CRC: 0x56BBC85A File: alternate-versions.list Date: Fri Sep 14 01:00:00 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALTERNATE MOVIE VERSIONS Copyright (C) 1995-2007 Internet Movie Database Ltd. All Rights Reserved ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Compiled by Giancarlo Cairella (vertigo@imdb.com), from sources too numerous too mention. Thank-you one and all. COPYING POLICY: Internet Movie Database (IMDb) ============================================== This is a database of movie related information compiled by Internet Movie Database Ltd (IMDb). While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the database IMDb gives no warranty as to the accuracy of the information contained in the database. IMDb reserves the right to withdraw or delete information at any time. This service is provided for the information of users only. 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For the purpose of this document, an "alternate version" is a new version of a movie that's different from the one that was originally and widely released in theatres. This list is part of The Internet Movie Database. See the notes at the end for more information. There are many kinds of alternate versions, the most common of which are: DIRECTOR'S CUTS/SPECIAL EDITIONS: Contracts under the terms of the Hollywood Director's Guild allow about six weeks for a director to assemble a cut without studio interference. This is fully edited and has a synchronized sound track; however, it is usually not color-corrected nor density-corrected and may not have the final music and effects track. In more recent times, due to an expanding video aftermarket, the term director's cut has acquired a popular meaning that implies a finished final print, officially prepared by the director or with his consent, and usually including scenes not included in the original theatrical release. Many director's cuts are re-released in theathers or on video. Examples: "Blade Runner", "Aliens", "Close encounters of the third kind". RESTORED VERSIONS: Classic movies are sometimes re-released (usually many years after their original premiere) with never before seen or long-lost restored scenes. Examples: "Spartacus", "Lawrence of Arabia", "The Wild Bunch". CENSORSHIP CHANGES: Censorship laws often impose changes or deletions before a film can be given a certificate and released. In the U.S.A movies are often cut after being submitted to the MPAA in order to avoid a X or NC-17 rating; sometimes the deleted scenes are restored for the video or laserdisc release, or are left intact in the European release. Other countries have different censorship standards: U.K. releases routinely cut any scene that suggests violence or mishandling of animals (ex. the mouse sequence in "The Abyss"). UNAUTHORIZED/UNOFFICIAL VERSIONS: Sometimes a movie is cut or otherwise modified from the original version without the consent or the knowledge of the filmmakers. A frequent occurrence is when a foreign distributor decides to remove scenes to reduce the film's running time in order to get more showings per day or to make it more appealing to the local audience, often by including a different music score. TELEVISION VERSIONS: Films, especially R-rated ones, are routinely cut or altered before they can be shown on network television or airline planes to delete objectionable language and frames or to fit a two-hour time slot. These changes are routine, don't necessarily represent alternate versions and will _not_ be considered here, unless very extensive. However, TV versions which add new footage (ex. "1941"), significantly re-edit or change existing material or substitute new scenes (ex. "Basic Instinct") in place of deleted sequences will be listed. Additions and suggestions welcome: if you can confirm or dispute any info included in this list, then please do so! PLEASE be sure that your data is consistent with the above guidelines. An alternate movie version has to be (or to have been) available for public viewing: therefore sneak previews or preliminary showings for critics or special audiences don't qualify as alternate versions unless these cuts were also distributed in theatres (or on video/laserdisc), even if for a short time, because otherwise thousands of films would qualify (most american studio movies are sneak previewed and then partly re-edited or modified). Likewise, the simple existence of outtake footage or unused material for a film doesn't make necessarily an alternate version: for example, the famous "Biggs" sequences removed from "Star Wars" prior to release and the discarded music scores by Alex North for "2001: A Space Odissey" or Bernard Herrman for "Torn Curtain" have never been used in any released print of those movies. Therefore they don't qualify as alternate versions, unless/until they are re-released in that form (they might qualify for inclusion in the "Trivia" list of the Internet Movie Database, see below). Finally, "colorized" films don't usually qualify as alternate versions. DISCLAIMER ---------- The data contained in this file has been supplied by numerous sources, many of which are anonymous and second- or third-hand. I will not accept responsibility or liability for any views, claims, rumours and/or errors that appears herein. The views expressed in this file do not necessarily agree with my own. The information is presented here in good faith for readers' enjoyment and education; however, I will gladly entertain debate over whether any specific piece of information should or should not be included. 