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* In an unprecedented move of recutting not just one episode, but ''an entire season'', Mitchell Hurwitz recut the fourth season of ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', producing ''Arrested Development Season 4 Remix: Fateful Consequences''. While the original Season Four consisted of 15 longer episodes, [[RashomonStyle each focused on one single character]] over the course of several years, the Remix consists of 22 standard length episodes laying out the events of the season in a mostly chronological order. In addition to a cleare continuity (including some continuity fixes), the new version also has new narration, some new jokes, and sadly some of the old jokes removed.

* ''TV Cut'': A version of the film edited for the different format. Basically, every movie shown on TV has been changed slightly (every time there's an ad break, the film fades to black) but often there are more significant changes. For instance, for many years violence was often cut, swear words were either bleeped, silenced out, or their scenes altered, and nudity was removed. This is somewhat less common nowadays as most networks either air movies uncut, or after the watershed if necessary. (See any ''Franchise/DieHard'' movie for some of the most notorious TV edits.) They may also be edited for time - occasionally, this involved making them ''longer'', not shorter. Some movies had deleted scenes reinstated to bulk out the runtime and fit more neatly into a broadcast slot. Before HD television they were also converted to pan-and-scan format from letterbox if such a version didn't exist.

* In 2015, ''ComicBook/TheChildrensCrusadeVertigo'' received a hardcover collection titled ''Free Country: A Tale of the Children's Crusade'', which underwent several revisions from the storyline's original printing. The most notable differences were that the Annual issues from other Vertigo titles that tied into the storyline are omitted and replaced with a new middle chapter to bridge the gap between the series' two bookend issues, plus the concluding chapter had the changes of including a prologue where Avril Mitchell worried about the whereabouts of her brother Oliver as well as changing the ending so that the slaver who disguised himself as Jack Rabbit to manipulate everyone into aiding his scheme of enslaving the children of Free Country [[AdaptationalKarma was successfully captured and imprisoned rather than escaping while Edwin and Charles were deterred from going after him on the grounds that he was no longer a threat to Free Country]].

* The 2015 hardcover collection of ''ComicBook/TheChildrensCrusadeVertigo'' underwent several revisions from the storyline's original printing, the most notable differences being that the Annual issues from other Vertigo titles that tied into the storyline are omitted and replaced with a new middle chapter to bridge the gap between the series' two bookend issues, plus the concluding chapter had the changes of including a prologue where Avril Mitchell worried about the whereabouts of her brother Oliver as well as changing the ending so that the slaver who disguised himself as Jack Rabbit to manipulate everyone into aiding his scheme of enslaving the children of Free Country [[AdaptationalKarma was successfully captured and imprisoned rather than escaping while Edwin and Charles were deterred from going after him on the grounds that he was no longer a threat to Free Country]].

* The horror film ''Film/NeedfulThings'' was shown on TBS some years back with a sizeable chunk of added footage, most adding depth to the characters. This version has yet to be released in any format.

* While said TV cut is unnotable by itself, the CBC's cut of ''Film/HomeAlone2'' hit the news in 2019 for removing TheCameo of the hotel's owner, future President Creator/DonaldTrump. Although Trump believed that the edit was made for political reasons (and no doubt his supporters back him up), the edits were actually made in 2014, a year before Trump started his Presidential campaign.

* When {{Music/Pavement}} were creating the track-listing for ''Terror Twilight'', they conflicted with RecordProducer Nigel Godrich - Nigel wanted the album to start out with a few of it's longer, more complex songs before gradually becoming more accessible; the band wanted to start the album with something "easy" and proposed a track-list that opened with "Spit On A Stranger", a melodic folk-rock ballad that would have been the final song on Nigel's running order. The band won out, but eventually expressed second thoughts about it in interviews - so when they released a deluxe remastered version under the title ''Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal'', the vinyl and digital versions restored Nigel's running order (including the cut instrumental "Shagbag"), while only the CD edition retained the originally released track-list.

