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Is the theatrical cut the ONLY version you've seen, Blue?
I dunno about the new director's cut (the so-called "final cut"), but the differences between the original and the director's cut were - the voiceover narration, the unicorn dream (the theatrical version didn't have it) and the happy ending (Harrison Ford escapes with Sean Young and reveals via voiceover that she didn't have the limited lifespan most replicants have so they're gonna go somewhere to live happily ever after - in the director's cut the movie ends as the elevator doors close).
The Final Cut contains the following changes to the Director's Cut: * The shot of Deckard waiting to eat at the White Dragon has been shortened, its editing reminiscent of the workprint version of the shot. This was done due to the removal of the voiceover. * All the violent scenes in the International Cut that were deleted in the U.S. theatrical release and Director's Cut are restored to the Final Cut. * When Bryant and Deckard are looking at the Nexus-6 profiles, Bryant gives a description of Leon's job. This was from the workprint. * When Gaff and Deckard first appear at Leon's apartment, the landlord now says "Kowalski". Another small bit originally from the workprint. * Deckard's conversation with the snake merchant Abdul Ben Hassan has been altered so that the dialog is no longer out of sync; Ben Ford's mouth (lip-syncing the spoken dialog) was digitally placed over his father's. * A shot of the busy crowds in the streets was restored. Immediately after that, a shot of two strippers wearing hockey masks (similar to the one worn by Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th films) was restored. Finally, there's a shot of Deckard talking to another police officer. This sequence takes place just prior to Deckard entering the Snake Pit. These three shots had previously appeared in slightly different form in the workprint version; the last two-thirds of this restored sequence has Brian Eno's "Qu'ran" playing over it. * The original full-length version of the unicorn dream has been restored. This is a much different version than the one that appeared in the Director's Cut, and has never been in any version seen by the public prior to this one. * During Deckard's pursuit of Zhora, Joanna Cassidy now performs the stunt when being shot, rather than the obvious stunt double seen in previous versions. This scene was re-filmed specifically for the Final Cut. * When Batty confronts Tyrell, he says, "I want more life, father." (from the workprint version and used in television broadcasts of the film), as opposed to the original line "I want more life, fucker." * After killing Tyrell, Batty says "I'm sorry Sebastian. Come. Come." when before he merely approached the desperate Sebastian. This is also from the workprint. * When Batty releases the dove, it now flies up into a background that matches 2019 L.A.
* When Batty confronts Tyrell, he says, "I want more life, father." (from the workprint version and used in television broadcasts of the film), as opposed to the original line "I want more life, fucker."
I love that change, actually.
Final Cut on HD DVD Dec. 18 = fap
HD/BRD owners have to buy the 5 version edition.
Also, the weekend of Kubrick has gotten me totally hyped for classic, restored films in HD.
i saw 2001 again yesterday, well, most of it, but aside from the ''telephone tv's'' and some gravity stuff it doesn't look like something out of the 60's. it could've might as well been something out of the 90's/00's.
