the natural is on amazon already as well for pre-order...

the natural is on amazon already as well for pre-order...

Hey guys, I just heard from a few sources that the natural is on amazon already for pre-order!

Troy: Director's Cut

First it was Ridley Scott with "Kingdom of Heaven," then Oliver Stone with "Alexander" and now it's Wolfgang Peterson's turn to re-jigger a big budget epic. According to Daily Variety, Warner Home Video has shelled out more than $1 million for a new Troy: Director's Cut. The director spent three months working on the new version, adding more sex and violence - and a half hour - to a movie some already considered long at 162 minutes.

The director states that time constraints and ratings pressures took their toll on the original theatrical version. "This is more the film I wanted it to be," Petersen said. "It's very violent, but that's Homer and 'The Iliad.'" The new cut, which screened at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival in February, will see a limited theatrical run in Germany beginning on April 19th and is expected to be released on home video later in the year (possibly September).

Petersen plans to record an audio commentary and produce new bonus features for the DVD. Regardless, the director hopes that the new extended cut will be seen as the definitive version of the film, much like his 1997 director's cut of "Das Boot."


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I'll be in for this as well! I loved Troy and 30 extra minutes is ok by me:) I guess I'll have to eBay my current version or give it away.

Of course my mind might be changed if it's Brad full frontal :(

Sorry, but could you repeat that?

IMDB.com lists Troy (director's cut) with a theatrical release of April 19 in Germany. Hopefully, some websites will report what additions have been made.

I wonder if this is due to 300? I re-watched Troy the other day on HD, and as much as I like it, I just kept comparing it to 300. Shrug

I hated the theatrical cut. It's about as far from Homer as you can get. That's like calling 300 an adaptation of Herodotus.

I'd check out a longer cut just out of curiosity.

I know it's not historically accurate but as an action movie it's very entertaining. Would love to see an extended version.

Good news! I like TROY much more than Alexander.

I'm still waiting for a DC of The 13th Warrior. May pick this up, enjoyed this but always up for more violence and nudity.

I was hoping that "A Return Visit to Troy" meant a completely new film. Oh well.

If only Wolfgang Peterson would have a Director's Cut where Orlando Bloom's character Paris would get killed in the last frame, then I would buy it.

German review of the director's cut:

http://www.moviemaze.de/filme/1842/t...ctors-cut.html

you can translate it from German to English here:

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr

http://www.google.com/translate_t

Here's the translated page, thanks to the links above:
http://www.google.com/translate?u=ht...&hl=en&ie=UTF8

Translated:

"From the 160 201 minutes became and from a moderate, an outstanding maintenance film"

Damn I can't wait to see this, if it's really that maintenance, I'll love it!

I really liked Troy, I thought it was much better then Gladitor and other recent films. I did like Kingdom of Heaven DC more though.

Wasn't a huge fan of the movie the first time around, but I'm always up for extended, director's cuts.

Sweet. I'm always up for a little more maintenance.

= J

<a href=http://www.zonadvd.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=528><b>First pic</b></a> of the AWESOME packaging for Troy Director's Cut DVD.



OMG! :jawdrop:

Looks very nice. I hope the USA gets similar packaging.

Nice!

:thumbsup: Love the packaging, hopefully its the same in the states.

this thread is hilarious...

is the natural on amazon for pre-order?... i'm still laughing...

"if it's really that maintenance..." hilarious...

i liked Troy... great film...

Why do I get the feeling our packaging will be nothing like that...