Thanks for the info. At the time when the alternate version was released, I remember journalists (clearly now, erroneously) pointing to the sequel agenda. Test screenings often do more harm than good. Many a classic suffered at the hands of audiences who just didn’t get what they watched. Agree with you about the ending, disagree about the film. 😃
Alexander: multiple versions with alterations on home video.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346491/alternateversions
Again with Oliver Stone: JFK re-cut for home video.
http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=93992
Keeping with Stone, Savages, Natural Born Killers and Nixon have all been revised with alterations on home video.
How could I forget Night Watch? I bought the Russian DVD because the Western releases had been altered.