Forty years later, Walter Murch and a restoration team went ahead and recut the film to what Welle's wanted (based on a 58-page memo that he wrote to Universal Pictures). It's a totally different film!
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Directors Cuts of Iconic Films That Surpass The Originals
The More You Know
- On the set of one of the Pirates of the Carribbean films, Johnny Depp spent £40,000 on 500 coats for the cast and crew.
- ‘Schindler’s List’ relied on advertisements to get costumes for extras.
- Often derided as a mega-flop, Waterworld actually took home nearly $90m more in worldwide box office than its estimated budget.
- Viggo Mortensen had no intention of working on The Lord of the Rings until his son begged him to do it.