[Beauty and
** ''[[Pocahontas]]'' also had a special edition, although it was not released theatrically. It added "If I Never Knew You", a [[Cut Song]] that did poorly in test screenings but better-establishes the lovers' relationship as the film's climax approaches.
*** That was a [[Cut Song]]? This Latin-American troper's old VHS copy (bought when the movie was first released) ''does'' have it.
* The broadcast
** The removal of this scene causes a slight plot hole in the released version. With the scene intact, we see that Eddie returns to his office to shower off the pigs head, which is when Jessica arrives. When he exits the bathroom, he has very clearly just been taking a shower (he's soaking wet). But because [[Viewers
* Terry Jones was never happy with the original version of ''[[
* The films ''Planet Terror'' and ''Death Proof'' were filmed with the specific purpose of cutting large chunks out of them, and were in their theatrical release bundled as the [[Affectionate Parody|faux]] [[B
* ''[[Army of Darkness]]'' is especially odd in that there are several cuts depending on whether it's the theatrical release, domestic television broadcast, overseas market release or the Director's Cut. Some include the original ending (which was the one preferred by director [[Sam Raimi]], but [[Executive Meddling|was changed at the request of the studio]], which considered it "too depressing"), some include the theatrical ending, some include the extended windmill scene (strangely enough, the television broadcast has it, but the theatrical version didn't), some change the dialogue between Ash and Bad Ash, and some include other minor differences. Fans could have a field day just editing in their favorite versions of each scene, though the theatrical ending, where Ash {{spoiler|confronts a Deadite in S-Mart}} usually ranks as just one more [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for fans of the series.
* ''[[Watchmen (
* [[James Cameron]]'s 1989 sci-fi epic ''[[The Abyss]]'' was cut down by Cameron himself from from around 2 hours, 51 minutes to about 2 hours, 26 minutes for its theatrical release, with short bits removed from many scenes throughout the film, and a massive cut near the end of the film that focused on the {{spoiler|aliens threatening mankind with extinction because of their worries over humans destroying the planet in a nuclear holocaust}}. Cameron said he did this because certain scenes that read well as screenplay didn't translate to film with the effectiveness he wanted. In a bit of Averted [[Executive Meddling]], he revealed that the 20th Century Fox higher-ups were actually, to quote Cameron, "horrified" when he told them he was cutting the end sequence differently. After the success of 1991's ''[[Terminator]] 2'', however, Cameron used some money from a new contract to go back and finalize ''The Abyss'' into its initial 2 hour, 51 minute form, and this was later released as the "Special Edition."
* The Director's Cut of ''[[The Butterfly Effect]]'' has additional scenes and a ''much'' darker ending: {{spoiler|'''pre-natal suicide'''}}.
* Vincent Gallo's infamous film ''The Brown Bunny''
** To understand how much of a difference: the Cannes-cut apparently was ''Padding: [[The Movie]]'' with long sequences of the main character driving with bugs clashing against the windshield and when he did something like changing his shirt, critics started cheering.
* ''[[
* Sam Peckinpah's [[Cult Classic]] film ''Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid'' was a particularly infamous case of [[Executive Meddling]], culminating in MGM actually taking the film away from Peckinpah and releasing a considerably shorter version that nearly the entire cast panned and refused to be associated with. A director's cut version was shown once, but didn't make it to the general public until 15 years after the film's initial release. And just to make things more confusing, the DVD has 3 different versions.
* The R-Rated director's cut of 2003's ''[[Daredevil]]'' totally combined this with [[Better
* The Director's Cut of ''[[
* The Director's Cut of ''[[Donnie Darko]]'' greatly alters the pacing of the film, adding deleted scenes and new special effects, and switching the soundtrack of the movie around. Author Richard Kelly regards this version not as a director's cut (this title was the publisher's idea) as he considers the theatrical version just fine in its own right. Instead, to him the new version is a special edition of sorts. Since the new version alters the original, loved movie a great deal, [[Broken Base]], [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]] and [[Your Mileage May Vary]] ahoy.
* Originally produced as a five-hour [[Miniseries]] for German television, ''[[Das Boot]]'' was edited down to 150 minutes for its original theatrical release. In 1997 Wolfgang Petersen made a new Director's Cut edit for a theatrical reissue, which clocks in at just under 210 minutes. Both the miniseries and 1997 versions have been released on DVD.
* In 2001 ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' was re-edited by [[Francis Ford Coppola]] into a new extended version titled ''Apocalypse Now Redux'', which adds almost an hour of additional footage and is regarded by the director as an entirely different film (and held by most viewers and critics to be inferior to the original).
