4. The Directors Cut or is it
In 2003 the Alien Directors Cut was released with the promise of giving the fans a new experience, with five minutes of previously unseen footage. We tend to associate directors cuts as being the definitive version of a given film, reversing all the uneasy compromises that Scott may have been forced to accept to get the film made on-time and on-budget. But not only was the Directors Cut a minute shorter than the original, Scott came out less than two months after its release to say that he still regarded the original cut as perfect and the proper version. Cue disappointment from armies of fans who felt ripped off. It should be noted that Scott has a reputation for going back and tweaking his old films, not just with the multiple cuts of Blade Runner but with the extended editions of Kingdom of Heaven, American Gangster and most recently Robin Hood. While there Is merit in the extended Kingdom of Heaven, Alien was a film which didnt benefit from the extra footage.