* ''Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal'', {{Music/Pavement}}'s deluxe reissue of their album ''Terror Twilight'', presents the tracks from the original album in an entirely different order: This was RecordProducer Nigel Godrich's [[WhatCouldHaveBeen original proposal for the track-list]] as a [[DistinctDoubleAlbum distinct single album]], with side one being the album's more complex, experimental songs and side two being the more accessible ones.

* While nowadays considered the FranchiseKiller prequel to ''Film/{{Gettysburg}}'', ''Film/GodsAndGenerals'' actually received a standing ovation at its first pre-release screening. However, it ran for almost 5 hours. The studio's solution: cut it down to a more manageable 3 1/2. This theatrical version, while shorter, didn't have a central theme or even much of a narrative structure. It was subsequently lambasted by critics, ignored by audiences (although many who actually bothered to see it claimed to enjoy it), and wound up being such a financial bomb that the studio didn't even bother releasing the original cut until 8 years later in 2011. Among other things, the longer version edits out some of the religious preaching, adds a subplot with a young John Wilkes Booth, and includes the Battle of Antietam. So far, several people have said that this new cut fixes most (if not all) of the theatrical cut's main problems.

** In the original theatrical and VHS versions, in the scene where the unfrozen Dr. Evil proposes a plan, after unsuccessfully suggesting to blackmail the royal family by revealing that Prince Charles had an affair and would have to divorce, (Number Two reveals that Prince Charles already had an affair and is divorced,) Dr. Evil proposes to use a laser to make a hole in the ozone layer to increase the risk of skin cancer, unless the world pays him a "hefty ransom." Number Two says, "That also has already been done." However, in latest DVD releases, Number Two says, "That also already has happened." Two aspects on this line change:
*** The initial release of the film was after the fatal car accident of Princess Diana (the one Prince Charles divorced), so they eliminated the "blackmailing the Royal Family" plot and probably made Dr. Evil just attempt to plan to shoot a laser in the ozone layer and tweak it enough for Number Two to say "That has already been done," minus the "also."
*** The (Real Life) hole in the ozone layer was not created by a single supervillian's laser but by the combined effect of several pollutants, with a significant amount due to by products of specific products/processes from the '50's to the '80's. So what Number Two is referring to in later releases is the fact that the hole ''has already been made'', not that someone (intentionally) ''beat Dr. Evil to the punch''.

*** Evil Knievel is in cryo-status alongside Austin
*** After a security guard is crushed by a steamroller, we cut to his wife and kid being notified about his death
*** After a security guard is killed by a mutated sea-bass, we cut to his friends celebrating his bachelor party in a Hooter's being notified of his death

*** All scenes featuring Christian Slater plays security guard who is hypnotised into getting Austin some Orange Sherbet have been reinstated.

*** A different take is used when Austin takes photos of Random Task holding a cat. The gap between "I never forget a pussy... cat" is longer. (It was shortened for a PG-13 rating)

* There's TV cuts of Zucker-Abrams-Zucker films like ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' and ''Film/TheNakedGun'', featuring material that wasn't in the theatrical version (presumably to replace the R-rated jokes that had to be cut for broadcast).

* Despite the reputation directors' cuts have for being self-indulgent and bloated, Stanley Kubrick considered the UK cut of ''Film/TheShining'' to be the definitive one (as opposed to the US cut, which is twenty minutes longer).

