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Ridley Scott's 4-Hour ‘Napoleon: The Director's Cut' is Coming Soon (www.worldofreel.com)

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Ridley Scott's “Napoleon: The Director's Cut” is potentially coming very soon. It's just been rated R for strong violence, grisly images, sexual content, some nudity and language. This signifies clear intent on the part of Apple TV to make it available on their platform.

In late August 2023, we had broken the news that Scott was working on a director’s cut of “Napoleon” and that it would clock in at over 4 hours. It’s obviously piqued our interest since then. The theatrically released version had some narrative holes in it, and a director’s cut could potentially cure that.

Scott later told Total Film that it would be made available after the film’s November release. He called his lengthier cut “Fantastic” … Well, we’re still waiting, Ridley.

One person who much prefers the theatrically released version of “Napoleon” is its writer, David Scarpa. In an IndieWire interview, Scarpa admitted that the 158-minute version we watched in theaters is the “better,” “tighter” and “concise” version

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Has there ever been a movie where the director’s cut was shorter than the theatrical cut?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Quite a few. The most famous is the Donner Cut of Superman II as he was replaced before they finished making the film, so that is his demonstration of what his version would have been like, which happened to be shorter.

As we're talking about Scott he did a cut of Alien for the DVD boxset that is a minute shorter, but he says the theatrical cut is the definitive one. One of his cuts for Blade Runner is shorter too, I think the Final Cut.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah I remember Blade Runner, but there were so many versions I don’t know which one is the definitive cut anymore.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Whichever you like the most. However, I think the Final Cut is the definitive one. Or perhaps the Penultimate Cut.