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I was watching Big and was surprised at the amount of deleted scenes they added back in. Some I felt were deleted for good reason, as they did nothing to move the story along. One thing that bothered me were scenes that were added that essentially changed how Susan discovers Josh’s real identity.
So this got me thinking about deleted scenes that actually added to the movie and made it better. Can you name any movies for me?
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The deleted scenes in Lothlorian, added back to the Special Edition version, make that portion of the movie much richer (and understandable).
Once Upon a Time in America: the theatrical version released in the US was completely incoherent because several key scenes were deleted, so the audience couldn't figure out what was actually happening. Once those scenes were restored, the movie garnered considerable critical praise.
Not a great movie. But if you check out the deleted scenes on the DVD, all but one of them would have made the movie so much better.
Never saw this movie, but as someone who isn't big on the marvel/dc comics, I can only imagine that anything would make this movie better.
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Originally Posted by Aredhel
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The deleted scenes in Lothlorian, added back to the Special Edition version, make that portion of the movie much richer (and understandable).
Once Upon a Time in America: the theatrical version released in the US was completely incoherent because several key scenes were deleted, so the audience couldn't figure out what was actually happening. Once those scenes were restored, the movie garnered considerable critical praise.
I feel as though I heard that about Once Upon a Time in America.
I feel as though I heard that about Once Upon a Time in America.
Here's Roger Ebert's review explaining how the theatrical version of the film was butchered for US distribution. He describes several of the deleted scenes, and why they mattered so much: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/o...n-america-1984
The adding and deleting of scenes is an ongoing debate and problem. One of the reasons I hold on to my old VHS recordings of movies is to have a record of the integrity of the original.
Some famous changes:
In "Blazing Saddles" almost all of the distribution copies for television release removed the farting in the campfire bean eating scene. The puerile humor of the farts sets up the rest of the movie as a farce. (There is a pun in there somewhere.)
In the original Star Wars, the initial releases had a chase scene in the Death Star where the storm troopers quickly switch from saying "Close the blast doors! Close the blast doors!" to "Open the blast doors!, Open the blast doors!" It was great comic relief and the audience laughed and loved it, but Lucas modified it in subsequent releases until demand for the original changed it back.
"Cinema Paradiso" is almost a series of different films depending on which cut you see. The screenplay itself is even different than those.
I once say a version of the "I See Dead People" movie where the entire end was cut off, causing it to make no sense. The original "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" OTOH, was designed to run without the ending mop-up, making it a much darker film.
Streaming David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992) on Filmstruck, found a 1 hour 31 minute Criterion Collection supplement of deleted (and extended) scenes. They do at times play parts of the movie to give you context.
Here's Roger Ebert's review explaining how the theatrical version of the film was butchered for US distribution. He describes several of the deleted scenes, and why they mattered so much: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/o...n-america-1984
I love how the opening line in the article is, This was a murdered movie.
Interesting read thanks for sharing.
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