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** ''[[Kamen Rider Double|Double]] and [[Kamen Rider Decade|Decade]]: Movie Wars'' gets an important revision in its Director's Cut. In the theatrical version, the ''Double'' segment comes between ''Decade'' and the team-up. The problem here is that the finale has more to do with ''Decade'', meaning the ''Double'' segment breaks the narrative flow. The Director's Cut rectifies this by putting the ''Double'' segment first.
* In the theatrical version of ''[[The Return of the Living Dead]]'' "Fuck You" is embroidered across the back of Freddy's jacket. In order to be able to show the movie on television, scenes were reshot with a jacket that reads "Television Version."
* ''[[The Thief and
* The films directed by [[Orson Welles]] post-''[[
* ''[[Salt]]'' saw two additional cuts on DVD, both with different endings that cut the [[Sequel Hook]]: a [http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=117156 Director's Cut] (where {{spoiler|[[The Bad Guy Wins]]}}) and an [http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=54639 Extended Cut] (where {{spoiler|Salt goes to Russia}}).
* The film version of ''[[The Outsiders]]'' was re-released as ''The Outsiders: The Complete Novel'' - deleted scenes that were in the book but not the original film were added back in, and more licensed music from the time period was added.
* The American release version of ''[[The Man Who Fell to Earth]]'' was cut by about twenty minutes; this was partially to avoid an X rating for its graphic sexual content. Other scenes were reordered (this movie is not ''quite'' linear). Eventually the original cut was made available in the U.S., and it's this one that appears in [[The Criterion Collection]].
* ''[[Léon: The Professional]] / Leon'' exists in two different versions. ''The Professional'' is the American cut; ''Leon'' is the international cut (sometimes called ''version integrale''.) The American version is edited down mainly to remove any [[Grey and Gray Morality|moral quandaries]] about Matilda's actions - in the longer international version her crush on Leon is not so innocent, and more training scenes show her assisting with actual hits.
* While nowadays considered the [[Franchise Killer]] prequel to ''[[Gettysburg]]'', ''[[Gods and Generals]]'' actually received a standing ovation at its first pre-release screening. However, it ran for almost 5 hours. The studio's solution: cut it down to a more managable 3 1/2. This theatrical version, while shorter, didn't have a central theme or even much of a narrative structure. It was subsequently lambasted by critics, ignored by audiences (although many who actually bothered to see it claimed to enjoy it), and wound up being such a financial bomb that the studio didn't even bother releasing the original, [[Your Mileage May Vary|superior]] cut until 8 years later in 2011. Among other things, the longer version edits out some of the religious preaching, adds a subplot with a young John Wilkes Booth, and includes the Battle of Antietam. So far, several people have said that this new cut fixes most (if not all) of the theatrical cut's main problems.
* ''[[The Grudge]]'' Director's Cut features several new and extended scenes, serving to add more depth to the characters, depict more explicit violence and [[Gross Up Close
* The original release of ''[[Austin Powers|Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery]]'' had two scenes replaced for later DVD versions. In the original theatrical and VHS versions, in the scene where the unfrozen Dr. Evil proposes a plan, after unsuccessfully suggesting to blackmail the royal family by revealing that Prince Charles had an affair and would have to divorce (Number Two reveals that Prince Charles already had an affair and is divorced), Dr. Evil proposes to use a laser to make a hole in the ozone layer to increase the risk of skin cancer, unless the world pays him a "hefty ransom." Number Two says, "That also has already been done." However, in latest DVD releases, Number Two says, "That also already has happened." Both clips were probably filmed on the same day, and one of them was used in the original release before replacing it with the other.
** The initial release of the film was after the fatal car accident of Princess Diana (the one Prince Charles divorced), so they eliminated the "blackmailing the Royal Family" plot and probably made Dr. Evil just attempt to plan to shoot a laser in the ozone layer and tweak it enough for Number Two to say "That has already been done," minus the "also."
** The other scene is when Austin is in the bathroom looking for Number Two, who has set a trap for him. Austin sits on the toilet and is attacked in a compartment by Dr. Evil's Irish assassin Paddy O'Brien. Austin grunts as he fights with O'Brien, and a Texan (Tom Arnold) is in another compartment thinking Austin is crapping. Austin groans "DO...YOU...WORK...FOR...NUMBER TWO!! DO...YOU...WORK...FOR...NUMBER TWO!!", prompting the Texan to respond "You show that turd who's boss!" In the later versions, the "DO YOU WORK FOR NUMBER TWO!" take is replaced by a take filmed around the time of the originally released clip, but this time it's "WHO...DOES...NUMBER...TWO...WORK...FOR! WHO...DOES...NUMBER...TWO...WORK...FOR!" The reason for all these minor edits is unclear.
