Even Ridley Scott stated on the DVD commentary of Alien that the original theatrical release was his director's cut, and that the new version was released as a marketing ploy.

Most additional features are exclusive to the two-DVD set: the director's commentary assisted by Kevin Smith, excerpts from the storyboard, a 52-minute production diary, "# 1 fan video ", a " cult following " video interviewing English fans, and the new director's cut trailer.

The director's commentary questions the credibility of the remote beacons being continuously manned.

He also oversaw and provided DVD commentary for the director's edition of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, which included re-edited scenes, new optical effects, and a new sound mix.

The high-definition Blu-ray Disc edition of the film featuring the director's audio commentary, the making of the film, and deleted scenes was released in the United States on June 3, 2008.

Coppola discusses his decision to make this the first major motion picture to use " Part II " in its title in the director's commentary on the DVD edition of the film released in 2002.

* Bill Thurman as Coach Popper, the high school's athletic coach and Ruth Popper's husband ; it is implied that he is homosexual, and he is confirmed as such in the director's commentary.

Only the discontinued HD DVD system directly supported E-AC-3, though Blu-ray Disc offers E-AC-3 as an option to graft added channels onto an otherwise 5. 1 AC-3 stream, as well as for delivery of secondary audio content ( e. g. director's commentary ) that is intended to be mixed with the primary audio soundtrack in the Blu-ray Disc player.

The Joel Weinstock character is, according to the director's commentary, a composite of several similar drug dealers.

In 2003, a Special Edition DVD was released, with director's audio commentary, deleted scenes, and behind-the-scenes documentaries ( both real and spoofed ).

* The 2002 British horror film 28 Days Later features a scene where the protagonist walks into a deserted diner and finds a dead mother clutching her dead child on the floor ; the director's commentary reveals the scene was inspired by footage and pictures of the Halabja gas attack.

The building, 371 Bloor St. West was also used as a location for significant exterior and interior shots for the 2006 film Take the Lead, but the school was only credited in the DVD director's commentary.

According to the director's commentary on the DVD, the dunking machine was constructed specifically for the film and was an exact duplicate of the actual one used by the Navy.

The special features included some of the following ; " The Diary of Anne Frank: Echoes From the Past " featurette, a press conference with director George Stevens, MovieTone news announcing public appearances by Millie Perkins, a screen test, and an audio commentary by Millie Perkins and George Stevens Jr, the director's son.

This allowed for extras like director's commentary tracks and other features to be added on to a film, creating " Special Edition " releases that would not have been possible with VHS.

He states in the director's commentary for St. Elmo's Fire that he resents the " Brat Pack " label, as he feels it misrepresents the group.

According to Frankenheimer in his director's commentary, production of the film received encouragement and assistance from Kennedy through White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, who conveyed to Frankenheimer Kennedy's wish that the film be produced and that, although the Pentagon did not want the film made, the President would conveniently arrange to visit Hyannis Port for a weekend when the film needed to shoot outside the White House.

This edition includes a director's commentary as well as other special features ; however, as of October, 2009, the Blu-ray version has been discontinued.

A director's cut DVD was released in November 2006, which features Zwigoff's cut of the film ( including an audio commentary with him and the film's editor ), but is three minutes shorter than the theatrical cut and ten minutes shorter than the unrated version.

Among its special features were director's commentary, an interview with Zwigoff and editor Robert Hoffmann, along with other features ported over from the previous unrated version's release in addition to a showcase feature.

In the director's audio commentary of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, director David Fincher discussed how a merkin was utilized for actress Rooney Mara, after she suggested to him that the character she portrayed in the movie was a natural red head in the book and actually dyed her hair black.

In the director's commentary of the film " Polyester ," ( starring Bators ) with John Waters ; regarding Bators ' death, Waters stated that Bators ' Parisian girlfriend Caroline confessed to him years later that she snorted a portion of Stiv's ashes to be closer to him.

The first film to gain him actual notoriety in his native country, Don't Torture a Duckling, combined scathing social commentary with the director's soon-to-be-trademark graphic violence.

* Guidance on director's duties ( Lemon & Co )

The restored cut, at 115 minutes, is thus not the traditional " director's cut ," but is closest to the director's preferred version, as it was reconstructed based on Peckinpah's notes, and according to his style in general.

Two of the first films to be re-released as a director's cut were Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate ( first aired on the Los Angeles cable station Z Channel ) and Ridley Scott's Blade Runner.

A full director's cut is shown on original 1998 release of The Wiggles ' Toot Toot video.

Linkin Park also has a director's cut version for their music video Faint ( which was also directed by Mark Romanek ) in which one of the band members spray paints the words " En Proceso " on a wall.

Britney Spears ' music video Gimme More was first released as a director's cut on iTunes, with the official video released 3 days later.

Many other director's cut music videos contain sexual content that can't be shown on TV thus creating alternative scenes, such as 30 Seconds to Mars's Hurricane, and in some cases, alternative videos, such as in the case of Spears ' 2008 video for Womanizer.

While collaborating on what is referred to as the " director's cut ", the director and the editor go over the entire movie with a fine-tooth comb ; scenes and shots are re-ordered, removed, shortened and otherwise tweaked.

Bogart was lukewarm about the part, but agreed to it on a handshake with Wilder, without a finished script, and with the director's assurances to take good care of Bogart during the filming.

It was poorly received on its release but has come to be one of the director's most respected and popular films subsequently.

It will be a director's challenge on how they will express the sea and its waves with freehand drawing.

Unhappy with the theatrical version of the film ( which he blamed on paying too much attention to the opinions of preview audiences ), Scott supervised a director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven, which was released on DVD in 2006.

More recently during the filming of Scott's 2012 film, Prometheus, Charlize Theron praised the director's willingness to listen to suggestions from the cast for improvements in the way their characters are portrayed on script.

" By resigning from the DGA, Rodríguez was forced to relinquish his director's seat on the film John Carter of Mars ( in development ) for Paramount Pictures.

Often projectionists received general instructions from the distributors on the musical director's cue sheet as to how fast particular reels or scenes should be projected.

In 1988, however, Peckinpah's director's cut was released on video and led to a reevaluation, with many critics hailing it as a mistreated classic and one of the era's best films.

Nevertheless, Peckinpah brought in the film on time and on budget, delivering his director's cut to the producers.

This director's cut was released to a limited number of digital-projection theaters on September 10, 2004, and then on DVD on September 14, 2004.