Best Director's Edition/Cut?

[Verto]

What movie has had the best Director's Edition?

For me, it is Star Trek I: The Motion Picture. Besides the much enhanced visual and audio quality gained through the transfer to DVD, Robert Wise(the director) did a very nice job at touching up the movie(adding some scenes he couldn't put in due to time restraints, and removing/shortening scenes, so that it more closely matched what he wanted).

Whereas before, the Motion Picture seemed slow and too focused on the pretty technology they could show, the Dir. Edition shows a much improved version; for me, I could really grasp what Robert Wise intended. I got a Space Odyssey-esque feel for the first time(I always knew this is what they had wanted the Motion Picture to be, but the movie never gave me that impression.

This movie was a clear demonstration of what all Director's Editions should be, not just a pretty 3D menu and some useless commentary.

[Andrew1999]

Blade Runner, duh.

Fellowship of the Ring - Extended Edition was good too.

[monolith94]

Can there be any question???

Brazil.

[DanS]

Apocalypse Now Redux.

[chequita guevara]

Blade Runner, at least until I see Apocalypse Now.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Another vote for Blade Runner.

I don't think Brazil really counts, since Gilliam's version was released in places.

[monkspider]

How about the soon to be released version of Disney's Lion King, which will add an entire new song to an already beloved classic?

Make sure the Lion sleeps in your DVD collection tonight! Pre-order now!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00003CXB4/qid=1065418684/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-1854616-5492607?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846

[FrustratedPoet]

The extended edition of LOTR:FOTR was the best I've ever seen. A whole new hour added to the movie and 6 hours of good documentaries.

Hopefully the next two DVDs will live up to it.

[Dr Strangelove]

I haven't seen it in a video store, but there was a special director's cut version of the original Dune movie which made the movie almost enjoyable.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
The extended edition of LOTR:FOTR was the best I've ever seen. A whole new hour added to the movie and 6 hours of good documentaries.

Hopefully the next two DVDs will live up to it.

This is two votes for LOTR:FOTR The director's cut made the story line much clearer.

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
I haven't seen it in a video store, but there was a special director's cut version of the original Dune movie which made the movie almost enjoyable.

It's actually an Alan Smithee version- based on a cut of 'Dune' shown on Canadian television. It's three hours long, and comes with an explanatory prologue- which is the part that Lynch objected to. However in terms of clarity, the film is a great improvement over the butchered version released to the cinema. It does leave out the Baron Harkonnen/young slave/heartplug sequence though. It's available on video and dvd over here.