*** The film has gone through a few editions. Director Creator/RobertWise considered the original theatrical release a "rough cut", due to it being rushed to meet Creator/{{Paramount}}'s premiere date (to the point where the film reels were still wet from developing when they were shipped out). An extended cut appeared on Creator/{{ABC}} and was released on [=VHS=] as a "Special Longer Edition" in 1983, though there were issues with some of the added footage, some of which was from the original version of the "Spock Walk" with different spacesuits (with one shot of Kirk featuring a very visible sound stage).
*** Wise would later revisit the work, supervising the "Special Director's Edition" [=DVD=] release in 2001, which allowed him to complete the film closer to what he had intended in 1979, had he had more time. In addition to using some of the Extended Cut footage to improve character development while making a few trims elsewhere, Wise supervised a handful of new effects shots created by Foundation Imaging. His goal with the new effects footage was not to be as obvious as [[Franchise/StarWars some other recent recuts]]; instead, they were to look as much like they were made with 1979 techniques as possible, based on the original models and plans. The Director's Edition was well-received upon release. In 2022, a 4K remastered version of the Director's Edition debuted on Creator/ParamountPlus.

** Its {{Prequel}} series’ (''Film/FantasticBeasts'') second movie: ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald'' was released to middlingly bad reviews for being a confusing slog. An extended cut of the movie was made available on home release which added fourteen minutes of cut footage. Many were frankly astounded as to what was cut and why it was cut and now the film is considered poorly edited rather than poorly written. The cut scenes are mostly ones of exposition that added a lot to the backstory and made some of the characters’ choices clearer. What is widely considered to be the most baffling cut scene was one that only clocked in at 40 seconds which had Dumbledore explain exactly why he’d sent Newt to New York in the first movie. The Credence/Nagini and Queenie subplots both are vastly beefed up in runtime in the extended cut and become much more comprehensible, especially the former. Like the ''Batman Vs Superman'' example, the extended cut isn’t considered a masterpiece and is still seen as over edited but it at least comes together to form a whole, coherent story rather than some scenes strung together whose quality swings wildly up and down throughout.

** The Argento-cut (sometimes referred to as Zombi after it's Italian title) was edited by Creator/DarioArgento for the mainland European theatrical releases. Compered to Romero's cut it is grimmer with a more serious mood. Argento made it shorter than Romero's cut to be more action oriented and have tighter pacing, but also lost a lot of character development in the process. The gore however is left intact.[[note]]It does however not feature the infamous chopper scene that the two other cuts have. Probably because of the scene's humors undertones.[[/note]] It uses the Goblins score through-out, utilizing none of the library music.
** The Director's Cut (sometimes refereed to as the Cannes-cut or the extended cut) is usually assumed to be the cut that Romero prepared for film's screening at Cannes. It is similar to Romero's final cut, but have uncensored gore and is even longer. Because of this it have the most content of any of the cuts, but also is the one with the worst pacing. Furthermore it completely lacks the Goblins score and use only the library music. As none of these cuts were created from any of the other cuts, but rather made (to some degree) independently, each version have unique scenes and they sometimes use different shots of the same scene.

* The French 1980s art-house classic, ''Film/BettyBlue'' was re-released in 1991 in a Director's Cut that added over ''one hour'' of additional footage to the film. While this may seem excessive (for a film that already seemed to revel in excess), the extra scenes shed considerable light on various plot points; Betty's descent into madness, for example, is better contextualised in this new version.

* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1956'', itself already a recut of ''Film/{{Gojira}}'', received one when an italian filmmaker by the name of Luigi Cozzi decided to release the movie in Italy. Since italian theaters were doubtful of black and white films, however, Cozzi also "colorized" the movie as well. [[Film/ItalianGodzillaKingOfTheMonsters This "colorized" version of the movie]] had scenes cut for pacing, as well as added stock footage from other movies and newsreels accompanied by electronic music. The result is often referred to as "Cozzilla", and sometimes as "Psychedelic Godzilla".
* The successful international release of ''Film/CinemaParadiso'' was cut by around fifty minutes to entirely remove a whole subplot that the original Italian audiences had reacted badly to [[spoiler:in which the older Salvatore and Elena have an unsuccessful attempt to rekindle their love affair, and it's made much clearer how badly Alfredo's sabotage of their youthful relationship affected both their emotional lives]]. The Director's Cut, which adds this material back in, makes it a much darker and sadder film.

