History Main / ReCut

** The sequel itself has a few new things for the TV Cut. These include some alternate cuts of scenes, some scene and dialogue extensions, and a scene added to the end that takes place in the ambulance.
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** There was a more substantial director's cut released for his rather divisive hacker thriller ''Film/{{Blackhat}}'', which was released only on the Creator/{{FX}} network. It adds in some new scenes, shifts around a few more (most notably, the opening scene occurs about an hour in), and cuts others out.

* After parents complained about the ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'' episode "Daniel Can't Ride Trolley; Daniel Can't Get What He Wants" teaching kids to stomp their feet when they were mad, a new version premiered in 2019 on Amazon that redubbed each instance of "stomp three times" with "take a deep breath". Also, some scenes were changed around or omitted, like the ice cream truck scene segment before the second segment.

* There was a special showing of the ''Film/TheGodfather'' films on TV some years ago. Called ''The Godfather Saga'', it clocked in at ''over twelve hours'' and showed the events in the first two films ''in chronological order'', adding scenes that were cut from the original theatrical releases. Another cut was created for home video with scenes from ''The Godfather Part III'' added. Both versions are not available on DVD or Blu-Ray, but the additional footage are included in the DVD DeletedScene section.

** Varying releases of ''Film/BladeRunner'' over the years have resulted in ''five'' distinct versions (just on Blu-ray and DVD alone): The Theatrical Cut (which includes Literature/PhilipMarlowe-style voiceovers by Harrison Ford's character, and a happier ending, which used footage left over from ''Film/TheShining''); The International Cut (which is the same as The Theatrical Cut save for some additional gore during a particularly violent scene near the end); A Workprint Version (a rough cut which preceded the theatrical cuts, notably put together before scoring, which started being shown clandestinely at sci-fi conventions in the 90's); A so-called Director's Cut (released in theaters in 1991, then VHS in 1992, and then on DVD in 1997, which removed the voice-over and ending, more to Scott's liking, but was not created with his actual involvement); And lastly, the Final Cut, released in 2007 for the film's 25th anniversary, for which Scott shot new footage featuring actress Joanna Cassidy and Benjamin Ford (Harrison's son) that was digitally superimposed into two scenes of the film with some long-standing & very obvious gaffes, along with adding some new digital mattes, and some slight audio editing (the cut of the film itself is very similar to the 1997 version). The new cut also received an a extensive restoration as this was first time it was being released on high-def formats. It was these 5 cuts that were released together in boxsets on DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray in December 2007, then re-re-released on DVD & Blu-Ray in 2012 for the film's 30th anniversary, and the Final Cut getting another restoration and re-release to take full advantage of the 4K Ultra HD format to celebrate the 35th anniversary and [[Film/BladeRunner2049 Denis Villeneuve's upcoming sequel]].
** ''Film/{{Legend 1985}}'' was substantially cut by a half-hour after poor test screenings and was altered further for its U.S. release in 1986 (this included an entirely different music score). Scott prepared a Director's Cut for a 2002 [=DVD=] release which reinstated the original score and 20 minutes of additional footage (and was considered lost until the sole surviving print was discovered in 2000).

* In 2001 ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' was re-edited by Creator/FrancisFordCoppola into a new extended version titled ''Apocalypse Now Redux'', which adds almost an hour of additional footage and is regarded as an entirely different film by the director, critics[[note]]due to adding context which smoothes out the story at the cost of a slower pace[[/note]], and the British MoralGuardians[[note]]the DVD of the original movie received an "18" (years and over) rating in Britain, while ''Redux'' only got a "15" despite including ''all'' of the language and violence from the original. Possibly the censors felt the violence was less concentrated in the longer version[[/note]].

* The film version of ''Film/TheOutsiders'' was re-released as ''The Outsiders: The Complete Novel'' - deleted scenes that were in the book but not the original film were added back in, and more licensed music from the time period was added.

* ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' has used at least three different endings over the years: one which pays off Yukon Cornelius' pickaxe-licking, one that shows Rudolph and Santa gathering the Misfit Toys, and one that combines both of them. Three versions also exist of the scene in which Rudolph and Hermey become friends, the second containing a completely different song.

* Network reruns of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sometimes differ greatly from the originally aired live show; this can range from minor fixes of technical glitches and removal of promotions for the next live show (especially common when Don Pardo announced them over the end credits), to changes in the running order, to even the removal of controversial or poorly received material, replaced by sketches from other shows or unaired material. Since 1985, the dress rehearsal is recorded for all shows, and the rerun version may either use the dress take or a combination of scenes from dress and air.

** The new series also has a slew of "Extended Unrated Versions" of many episodes and telemovies. These versions are available on DVD.
** And editing scenes to fit with current-day Sunday-morning Japanese broadcast censors.

* ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' got a recut in 2010 that made it closer to the original Japanese version of the film. All of the ad-libbed dialouge by the characters, mainly Jiji's wisecracks, got removed (which in turn lead to the ending being altered [[spoiler: from Kiki being able to hear Jiji in the end to her not hearing him at all]]), as well as the additional pieces of background music that filled silence (such as the xylophone music in the outhouse scene) and replacing the Sydney Forest songs with the original Yumi Matsutoya songs.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'' was first conceived by Creator/RichardWilliams (who would eventually become animation director of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'') in 1964, but spent almost 30 years in DevelopmentHell. Williams eventually signed a deal with Creator/WarnerBros in 1990 to release the film, but they had no faith in it since the film took way too long to release, plus Disney was about to come out with their version of ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', so they pulled out. Then, the Completion Bond Company bought the rights to it in 1992, and a year later, producer Fred Calvert with Majestic Films released it in South Africa and Australia as ''The Princess and the Cobbler''. Many of the scenes from Williams' workprint were cut, plus new dialogue, songs, voices ([[SuddenlyVoiced where there really weren't any before]]), and scenes ([[OffModel poorly]] [[ArtShift animated]] by various companies and freelance artists across the world) were hastily added in. In 1995, it would be released in the U.S. by Miramax as ''Arabian Knight'' (later under the original title), where even more was butchered. An unofficial "Recobbled Cut" was made by a fan in 2006 that restored Williams' original vision as much as possible, but Williams has since [[CreatorBacklash disowned the film]] regardless.

