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* There was a special showing of ''[[The Godfather]]'' trilogy on TV some years ago. Called ''The Godfather Saga'', it clocked in at ''over twelve hours'' and showed the events in all three films ''in chronological order'', adding scenes that were cut from the original theatrical releases. Whether this works or not [[Your Mileage May Vary|is entirely up to you]]. The added stuff was released on DVD in the [[Deleted Scene]] section.
* 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 with Wolves]]''. An Extended Cut was shown in Europe that adds practically ''an hour'' to the running time. While the focus on John Dunbar is lost, all the characters get a ''buttload'' of development. Also, the precise reason why the Army camp was deserted was explained. This has been released on DVD, and is the only way to get a widescreen version of the film without eBay.
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* 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, [[Terry Gilliam]]'s ''[[Brazil (film)|Brazil]]'' was recut, [[Executive Meddling|against Gilliam's wishes]], to give it a happier ending. Gilliam's preferred cut was later given a theatrical release of its own; today, his version and the so-called "Love Conquers All version" are both available on DVD.
* 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 (film)|Legend]]'' was substantially cut and altered for its U.S. release in 1986 (this included an entirely different music score) -- the original U.K. cut wasn't available in the U.S. until 2002's DVD release (and was in fact believed lost until the one surviving print was found in 2000).
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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 ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'', which like the ''[[Star Wars]]'' special editions, have redone special effects (mostly CG expressions added to the E.T. puppet) and some cut scenes. Fans were especially upset that the FBI agents [[Family-Friendly Firearms|had their guns replaced with walkie-talkies]], an obvious difference made all the more obvious by the FBI agents holding their walkie-talkies in both hands... with their index fingers extended.
* Disney made Special Editions of both ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' and ''[[The Lion King]]'' for IMAX theaters (and prepared ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''). Along with remastering the films for the larger IMAX format, each film got an additional musical number; in both cases the songs were taken from the stage versions, although ''Beauty'''s "Human Again" was really a [[Cut Song]] from the movie. Unlike ''[[Star Wars]]'', Disney had the foresight of making both the original and special editions included on the DVD releases, although neither "original" one was the original animation. (In the case of ''Beauty and the Beast'', a third version was added, a work-in-progress print shown on the New York Film Festival prior to the film's release, previously available as a separate laserdisc.)
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* The original release of ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' had a scene where [[Big Bad|Walter Donovan]] bribes the ruler of Iskenderun with "Precious valuables...[[Blatant Lies|donated by some of the finest Jewish families in Germany.]]". The word "Jewish" would be removed in all subsequent releases. In light of ''[[Schindler's List]]'', it's possible that [[Steven Spielberg]] saw the original line as an [[Old Shame]]. It's meant as a horrifying line and a sign Donovan is a [[Complete Monster]] aware of the beginning of the Holocaust. Which is probably why they toned it down.
* ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture|Star Trek the Motion Picture]]'' has gone through a few editions. Director [[Robert Wise]] considered the original theatrical release a "rough cut", due to it being rushed to meet Paramount's premiere date (to the point where the film reels were still wet from developing when they were shipped out). An extended cut appeared on ABC TV and was released on VHS as a "Special Longer Edition" in 1983. Wise would later revisit the work, supervising the "Special Director's Edition" DVD release in 2001, which allowed him to complete the film closer to what he had intended in 1979, had he had more time. Interestingly enough, the first Blu-Ray release of ''The Motion Picture'' is the theatrical cut.
* The Blu-Ray releases of the first two ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]'' films include both the theatrical cut and an extended cut. The extended cuts basically just re-incorporate the same [[Deleted Scene
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** 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 ''[[3-2-1 Contact]]'' series was condensed and re-edited into ''3-2-1 Classroom Contact'' in 1992.
* The "Director's Cut" of ''[[Red Dwarf]]: Back to Earth'' as seen on the DVD release, which edits the three 25-minute episodes together into a single one-hour-long special. As you can see, the Director's Cut is actually significantly ''shorter'' than the full broadcast version, trimming all the [[Padding|jokes that didn't really work and other filler]]
* Whenever ''[[101 Dalmatians|101 Dalmatians: The Series]]'' is aired on Disney Cinemagic in the U.K., some lines were cut out for no reason than to add more commercial time.'
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