* Two cuts of ''Film/TheHatefulEight'' exist: the 187 minute version used for the 70mm RoadshowTheatricalRelease and the 167 minute version prepared for the digital wide release. The 70mm version has an overture, an intermission, an old-fashioned VanityPlate for Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany, a vintage Cinerama logo, and several brief scenes which are absent in the digital version, as well as generally having longer takes and slower pacing in order to really let the 70mm photography shine.

** Its second cut was the Radio City Music Hall cut (or the 117-minute cut) that removed "A Step in the Right Direction", "With a Flair", and "Nobody's Problems" and many scenes were shortened and removed, "Portobello Road" got shortened and "Eglantine" was shortened as well. Unfortunately, it ultimately reduced Creator/RoddyMcDowall's character, Mr. Jelk to just two scenes [[BillingDisplacement despite the fact that McDowall still gets third billing]].

** Its fourth cut was the 1979-rerelease cut that saw all the songs (except "Portobello Road", "Beautiful Briny Sea" and some parts of "Substitutiary Locomotion") removed, and some scenes reduced or cut altogether. This would even affect the Italian dub, as for years until the 2000s, home video releases for it contained the exact edits as the 1979-rerelease cut.
** Its fifth cut was the 1996 25th Anniversary cut that restored the scenes from the 137-minute London premiere cut, restored "Portobello Road" and "Eglantine" to their entirety (though some parts of "Portobello Road" had to be restored from a work print with digital re-coloration to match the film quality of the main content), Mr. Jelk became an significant supporting character again and the songs "With a Flair", and "Nobody's Problems" were added back, but since some of the spoken tracks were unrecoverable, it required Disney to have the dialogue re-dubbed, Creator/AngelaLansbury and Creator/RoddyMcDowall re-recorded their own dialogue, but since characters whose original actors had either passed away or become too old had their dialogue re-dubbed. Creator/DavidTomlinson was still alive while the 1996 25th Anniversary cut was being made, but he was in ill-health and could not return to re-record his own dialogue, which meant that Creator/JeffBennett had to fill in for him. However, there were slight-hiccups during the dubbing (such as Mrs. Hobday's accent changing from Welsh to Scottish and back again, Charlie sounding 5 years younger, and Mr. Browne sounding a bit different).

* One of the most famous things about ''Film/TheWickerMan1973'' is the number of cuts of the film there are. The original theatrical version, which is the most well-known cut, is 87 minutes in length. A 99-minute cut was sent to Creator/RogerCorman, who suggested that 13 minutes be cut in order to sell well in the United States. A few years later, director Robin Hardy, now living in the US, decided to seek out a copy of the film. He obtained a duplicate of Corman's copy, and cut out the mainland scenes, while restoring some of the longer cut scenes. This version timed out to 95 minutes, and was released in the US in the fall of 1977. It was later released on Blu-Ray and DVD in October 2013 as ''The Final Cut''. In 1988, the 99-minute version ended up being released on VHS in America, distributed by Media Home Entertainment, and later Magnum Entertainment. Hilariously, the front of the Magnum release has pictures of the film's two stars, Creator/EdwardWoodward and Creator/ChristopherLee, that were obviously taken in the 1980s; in fact, the picture of Woodward is a publicity still from the late 1980s CBS crime drama he starred in, ''Series/TheEqualizer'' (heck, next to the picture of Woodward, it reads, "Starring Edward Woodward (''The Equalizer''))". In 2001, an NTSC one-inch videotape copy transferred from Corman's copy was released on VHS and DVD in America and Britain by Anchor Bay, thanks to a campaign from [=StudioCanal=], the film's worldwide owners, to try and find the full cut. Christopher Lee went to his grave believing that there exists an even-longer cut of the film, longer than the one Corman was sent; considering the amount of mainland scenes that were filmed but never seen in any cut, he's probably right. Oddly enough, there are rumors that a 17-minute version for triple and quadruple bills exists, in which Sergeant Howie (Woodward) is led straight to the Wicker Man; however, nothing really substantial has emerged about this one.

