Cowboy Kate & other Stories, director's cut by Sam Haskins.

A director's cut is a specially edited version of a film, and less often TV series, music video, commercials, comic book or video games, that is supposed to represent the director's own approved edit.

' Cut ' explicitly refers to the process of film editing: the director's cut is preceded by the rough editor's cut and followed by the final cut meant for the public film release.

The most common form of director's cut is therefore to have extra scenes added, often making the " new " film considerably longer than the " original ".

Traditionally, the " director's cut " is not, by definition, the director's ideal or preferred cut.

It is often the case that a director approves of the final cut, and even prefers it to the so-called earlier " director's cut.

" The director's cut may include unsatisfactory takes, a preliminary soundtrack, a lack of desired pick-up shots etc., which the director would not like to be shown.

For example, the director's cut of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid was 122 minutes long.

Although not complete or refined to his satisfaction, director Sam Peckinpah still preferred the director's cut, as it was more inclusive and thorough than the 105-minute cut.

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.

In this case, the director's cut and the director's ideal preferred cut are distinctly separate versions.

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.

In the director's commentary on the DVD edition of the film ( released in 2002 ), Coppola states that this film was the first major motion picture to use " Part II " in its title.

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.

Running alongside his enthusiasm for DVD, Scott is sometimes considered the " father " of the director's cut, though the impetus to produce such versions has sometimes begun with other parties.

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.

A director's cut of Mask, slightly longer and with Springsteen's songs, was belatedly released on DVD in 2006.

A director's cut of Texasville was released on laserdisc, and was released on DVD by MGM in 2005.

Both the theatrical and an unrated director's cut were released as a special editions containing identical bonus features, the DVD was released in the United Kingdom in a region 2 DVD.

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.

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.

On March 30, 2007, it opened in select theaters in the United States and Canada and was released on DVD on November 13, 2007 as part of a deluxe box set with a director's cut of Burnett's sophomore feature My Brother's Wedding and three Burnett shorts: Several Friends ( a 1969 aesthetic precursor to Killer of Sheep ), The Horse ( an " allegory of the South " in Burnett's words ), and When It Rains ( praised as one of the greatest short films of all time by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum ).

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.

An extended version currently available on DVD runs 218 minutes ; cinematographer Vittorio Storaro and director Bernardo Bertolucci have confirmed that this version was created for television and does not represent a " director's cut ".

The 102-minute version released on DVD in January 2002 has a subtitle track with director's commentary-style information and a fake documents feature.

Blood Simple was re-released theatrically in 2000 and on DVD in 2001 in a " director's cut ".

A director's cut was released on DVD with 28 minutes of previously deleted scenes restored.

* Many DVD releases that contain versions of films different from the theatrical releases, such as Universal Studios Home Video's Legend director's cut DVD will have: " This film has been modified from its original version to include additional material not in the original release.

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

When released to home video on VHS and DVD, a new director's cut by Oliver Stone was used.

Troubled in post-production with re-editing by distributor Miramax, the full director's cut was officially released on DVD by Subversive Cinema in September 2006.

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.

If the film industry was becoming a director's medium, Woolfson felt the music business might well become a producer's medium.

An argument that the power to issue shares could only be properly exercised to raise new capital was rejected as too narrow, and it was held that it would be a proper exercise of the director's powers to issue shares to a larger company to ensure the financial stability of the company, or as part of an agreement to exploit mineral rights owned by the company.

In contrast, the director's cut of Scott's Kingdom of Heaven ( which was a commercial failure in its 2005 theatrical release ) is the true version of the film Scott wanted, nearly an hour longer and has been met with more critical acclaim than the original version.

The trend of releasing director's cuts was first introduced in the early 1980s alongside the rise of the home video industry.

When it was discovered that the market for alternative versions of films was substantial, the studios themselves began to promote " director's cuts " for a wide array of films, even some where the director already had final cut of the theatrical release.

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.

British born director Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho ( 1960 ), was the first " slasher " movie, while in the same director's The Birds ( 1963 ) menace stems from nature gone mad.

Russell Mulcahy was disappointed with the movie as originally released, and later made his own " Renegade Version " director's cut with a proper sequencing of various scenes, and the filmmakers ' explanation for why the movie turned out as it originally did.

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.

The Washington Post staff writer Hal Hinson would disparagingly comment in an aside during a review of Jarmusch's Mystery Train ( 1989 ) that in the director's debut, " the only talent he demonstrated was for collecting egregiously untalented actors ".

Shot like the director's previous efforts in black and white, this constructivist neo-noir was Jarmusch's first collaboration with renowned Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller, who had been known for his work with Wenders.

A retrospective of the director's films was hosted at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during February 1994, and another, " The Sad and Beautiful World of Jim Jarmusch ", by the American Film Institute in August 2005.

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

" 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.