* [[Michael Mann]] released Director's Cuts for ''[[Miami Vice]]'', ''[[Ali]]'', ''[[
* William Friedkin re-worked ''[[The French Connection]]'' for its Blu Ray release by putting the film through a digital intermediate and tinting the colors to blue to create a more neo-noir look. Fans of the film were not pleased.
* ''[[Metropolis]]'' was only shown in its original form for a few months in Germany. American studios balked at showing such a long film, so Lang cut the running length nearly in half. And then the cut footage was lost. There were later attempts to reconstruct the original cut, based on existing footage and guesswork. In 1984, Giorgio Moroder made a colorized version with an 80's pop soundtrack. Finally, in 2007, nearly all of the cut footage was rediscovered in a museum in Argentina. The version based on this, called ''The Complete Metropolis'', is probably the closest we'll ever get to a definitive version.
* There
* ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]: 30th Anniversary Edition'', which is often regarded as inferior to the original due to an obnoxious soundtrack and badly spliced in new scenes.
* Despite the reputation directors' cuts have for being self-indulgent and bloated, Stanley Kubrick considered the UK cut of ''[[The Shining]]'' to be the definitive one (as opposed to the US cut, which is twenty minutes longer).
* The original release of ''[[Indiana Jones and
* ''[[Star Trek:
* The Blu-Ray releases of the first two ''[[Harry Potter (
* ''[[Justice League (2017 film)|Justice League]]'' had an R-rated extended director's cut called ''[[Zack Snyder's Justice League]]'', with all of the footage shot by Snyder reinstated.
== [[Literature]] ==
* When [[Terry Pratchett
* Doubleday Publishers thought Stephen King's ''[[The Stand]]'' was too big, so the original edition had about 500 pages trimmed. Twelve years, later they released the Complete and Uncut edition, with the pages restored and some updating by King.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
*
** [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|The new series]] also has a slew of "Extended Unrated Versions" of many episodes and telemovies. These versions are available on DVD.
** And editing scenes to fit with current-day Sunday-morning Japanese broadcast censors.
* ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' and ''[[QI]]'' have extended versions of their shows, broadcast the following night: ''Have I Got A Bit More News For You'' and ''QI XL'' respectively. However, some of these were not shown on [[The BBC]] for various reasons (The next night having sport on instead, and sometimes due to sensitivity of the material.) These episodes tend to get their first airing on ''Dave''.
* Rather than make new episodes for whatever reason, Disney recut the first season of ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' in 2010, mostly just adding a few cheap visual effects - well, a few ''more'' cheap visual effects.
* Likewise, reruns of [[Transformers Generation 1|the original Transformers cartoon]] were rebranded ''Transformers Generation Two'', with the addition of a "Cybernet Space Cube" that provided new [[Idiosyncratic Wipes]].
* ''[[
** Similarly, when it
* ''[[The Adventures of Pete and Pete]]'': The first season (1993) was eight episodes long, and succeeded by five "special" half-hours made over the span of three years (1991-1993). These were used to fill out the first season, and therefore had the opening credits sequence edited in. Mike Marrona, Big Pete's actor, had gone through puberty in between the first special and first season, meaning that the theme song depicted him as much taller and more-mature looking than he was in the actual episode. Vey jarring.
** Before the specials, there were eighteen shorts, a handful of which were included on the DVD. In order to replace the old [[Vanity Plate]] from the 1990s with Nick's current one for the release, the last few seconds of each episode become only voiceover running over the vanity plate.
* The ''[[
* The "Director's Cut" of ''[[
* Whenever ''[[
== [[Music]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Mass Effect 3]]''
== [[
* [[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]] had this indignity foisted on it with its [[Pilot Movie]]. According to [[Word of God]], it was originally aired as a five-parter, this was trimmed into ''much'' shorter version to be shown in conjunction with a Disneyland ''Gargoyles'' ride. When the House of Mouse decided to release it on videocassette, they chose the shorter version because it had already been cleaned up. The longer, [[Your Mileage May Vary|better]] has since been released on DVD.▼
* The [[Disney]] Cinemagic airings of ''[[Recess]]'' usually have the theme song play slightly faster.▼
* David Morgan-Mar edited and resubmitted one of the ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' podcasts to add some missing sound effects and commented that he had "done a [[George Lucas]]".
** He's also gone back and edited an earlier strip (Strip #1639), which featured an appearance by [[The Pope]], because someone sent him a customized Lego Pope figure and he wanted to include it in place of his own version.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
▲* [[
▲* The [[Disney]] Cinemagic airings of ''[[Recess]]'' usually have the theme song play slightly faster.
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