Info: Films re-released with alterations — Page 8

SpacemanDoug said:

Nien Nunb said:

JayArgonaut said:

Back to the Future II: not necessarily a digital alteration but definitely a visual one.

The original: featuring “Coming Summer 1990”, as seen at the end of the theatrical and home video versions, including the Blu-ray:

Removed from the version shown in recent years by ITV (UK) and the “BTTF Part III” logo also appears to have been altered from the original.

This is an alteration, but I don’t think this is a recent change. It was actually more recently that the “Coming Summer 1990” was restored after years of it not having been included. I first became aware of it on the 25th Anniversary Blu-ray set and corresponding DVD set. It was not present on the 2002 DVDs or any previous VHS release I have ever seen. I believe it appeared in theaters this way and then was removed for it’s initial video release which is how it remained until 2011.

You’re right it was in theaters that way, I could’ve sworn it was on the 2002 DVDs though, but I do know it was missing entirely on the VHS

The “Coming Summer 1990” is not included on the full screen R1 DVD box set.

Swift S. Lawliet said:

Sonic the Hedgehog had a slight alteration to the end credits on the Blu-ray release compared to the theatrical release.

[WARNING: SPOILER ALERT, YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT IF YOU WATCHED THE MOVIE]

There’s no credit for Coleen O’Shaughnessey as the voice of Tails in the mid-credits scene in the theatrical release but she is credited on the Blu-ray release.
Makes sense that they would retroactively add a credit for Tails’ voice since it’s one of the most spoiled scenes in the movie, and probably one of the most spoiled mid-credits scenes in all of modern cinema.

Added. Can you provide a source?

alloneword said:
The “Coming Summer 1990” is not included on the full screen R1 DVD box set.

It’s not in the 2002 Widescreen DVD set either. V1 or V2 (the original pressings of Part II and III had significant framing issues that were later fixed). It was restored for the first time on a video release (to my knowledge) on the 25th anniversary Blu-ray and DVD releases form 2011.

As a teenager I was a pretty die hard BTTF nerd for awhile after the first DVD set came out and I only came to know of the existence of the Summer 1990 tag from reading it on IMDB in the “alternate versions” section. I remember being impressed that it was restored for the Blu-ray. I had a whole bunch of computer printed BTTF crap hung all over my bedroom walls as a kid. I still have a book case with some of those images still taped to the side of it that I never bothered to remove, lol.

Swift S. Lawliet said:

Wazzles said:

Swift S. Lawliet said:

Sonic the Hedgehog had a slight alteration to the end credits on the Blu-ray release compared to the theatrical release.

[WARNING: SPOILER ALERT, YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT IF YOU WATCHED THE MOVIE]

There’s no credit for Coleen O’Shaughnessey as the voice of Tails in the mid-credits scene in the theatrical release but she is credited on the Blu-ray release.
Makes sense that they would retroactively add a credit for Tails’ voice since it’s one of the most spoiled scenes in the movie, and probably one of the most spoiled mid-credits scenes in all of modern cinema.

Added. Can you provide a source?

TV Tropes referenced it in “The Second Visitor” section of the Characters page.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/SonicTheHedgehog2020
And I found a Korean-sourced WEBRip that leaked before the film’s digital release and it still has the theatrical credits which doesn’t credit “The Second Visitor”.

Thanks, added!

SpacemanDoug said:
also all of the Dirty Harry movies had major sound effect changes for their DVD and Blu-ray releases

That’s an audio change, not visual. This thread is focussed more on visual changes.

The 4K release of Alien doesn’t have the fake headlights on LV-426 that the 2010 blu-ray had. There have always been very faint headlights in the frame, but for some reason they added very lazy (bright yellowish) digital fakes in the blu-ray release, because they thought it was important you knew the crew members’ exact position or something, even though it was an establishing shot immediately before they’re more clearly visible in the frame…

Post has been updated to reflect the Alien change. Added Dracula (1979) and The Crush.

Probably not a very well known film but Horror Island (1941) reframes a scene to crop out a stage hand carrying a light on the Universal Horror Vol 3 Blu-ray set. The version on the 2009 Universal Horror Archive DVD has the original framed scene.

crissrudd4554 said:

Probably not a very well known film but Horror Island (1941) reframes a scene to crop out a stage hand carrying a light on the Universal Horror Vol 3 Blu-ray set. The version on the 2009 Universal Horror Archive DVD has the original framed scene.

