Extended Cuts and Director’s Cuts are all the rage in the home video market. Sometimes, these longer cuts turn out to be just bloated versions of the film with all the deleted material, that was best left deleted, packed back into the movie. “Extended Cut” or “Unrated Cut” often represent a cash grab in this way, only existing to entice you to buy a slightly different version of the same film you saw in theaters.
When done correctly though, a director’s cut or extended cut can improve a film. Compare Blade Runner‘s final cut or director’s cut to the original theatrical release and you’ll be amazed how much better the home video release was. Watch in amazement as the nonsensical Batman V Superman begins to make more sense in the 30-minute longer ultimate edition.
The latest film to get a director’s cut is this month’s smash hit, IT. Yahoo Movies reports that director Andy Muschietti is working on a longer, director’s cut of IT that will be released on home video by the end of the year.
Muschietti shared with Yahoo Movies a scene he is considering putting into the Director’s Cut; a scene that was hard to part with but had to be lost due to the film’s 2 hour 15 minute run-time:
“There’s a great scene, it’s a bit of a payoff of the Stanley Uris plot which is the bar mitzvah, where he delivers a speech against all expectations… it’s basically blaming all the adults of Derry [for the town’s history of deadly ‘accidents’ and child disappearances], and it has a great resolution. … Maybe it will be in the Director’s Cut!”
Muschietti revealed there would likely be an extra 15 minutes of material also including an extended version of the quarry scene:
“After the spitting contest it escalates into something that is completely weird and irrelevant to the scene but is so funny. Jack Grazer, who plays Eddie, does something that is completely bonkers.”
IT was a great horror film, and I could totally have sat for an extra 15 minutes! Especially since it sounds like most the deleted material means more time with The Loser’s Club, who were the highlight of the movie. I guess I have something extra special to look forward to in the home release.
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Source: Yahoo Movies
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