Extended version

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Extended Version (Engl. Extended version ), rare Extended Edition ( expanded edition ) or Extended Cut and often Special Edition , is the name of a mostly on DVD or Blu-ray Disc published version of a film which is opposite to the original theatrical version additional scenes contains .

General

The idea of ​​an extended version of cinema films is usually to add additional scenes to the first or second home video release in order to increase sales, but in individual cases also (as with Star Wars, for example ) to add a new theatrical version to manufacture. For this purpose, after the end of shooting, additional scenes are created by re-shooting or by using computers. In addition, there are so-called “uncensored versions” or “uncensored versions” of films that have been shortened for political or social reasons or because they are too long. These are also often referred to as Extended Versions or the corresponding material is used when creating an Extended Version. Extended versions are only shown on television in exceptional cases.

Examples of well-known films, of which an extended version exists, are Star Wars , ET - The Extra-Terrestrial , the film trilogy The Hobbit , the film trilogy The Lord of the Rings , Big and Alien - The Rebirth .

There is a so-called Ultimate Edition on Blu-ray Disc for the first two Harry Potter films , which also means an extended version.

Differentiation from similar terms

In contrast to films, of which an extended version exists, the production of an amphibious film is designed to produce two versions of the film and to exploit them on the film market during the shooting. With extended versions (e.g. Star Wars ) this is not the case. Only if a movie is very successful and further DVD marketing is worthwhile, a corresponding version will be produced afterwards. However, since success can be expected with some cinema films, in recent times appropriate material has often been produced during the shooting, which is then used in the form of an extended version in the form of an extended version in addition to scenes that have been omitted during secondary exploitation on the DVD market.

Not to be confused with the Extended Version and the Director's Cut . This is a new cut version of a feature film that has already been published, which the film director ( English director ) subsequently created as the final version he preferred. An extended version, on the other hand, may be created without the director's involvement and sometimes even against his will. However, there are exceptions to this rule. For example, the director's cut of the film John Rambo is rightly called such, because it is the preferred version of the director Sylvester Stallone . However, the official release on the US market took place under the title Rambo - Extended Cut .

Further use of the term

The popular term, though rarely applied to other media, especially in the music (for example, the first solo album Mr. Bad Guy of Freddie Mercury ) or in software (for example, a version of Adobe Photoshop ) .

References and comments

  1. ↑ Further terms for Extended Version are new version and new publication . So the new release of Star Wars is nothing more than an extended version.
  2. ↑ Internet Movie Database - Star Wars (1977)
  3. ↑ Internet Movie Database - ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  4. ↑ The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  5. ↑ Internet Movie Database - Big (1988)
  6. ↑ Internet Movie Database - Alien: Resurrection (1997)
  7. ↑ Cf. flimmerBlog - Extended Versions of all “Harry Potter” films?
  8. ↑ Film - Harry Potter Movies To Get Extended Edition Re-Releases? ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.slashfilm.com
  9. ↑ see: Welt Online, July 25, 2007, Amphibian Films - Baader and the Popess
  10. ↑ see: Klaus Raab: “Debate about film quality. Can television be cinema? " The daily newspaper , December 22, 2008, on the dispute over" amphibian films "
  11. ↑ Mike Lowrey: Comparison of the theatrical version and the extended cut. schnittberichte.com, August 4, 2010, accessed on December 15, 2010 (German / English).

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