That is the sad thing with films that you can know about stuff that was filmed and imagine what it might have been like yet also have no way of knowing what it actually was like…
I think like American Werewolf in London the out’s and trims have been binned off. Think about that for a moment a successful film like American Werewolf in London had it’s deleted scenes tossed in the bin.
Now with American Werewolf it’s not anything that is ruining the film but the things that are said to have been deleted are quite obscure like.
Teaser Trailer shows cut scene of rain puddles and werewolf paw dunking in. This is obviously to do with Jack and David straying from the path.
Jack as a zombie in the Hospital talking to David eats a piece of toast and it falls out his throat (unreleased)
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When David wakes up in the Zoo in the wolfs den he was to spit out the bankers finger he killed (unreleased).
Snippets of the werewolf were cut on the underground of the wheelbarrow werewolf showing it coming around the corner of a tunnel and at the bottom of an escalator… This is on the dvd.
Then there is the infamous tramp scene which as far as I have been able to decipher had the werewolf with a tramp on a car bonnet mauling him (Unreleased) There is a also a pushback that this scene is a complete fabrication and never filmed. This scene was shot though down by tower bridge at the Guoman tower hotel I can see the filming location.
Lastly the decapitated man in Picadilly Circus you see the reverse angle of his head bouncing off a car bonnet which was cut and is on the dvd.
These things are small don’t hurt the film but sure make you want to see them but the ones released and on the DVD are not as nearly interesting as the ones you heard about that you never saw.
So with these things always bear in mind that it could be poor and deleted for a good reason but it does not help you from wanting to see it.
Tossed in the bin the outs and trims are for American Werewolf you will never see the Tramps the Bankers finger being spat out in the zoo or the tRamp being mauled on top of a car bonnet. THEY HAD THE FILM THE REST WAS NOT REQUIRED!
Highlander however is a genuine loss of material the out’s and trims burned down in a fire and the audio was also lost.
This has the whole extended recording of the soundtrack lost in good quality and numerous scenes like
Mcleoad and Kastigir talking in the nightclub bar
Kurgen fighting with a security guard in an office building
Although some footage was found and included on the DVD these 2 scenes and especially the lost fight in the office would be lost forever but images remain of this actually being shot and having been once part of the film.
It’s a real shame that this can never be recovered. This is a genuine lost material rather than throwing it in the bin but it’s the same effect. I want to see this stuff wether it burned in a fire or it was thrown in a bin.