** Its {{Prequel}} series’ (''Film/FantasticBeasts'') second movie: ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald'' was released to middlingly bad reviews for being a confusing slog. An extended cut of the movie was made available on home release which added fourteen minutes of cut footage. Many were frankly astounded as to why this was cut. The cut scenes are mostly exposition that added a lot to the backstory and made some of the characters’ choices clearer. What is widely considered to be the most baffling cut scene was one that only clocked in at 40 seconds which had Dumbledore explain exactly who he’d sent Newt to New York in the first movie. Like the ''Batman Vs Superman'' example, the extended cut isn’t considered a masterpiece but it is noticeably smoother and easier to follow than the theatrical cut. The second act which is widely considered to be the weakest part of the film in particular is vastly improved. People who’ve only seen the theatrical cut will say the film is [[Creator/JKRowling poorly written]] but fans of the extended cut are more likely to call the film poorly edited and to a lesser extent [[Creator/DavidYates poorly directed]].

** Its {{Prequel}} series’ (''Film/FantasticBeasts'') second movie: ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald'' was released to middlingly bad reviews for being a confusing slog. An extended cut of the movie was made available on home release which added fourteen minutes of cut footage. Many were frankly baffled as to why this was cut as it added a lot to the backstory and some of the characters’ choices. Like the ''Batman Vs Superman'' example, the extended cut isn’t considered a masterpiece but it at least makes the movie more enjoyable and is comprehensible. It also shifted the main criticism from it being [[Creator/JKRowling poorly written]] to being [[Creator/DavidYates poorly directed ]] and poorly edited.

* ''Film/{{Underworld}}'' has an Extended Cut. Director Len Wiseman makes it very clear in the commentary that he does not consider either the theatrical or extended cuts his true vision, but seems to understand the reasoning behind both; the theatrical cut having been cut down for time, and the extended cut having a mixture of scenes he wanted to add back in, and extra footage he regarded as useless, so that the studio could lure in as many repeat buyers as possible by bragging about the number of minutes added back in.

* Whenever ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'' is aired on Disney Cinemagic in the U.K., some lines were cut out to add more commercial time.

* All seven of the ''Film/{{Saw}}'' movies have unrated cuts, each of them being sightly longer and more gory than their theatrical counterparts.

* ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'': The Season 3 special "Dance to the Rescue" had an alternate version released during production, which changes Dora's lines when asking the viewer to stand up to make the special more understandable for children who are disabled or mobility-impaired, and added in scenes of characters in wheelchairs and crutches during the dance contest scenes. This version was released on Nick Jr. airings since TheNewTens, and is the one used for digital and Creator/ParamountPlus releases. The DVD keeps the original version.

* When shown in Europe, the Australian horror film ''Film/{{Patrick}}'' was given a new score courtesy of Italian [[ProgressiveRock prog-rockers]] Music/{{Goblin}}.

* The TV version of ''Film/HappyGilmore'' had Happy confronting the orderly who has been enslaving old ladies including his grandmother and punching him out the window. The theatrical and DVD versions cut this scene, making the orderly a KarmaHoudini and [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse left that subplot unresolved]]. One DVD release does feature this scene (among others) as a Deleted Scene in the Special Features.

* {{Music/Buzzcocks}}' ''Singles Going Steady'' is a compilation of singles and {{B Side}}s, and a 2001 reissue added eight more songs: the A and B-Sides of 4 singles that came out between the compilation's original release in 1979 and the band's breakup in 1981. The original track-list put all the single a-sides on one side of the album and the b-sides on the other, so the expanded version follows the same format; so half of the added tracks are placed in the middle of the tracklist, the rest are at the very end.