2. However De Palma surmised that if the  third cut of the film was judged an "R" than the very first cut  should have been an "R" as well. He asked the studio if he could  release the first cut but was told that he couldnt. However since  the Studio execs really didnt know the differences between the  different cuts that had been submitted, De Palma released the first  cut of the film to theaters anyway. It wasnt until the film had  been released on videocassette months later that he confessed that  he had released his first unedited and intended version of the film.