* The ''Franchise/StarTrek'' film series:
** ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' 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).

* The Blu-Ray releases of the first two ''Film/HarryPotter'' films include both the theatrical cut and an extended cut. The extended cuts basically just re-incorporate the same {{Deleted Scene}}s which were extras on the original DVD releases. The Blu-Rays of the third movie onward only include the theatrical cut.

* Creator/MichaelMann released Director's Cuts for ''Film/MiamiVice'', ''Film/{{Ali}}'', ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'' and ''Film/{{Manhunter}}'', but all of his films were re-cut in some way following their theatrical runs for DVD release. The changes are minor, and are rarely more than slight changes in dialogue scenes.

*** The fight with Random Task is longer. Austin tries to grab a Knife, Candle and Rake before smashing him over the head with a champagne bottle.

** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' got a three hour Director's Cut, a la similar to ''Watchmen'' referred to as the "Ultimate Edition". The film's runtime went from two and half hours to three and quite a few things have been changed from the theatrical version, such as a stronger focus on characters like Superman and Lois Lane, a better grasp on Lex Luthor's motivations and his involvement on the subplot in Africa, Creator/JenaMalone appearing as a S.T.A.R. Labs member helping out Lane, an R rating and more. The R rating actually caught Snyder off guard, as he didn't make the film with that rating in mind. While reviews for the theatrical cut were pretty bad, the overall response has improved thanks to the Ultimate Edition, though its a matter of [[BrokenBase debate]] on whether it's actually a good movie, it's a good movie in comparison to the mess of the [=TC=] or if its a bad movie made worse.

** During the party, some guys in Music/{{Devo}] flowerpot hats show up, and ask to be let in. Lisa asks the guests what they think. The guests vote to toss 'em, but Lisa lets them in anyway.

** A TV Cut of ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' was also released as a duel feature blu-ray along with the aforementioned Director's Cut in 2017. It included many patched in scenes to supposedly lengthen the movie for additional ad time when first broadcast.

** ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' got a similar redub that removed the re-orchestrated soundtrack and the pirates' ad-libbed lines.

* The ''Series/StarTrek'' Film Series:

* ''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, violence is often cut, swear words are either bleeped, silenced out, or their scenes altered, and nudity may be removed. (See any ''Franchise/DieHard'' movie.) They may also be edited for time. Before HD television they were also converted to pan-and-scan format from letterbox if such a version didn't exist.

* After parents complained about how some of the lyrics in The Bunny Song were not appropiate for children to be singing, later pressings of the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' episode "Rack, Shack and Benny" used a different version of the song.

* [[GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion Made infamous]] by Creator/GeorgeLucas reworking the original ''Film/StarWars'' trilogy, resulting in [[TheDogShotFirst the "Han Shot First" campaign]].

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* Anniversary trade paperbacks of famous series (ex. ''Watchmen'', ''Dark Knight Returns'', etc.) will on occasion have extra content in them, or edits to the story itself. For example, ''Batman: The Long Halloween'', included a scene that was cut from the original story due to page constraints. ''The Killing Joke'' was recolored, making the scenes darker and more muted, in contrast to its original, more garish colors.
* Several later works by Los Bros Hernandez have been published initially in the serial issues of ''ComicBooks/LoveAndRockets'' and later as stand-alone graphic novels, sometimes in significantly altered form.

** ''Film/TheMartian'' was [[https://youtu.be/tWy6Egvz6Ws confirmed]] to have an extended version around the time of theater release, with Scott saying it'd run somewhere around 15 to 20 minutes longer than the theatrical cut. In truth, the Extended Cut actually runs ten minutes longer than the theatrical cut and mostly has minor changes, including more scenes of Mark Watney (Creator/MattDamon) and his trek across Mars to get tot he rendezvous point so that he can be rescued.

** After nearly finishing production on ''Film/SupermanII'', director Creator/RichardDonner was fired and replaced with Richard Lester, who reshot much of the film. The original theatrical cut is about 35% Donner footage and 65% Lester footage. In 2006, Richard Donner released his own cut of the film on DVD, which is composed of about 90% of his material, and makes use of rehearsal footage and screen tests to make up the parts he never got a chance to film properly. The cut purportedly gives the first two movies a more complete story arc but suffers from a lack of post-production for special effects and new scene pacing.

** After nearly finishing production on ''Film/SupermanII'', director Creator/RichardDonner was fired and replaced with Richard Lester, who reshot much of the film. The original theatrical cut is about 35% Donner footage and 65% Lester footage. In 2006, Richard Donner released his own cut of the film on DVD, which is composed of about 90% of his material, and makes use of rehearsal footage and screen tests to make up the parts he never got a chance to film properly.

** A TV Cut of ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' was also released as a duel feature blu-ray along with the aforementioned Director's Cut in 2017. It included many patched in scenes to supposedly lengthen the movie for additional ad time when broadcast.