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
- In 2002, Steven Spielberg finally finished college after a 33-year hiatus. He turned in Schindler’s List for his student film requirement.
- Pierce Brosnan was contractually forbidden from wearing a full tuxedo in any non-James Bond movie from 1995-2002.
- George Clooney had a keg of Guinness installed in his dressing room whilst filming Ocean's Eleven.
- Stanley Kubrick had all the sets and models from the filming of 2001: A Space Odyssey destroyed to prevent a sequel from being made.