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The Amiga version is in the file imdb3_5_Amiga.lha (4) local installation (OS/2) The Alternative Movie Database package provides a graphical and text based interface for OS/2: uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu in /pub/info/imdb/tools/os2/ ftp.funet.fi in /pub/culture/tv+film/database/tools/os2/ ftp.fu-berlin.de in pub/misc/movies/database/tools/os2/ ftp.sunet.se in /pub/tv+movies/imdb/tools/os2/ (5) local installation (Windows 9x/Windows NT) The Alternative Movie Database package is also available as a text only interface for Win-32 systems (9x/NT): uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu in /pub/info/imdb/tools/w32/ ftp.funet.fi in /pub/culture/tv+film/database/tools/w32/ ftp.fu-berlin.de in pub/misc/movies/database/tools/w32/ ftp.sunet.se in /pub/tv+movies/imdb/tools/w32/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALTERNATE VERSIONS LIST ======================= # 0361140 - The version airing on Cartoon Network deletes the series' usual ending credits sequence, instead replacing it with a much shorter montage of scenes from the series while an English version of the credits scroll by. This was done, because of an image, of nudity, and to reduce overall running time for advertising reasons. # "10th Kingdom, The" (2000) (mini) - The VHS version cuts approximately two hours out of the movie in order to make it fit on two tapes, as opposed to either three single sided DVD's or one double sided and one single sided DVD in the DVD version. Most of the cuts taken alone do not constitute major plot elements, but the extent of all of them put together significantly alter the viewing experience from one version to the other. # "12 oz. Mouse" (2005) {Spider (#1.4)} - Another version aired immediately after the premiere of this episode. In this alternate version, several scenes were shortened to make room for a drum solo by Skillet which went on for several minutes. # "13 Demon Street" (1959) - Several episodes from this series were edited together with new footage of Chaney as Satan to form the feature film Devil's Messenger (1961). # "21 Jump Street" (1987) - In the DVD releases by Anchor Bay Entertainment, most of the music is replaced with generic music due to licensing issues. - In its original syndication, the word "Ass" was dubbed "Tail". DVD version has done the same. - In its original broadcast the word "Suck" was dubbed with "Stink" or "Spit". Its DVD release has kept this audio track # "24" (2001) - In the UK, the show was broadcast on BBC 2. The BBC does not run commercials during programming. Because of this, the episodes do not run in "real time". To account for this, every episode cuts out the opening line, "Events occur in real time". - The version of '24' that was shown on BBC2 in the UK had roughly a minute of added footage missing from the U.S release. The small extensions take place in the last 5 episodes and contain such as Terri telling Nina that she is pregnant and Jack Bauer reloading his guns at the pier shootout. - The premieres of season 2 and 3 originally aired commercial-free and were about 52 minutes long. There are also 44 minute versions for syndication that have had several scenes edited out. - In the German TV Version, Nina doesn't speak German to the people she works for but Spanish. Yet she is still ordered to relocate to Munich. - UK version of episode 2.6 was edited to remove some dialogue about a terrorist recruitment center. Original dialogue is: "You ever hear of the Finsbury Park mosque? It's considered to be one of the main recruitment centers for Islamic terrorists in the west. Our main targets are European Muslims with Western education, passports and the potential to blend into Western society. And do you know, where that mosque is located? Your hometown, London. So tell me Reza, how is my racial profiling going now?" This was changed to: "Our main targets are European Muslims with Western education, passports and the potential to blend into Western society. So tell me Reza, how is my racial profiling going now?" - Some episodes with a "Not under 16" rating were cut to be broadcast at primetime on German TV. # "24" (2001) {7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. (#1.20)} - A scene cut from the US airing, but present in the UK release, features Andre threatening Harris with a knife to his throat. # "33 Brompton Place" (1982) (mini) - The Canadian episodes where 10 minutes shorter and had most of the sex and nudity removed. # "3rd Rock from the Sun" (1996) - During the filming of the final season, NBC refused to let the producers know whether or not they had been renewed until after the filming of the final episode, in order to try and draw in viewers. To compensate, the creators filmed two different endings. In the first ending, which was shown on network television, the Solomons went back to their homeworld and erased Mary's memory. In late 2001, the second ending was shown in syndication for what was billed as the "first and only time." This "second ending" is actually an extension of the original: Mary wakes up and goes to the Solomon's car and finds that Dick has given her the keys (you can see Dick tucking something in her hand in the original broadcast ending). When she puts the key into the ignition, a naked Dick appears next to her in the car and screams "ALIEN ABDUCTION! ALIEN ABDUCTION!" before grabbing Mary and disappearing with her. - In an episode entitled "Assault with a Deadly Dick," a line of dialogue was cut after the first airing. Dick is waiting at the police station with Mary to point out the man who mugged him. Officer Don comes in and says "Time to finger your perp." Dick looks awkwardly at Mary and replies "I keep trying, but she won't let me." When the episode was rebroadcast a few months later, Dick's line was omitted and the laugh track was streched. This line is always cut in syndications, but when shown outside the US, the line is intact.