 A few days before the premier in 1984, Treat Williams found out the  2 hour version, not the 4 hour version would be shown in theaters.  He was heard to have said that no one would understand the movie in  the shortened version. Indeed, the film did not do well at theaters  and the film was shut out of the Oscars and received zero  nominations. When the video and DVD versions were released in the  original 4 hour versions, the film ultimately found commercial and  critical success.