Directors Cut

[Kit Sober]

I rented a dvd, and there were two options, Directors Cut and Theatrical Version.

Question: What is the difference, what would I find different on the Directors Cut version?

Thanks, in advance, for your time to answer.

Kit

[Raf]

Theatrical version: if you paid to see this in the theater, this is the movie you saw.

Director's Cut: This is going to be similar to the theatrical version in most ways, but there will be some differences. Usually those will show up as added scenes, although sometimes scenes are cut and replaced with other scenes. A good example is Blade Runner: the theatrical version has a voiceover narrator. The director's cut eliminates the voiceover. Not having seen either version (blasphemy!), I couldn't tell you any other differences.

[Kit Sober]

Thanks.

Kit

[WordWolf]

Bladerunner is the famous exception.

Director's Cuts are usually thought of as

"how the director WANTED the film to air, but the studio demanded..."

cuts to shorten the movie, or simplify it, or to remove gore or

explicit sex or something else.

Thus a director's cut for Lord of the Rings includes scenes cut

to shorten the movies,

the director's cut for "Cursed" seems identical except for about

2 seconds of violence,

and so on.

BladeRunner ADDED something for the Theatrical Version-

the voiceover narration-

because the story can be difficult to follow without it.

The first Harry Potter movie has a few incidental scenes that have

been aired on commercial tv, which were left out of the

theatrical version-cousin Dudley in his school uniform,

the business with the egg carton, etc. Nothing critical to the

story.

So,

it can mean different things for different movies,

but generally it means something added that was left out of the

theaters.

[Kit Sober]

Thanks to both of you.

I knew I could get anything I wanted at the Greasespot Cafe.

Kit

[WordWolf]

Exceptin' Alice[/], of course.

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