So I keep reading that when the movie was released in cinemas it was 105 minutes long. I did not know about it until very recently. What are the differences between that version and the home video one? 12 minutes seem like a lot of footage has been cut out of that one.
Also, is there a way to see the original release?
I'm also curious about this, it seems like a lot of people don't really care about it.
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I wonder if there is a way to contact the director into finding out if this 105 min version was true or not.
Then again I thought it was a 100 min version? Since the trivia mentions about the 100 min theater version, I never heard of a 105 min version but I would still love to find out if this is true or not.
It's true. I saw this in theaters (opening night) and it was longer with many more scenes. For reasons known only to themselves, New Line Cinema recut the movie for overseas distribution and that's the version they've used for home video.
The problem is that New Line denies up and down that it was longer in U.S. theaters and tries to keep that curtailed. The German version of the movie had a lot of scenes that were cut for the international version and in recent years, New Line made the Germans replace their version (released by Metropol) with their own international version.
I'd like to see the complete version. Even though not many fans of the series care for this movie I like it so I'd enjoy seeing what I missed.
shareAnybody able to shed some light on what scenes are missing?
shareMaggie and her mother's introduction, and that it's her 28th birthday.
John arriving in Central City.
Maggie and Doc talking therapy techniques and dream demons.
Doc and Tracy training; Doc is trying to train her mind. Tracy only wants to train her body.
Freddy popping up in the "Free me you idiot" nightmare.
Stuff here and there in the Springwood fair scene, including Tom Arnold telling John "You said you were gettin' out, but ya brung back more!"
Stuff here and there with the teens as they try to get out of Springwood. Tracy doesn't trust Spencer not to cop a feel if she falls asleep while he's driving.
John recognizing Freddy from the chalk drawing and a quick conversation with Maggie about him.
Freddy absorbing Carlos' soul.
Maggie going into the basement and finding Freddy's hidden room and all his weaponry and trophy items still there.
Freddy growling at Tracy after she kicks him in the crotch.
Freddy tests the sharpness of the bed of spikes he lays out for John.
Maggie telling the audience "Now" to put their 3-D glasses on.
Freddy telling Maggie to "Get out of my head!" and expelling her out of his memories back into the hallway, where she demands to know about her own recurring dream which leads her into the "I won't tell" flashback.
The dream demons talk to one another before flying away from Freddy's explosion.
Alternate "Freddy's Dead" take ending with a high-five freeze frame.
Alternate end titles after the montage with a different mix of "Everything Remains the Same."
And other quick shots or pieces here and there throughout.