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The Muppets came to Disney+ recently, and, wouldn’t you know it, they’ve been edited to hell and back! Not only is The Muppet Show edited to remove “copyright infringing” material, but there are two episodes missing entirely. Namely, the Brooke Shields one, and the one hosted by Chris Langham (for those of you that don’t live in Britain, he was a comedian who got arrested for looking up child porn on his computer).

As for their theatrical releases, they made it through mostly intact. The only exception is The Muppet Christmas Carol, probably one of the best adaptations of the story. What’s so offensive about this timeless classic? Well, they removed the character of Bobby Benson’s trademark cigarette in a scene that only lasts for about two seconds. Keep in mind that this scene appears intact on Blu-Ray releases. Also note that this character’s appearances in the TV show have not been edited at all, so why they erased it in this one scene baffles me.

The Decimator said:

The Muppets came to Disney+ recently, and, wouldn’t you know it, they’ve been edited to hell and back! Not only is The Muppet Show edited to remove “copyright infringing” material, but there are two episodes missing entirely. Namely, the Brooke Shields one, and the one hosted by Chris Langham (for those of you that don’t live in Britain, he was a comedian who got arrested for looking up child porn on his computer).

I knew they put that dumb disclaimer in front, but I didn’t know they censored it as well. How’s the quality? Maybe someone can do a proper restoration using them as a primary source.

The Decimator said:

The Muppets came to Disney+ recently, and, wouldn’t you know it, they’ve been edited to hell and back! Not only is The Muppet Show edited to remove “copyright infringing” material, but there are two episodes missing entirely. Namely, the Brooke Shields one, and the one hosted by Chris Langham (for those of you that don’t live in Britain, he was a comedian who got arrested for looking up child porn on his computer).

As for their theatrical releases, they made it through mostly intact. The only exception is The Muppet Christmas Carol, probably one of the best adaptations of the story. What’s so offensive about this timeless classic? Well, they removed the character of Bobby Benson’s trademark cigarette in a scene that only lasts for about two seconds. Keep in mind that this scene appears intact on Blu-Ray releases. Also note that this character’s appearances in the TV show have not been edited at all, so why they erased it in this one scene baffles me.

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Regarding ‘The Godfather, Part III’, the reason that the original theatrical cut has never been released in any format is contractual. Paramount had set the theatrical release date before shooting even started, and rushed every part of the process to meet that date. As the date was looming, Coppola realized he wasn’t going to finish editing the film. He had final cut, so he could’ve pushed to delay it, but he was only making the movie because he needed a hit, so he wanted to play ball with the studio. So he agreed to approve a cut for release with the understanding that by the time the video release came along, he would have finished editing, and that final version would be the only version of the film made available moving forward [at least until the recent “Coda” re-edit].

One I’ve been interested in for a while now is Elaine May’s “Mikey and Nicky”. Paramount took the film away from her after she spent too long in post-production, and released a theatrical cut which she more or less disowned. Over the course of the next decade, one of the producers somehow re-acquired the film from Paramount, and hired an editor to approximate May’s cut as best they could. Although I don’t think May was actually involved in the edit, she did approve the final cut; it appears to have premiered at a film festival in 1986 or so, after which only this cut has ever been seen.

From what it sounds like, the theatrical cut wasn’t as good, but I believe there is alternate footage. I don’t know if there is any release of the original cut; if there is, it would have to be a pretty old VHS or LD (or out-dated format). Wikipedia also adds a new wrinkle – it makes the unsourced claim that the “director’s cut” released by Criterion on blu-ray is different than the 1986 director’s cut. I don’t know if that’s accurate or not, I hadn’t heard anything, but information on this movie (especially from the pre-Internet era) seems very skimpy on-line.

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What exactly was changed in the first scene???

TheTechnicalCharmer said:

Yall might be interested by this!
If you are wondering about the changes made to The Shawshank Redemption!
https://youtu.be/zFTouCz3u-I

I had the bullet wound movement already, but added this for the extra gunshots.

A Serbian Film - the initial US Blu-Ray is missing a minute of footage, which was restored for the recent Unearthed Films release