tofferman

This was posted over at dvdactive this morning:

Universal Home Video has announced an extended edition of Waterworld which stars Kevin Costner and Dennis Hopper. The 2-disc release will be available to own from the 4th November, and should retail at around $19.98. Both the extended version (2 Hours 57 Minutes) and theatrical version (2 Hours 16 Minutes) will be presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, along with English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround tracks. The only confirmed extra feature right now is the trailer. Stay tuned for further details.

A guilty pleasure for me. Seeing that they are adding 41 minutes of additional footage, this may be worth acquiring. Also, seeing that it is a two disc release, I would expect more than simply the theatrical trailer.

OldBoy

because that's what we needed with one of the bigger domestic gross bombs and critically panned movies of all-time...more of it!

Abe.

The production was plagued, but I don't feel the movie was that horrible. A longer cut seems interesting.

My Other Self

I'd give it a chance. Maybe it can help fix it.

DJariya

I know Costner and Kevin Reynolds had alot of friction on the set of this masterpiece.

I don't remember much about it other than Costner drinking his own piss.

It's a maybe for me. I'll have to see a review first.

starman9000

The Waterworld Extended Edition is not a myth

marty888

What next ...... the extended version of Pluto Nash?

Randy Miller III

God help me, this is a guilty pleasure.
Sounds interesting...

Abe.

Have you seen it??

DirkUSA

Exactly my thoughts!!!!!

Can't wait to see it.

Dirk

notkevinbacon

I've never seen this film in it's entirety, but, like most, I am well aware of the history of the film and that Kevin Costner drinks his own pee.

Honestly, the bits I have seen of it don't seem epically disastrous and the premise is interesting enough.

Probably going to be a rental, though.

Rammsteinfan

Damn. Im gonna buy this! Definite guilty pleasure for me as well.

FinkPish

My guess is we are getting something like this version, which I've seen and definitely adds to the movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114898/alternateversions

marychan

It definitely isn't one of the biggest bombs of all-time.

WATERWORLD is a $175 million-budgeted film that grossed $264 million in worldwide theatrical release

hasslein

I like the "ABC" version. I think it was the media coverage of production costs, not the movie itself, that led the uninformed to believe it was a bomb.

jmj713

Awesome, can't wait. This is a vastly underappreciated film. Didn't think we'd see this, but finally! Hopefully some more extras will be offered, like a commentary, but just the two cuts is fine.

Giles

Waterworld extended version - um... okay... one tv cut out of the way, now give us the extended tv cut of 'The Birdcage' MGM

bboisvert

That "biggest bomb" thing is a media-created myth. It didn't do that badly -- wasn't the hit Universal expected, but it did OK overall.

CertifiedTHX

What do you bet the second disc is a Digital Copy?

I'm surprised this was framed at only 1.85:1. For better or worse, the tone of the film is epic, and I would have expected a full 2.35:1 aspect ratio.

--THX

GreenVulture

I have. It plays on Comcast on Demand every once in awhile. Certainly not a bad movie, even in its extended version. I doubt I'd want to own it, but it never bored me, either.

starman9000

I've seen it!

GoldenJCJ

One of the Networks aired the extended cut several years ago. It cleared up some plot holes and overall made a better movie. I look forward to seeing the extended cut without commercial interruptions. Hopefully a Blu-ray is in the near future as well.



Cable Guy: "Dry land is not a myth. I've seen it. Kevin Costner. Waterworld. I don't know what the big fuss is about. I saw that movie nine times. It rules!"

Gilgamesh1082

One of the local colleges is attempting to get Mr. Costner to come in and do a Q&A for its film critique class. So help me god, if he does it, I'm crashing the Q&A and asking for an apology for this and the Postman.

Why do we need an extended cut of this? Its like wanting a rerelease of The Aristocats, Gigli, or any Uwe Boll film.

Zen Peckinpah

I'd go just to be all "You were da bomb in 3000 Miles to Graceland yo!" to him. What a guilty freakin' pleasure that movie is.

wm lopez

The movie turned a profit in the end by worldwide gross.