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More recently, a slightly different take on the re-cutting of films was seen in a 2006 revision of the 1980 film Superman II.

Most releases that contain the label " director's cut " or " extended edition " include minor changes and / or scene additions not seen in a film's theatrical release, but that do not tend to greatly affect or change the plot, story or overall product.

However the new version of the second Superman film ( known as The Richard Donner Cut ) restores as much of the original director's conception as possible, making it a considerably different picture.

More than half of the footage filmed for Superman II by the originally credited director ( Richard Lester ) has been removed from the film and replaced with Donner footage shot during the original principal photography from 1977 – 1978.

There are also several newly filmed shots and many new visual effects, and Richard Donner is credited as director of the film instead of Richard Lester.

Another example of this is Brian Helgeland's Payback.

Possibly the most infamous collection of cuts, edits, reversions and modifications to a single film falls to Caligula.

The film exists in at least 10 different versions ranging from a sub-90 minute television edit version of TV-14 ( later TVMA ) for cable television to an unrated full XXX pornographic version exceeding 3. 5 hours.