Is the Crow: City of Angels dvd really the directors cut?

RyoHazuki · 07-05-03, 05:50 PM

Is the Crow: City of Angels dvd really the directors cut? It says that it is but I heard there was much more footage then what is on the disc.

Jackskeleton · 07-05-03, 07:10 PM

Directors cut does not equel "All footage shot". it just means that it's the way the director intended it to be. In this day and age, "DIRECTORS CUT" really has been over used in many ways and gives folks a false sense of security that what they are buying is something more then they originally saw or something. Most directors are usually pleased with the film released in theaters.

as for the crow, I believe it is indeed what the director intended even though some footage ismissing.. maybe the director didn't want it in..

Adam Tyner · 07-05-03, 07:34 PM

Some directors cuts are shorter than the theatrical releases as well...

RyoHazuki · 07-05-03, 09:33 PM

Im talking about this footage. http://us.imdb.com/AlternateVersions?0115986

Josh-da-man · 07-05-03, 10:50 PM

Sounds like it would've made for a better movie to have included most of those things. I've always felt that CoA felt sort of incomplete.

RocShemp · 07-05-03, 11:36 PM

The so-called director's cut on video is the same exact movie I saw in theatres.

As for this footage that was cut/reshot, I wish they'd re-release this film on DVD with all this footage back the way it was. It seems this way the movie could have lived up to the potential it had (I'm glad to see that there was originally a payoff to Ashe wanting to choose Sarah over avenging his son).

Cornelius1047 · 07-06-03, 03:28 AM

I remember watching the VHS almost a year after watching the movie in the theatre, and there was one scene I didn't remember seeing in the theatre, but that's about it. I haven't seen the movie in years, so I'm not sure which scene it is, but I know it's towards the end of the movie, right before the credits, if I'm not mistaken.

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Adam Tyner DVD Talk Reviewer/ Moderator Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Greenville, South Cackalack Posts: 14,823	Some directors cuts are shorter than the theatrical releases as well... __________________ "When you're in your twenties, you wonder what everyone's thinking of you. When you're in your thirties, you don't care what people think of you. And when you reach your forties, you find out no one was ever thinking of you in the first place." -Patton Oswalt

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RyoHazuki DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Phoenix Posts: 8,086	Im talking about this footage. http://us.imdb.com/AlternateVersions?0115986 __________________ What did the Red Hot Chili Peppers do when their manager didn't like their latest tracks? Spoiler: The got long sleeves. - Neil Hamburger Xbox Live: CookinBooks

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Josh-da-man DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Bible Belt Posts: 16,971	Sounds like it would've made for a better movie to have included most of those things. I've always felt that CoA felt sort of incomplete. __________________ "Here's to Boston cops, they did what so many men never have been able to do: they found the little man in the boat." -- Bill Maher

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RocShemp DVD Talk Legend Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 24,643	The so-called director's cut on video is the same exact movie I saw in theatres. As for this footage that was cut/reshot, I wish they'd re-release this film on DVD with all this footage back the way it was. It seems this way the movie could have lived up to the potential it had (I'm glad to see that there was originally a payoff to Ashe wanting to choose Sarah over avenging his son).

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Cornelius1047 DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hamilton, NJ Posts: 2,539	I remember watching the VHS almost a year after watching the movie in the theatre, and there was one scene I didn't remember seeing in the theatre, but that's about it. I haven't seen the movie in years, so I'm not sure which scene it is, but I know it's towards the end of the movie, right before the credits, if I'm not mistaken. K __________________ My Addiction Like deciphering cosmic wounds Music For The Morning Before...