The Dark Knight Add deleted scenes to the Jan'09 re-release!

[JP]

This thread is made of fail.

 

[FlawlessVictory]

Not going to happen. As far as we know, there is only one seconds-long sequence that could be added, and there's absolutely no chance Nolan would agree to film more scenes, effectively tampering with his work to appease a marketing push--and WB would not press him to; he's their golden goose right now. I doubt they'd even want to alter it; if you have a product you think is Oscar worthy, why would you want to mess with it? Why risk it?

Bingo!

 

[CFE]

It is happening! isn't it?

I don't think so...I mean if the DVD/Blu-Ray release is in October/November, what would really be the point of a re-release in January?

CFE

 

[up2nogood316]

re-release would be great and with added stuff it would be even better! i have no idea why people are like...uuuhh oohh nooo that wud be bad..eerrr

do you WANT the titanic to beat TDK?! i want anything and EVERYTHING done to topple this overated boat, and what better film than TDK to do it

 

[CFE]

Well if you look in the B.O. thread, the January re-release is in fact happening.

If "TDK" could potentially make it to $550 million by the end of this initial run, I don't see how it couldn't topple Titanic with the re-release.

CFE

 

[Darkknight14]

I would love to have deleted scenes, no matter how likely it is..

By the Way: to all the people, so many people, saying there are no deleted scenes:
When filming, they film thousands of takes of scenes, surely..then, the producer/director, they decide what takes of what scenes to include, the excluded scenes......ARE DELETED SCENES.

Wrong. Sorry. That scene is still included, they just chose to use a different take of it. Doesn't mean that entire scene is deleted. A real deleted scene is a scene that they chose not to include in the movie to shorten the length of it, and because the scene didn't alter the plot of the movie. For example, in Iron Man, that scene where Stark takes those girls upstairs that wasn't actually included? THAT is a deleted scene. All that footage that they just decide not to use is just that. Extra footage. Extra takes. The same scene, just a little bit different.

 

[FlawlessVictory]

I would love to have deleted scenes, no matter how likely it is..

By the Way: to all the people, so many people, saying there are no deleted scenes:
When filming, they film thousands of takes of scenes, surely..then, the producer/director, they decide what takes of what scenes to include, the excluded scenes......ARE DELETED SCENES.

'Deleted scenes' and 'extended cut' are two different beasts. The first one is a feature where you can watch the deleted scenes out of context...it will not change the film in the same way that en extended cut will do.
But I guess you alreaday knew..

Kosove's Alcon partner, Broderick Johnson, adds that beyond the creative vision are a set of skills found only in a handful of directors. "He has the whole movie, every single scene, in his head before he starts shooting," Johnson said. "And then coupled with that he's a really good communicator so he can get that vision across to everyone on set." The producers say that Nolan had already calibrated every scene in "Insomnia" so precisely that they could find only one deleted scene to include on the DVD.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i1da5db18eb0203bb47d5118dccdf3432

You won't find much if hardly anything on the cutting room floor from this guy.

 

[Symbiote666]

Why is it being re-released?

 

[CFE]

Why is it being re-released?

Academy Awards attention and the prospect of finally besting 'Titanic' at the Box Office.

More the former...the latter is an added bonus, especially if it happens.

CFE

 

[agentzelda]

There's still no indication it will be a "wide release", probably only deluxe cinemas in big centres, and there is no indication at all it will interfere with a December release of the dvd, and Nolan never includes deleted scenes on those, so really, all that exists beyond what we see would probably be alternate takes. Possibly if the dvd/bluray includes, as it will, documentaries on the making of the film, we might see some of the alternate takes there.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

i think they should add a scene where Jokers sitting on the toilet looking through the funny pages of Gotham Times

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

a re-release seems kinda like a waste to me

 

[Spidey-Sean]

I would really love to see those snippets of scenes worked back into the movie. Anybody else remember the shot of Joker in the middle of the street twitching his hand from the first teaser? Or how about the even better shot of him with his back to the camera slowly lurching down the street as his switchblade pops open ominously.

Those clips never made it into the theatrical cut and I would love to have them and shots like it in an extended cut.

Oh, and any other scene transitions would be nice. Especially Joker leaving the party, or interscene transitions with possibly more footage of the batpod to compensate for the weird cutting around the subway shortcut (batpod shoots glass, suddenly driving up ramp, shoots more glass and bursts through this time, goes through pedestrian subway area, suddenly already halfway up the ramp outside of the subway) Within the transition from cut to cut, the batpod jumps about 60 feet forward without driving through the space. Sure it's comprehensible the batpod traveled that distance, but the editing was bad enough for me to notice this on my first viewing and wonder where the extra footage went of the Batpod actually driving through the glass or at least being shown leaving the physical space of the subway area before he's 60 feet out of it.

Oh, and what about the very first footage from the teaser trailer of the batpod zooming away from the camera into a big splash of light with his cape fluttering? At the end of the theatrical cut, all we got was a more distanced shot where the light barely is seen and Batman's cape hardly flutters at all. The teaser shot was much more effective and I would love to have that as the ending.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

they were in the film, its just that the shots used in the film were from different angles. but yea i prefer some of the shots in the trailer for that street scene. i prefered the way he screamed "HIT MEE!!!" from the trailer, in the film it only showed him from behind.

 

[bgates87]

This doesn't seem like something Chris Nolan would do. I doubt there will even be any deleted scenes on the DVD. Nolan is a smart and efficient director. Asking for deleted scenes is like saying, "I don't think Nolan knew what he was doing." If I was a director and people wanted to see my deleted scenes I would probably be a little offended that they didn't trust me to make a good cut.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

i don't think there will be deleted scenes as such, but maybe some scenes from different angles, the street scene where Jokers walking down the road for instance. that still sorta pisses me off, some really iconic shots were missed because they changed the angles.

 

[Nirvana]

I'd like it to have additional scenes, but I don't think it'll happen.

 

[byte19]

uhh...... more VIRAL MARKETING???

 

[TheDarkVictory]

there wont be any deleted scenes. there was only one and it was probably cut for a reason. this thread is dumb dumb dumb. also i hate a poll where it's so obviously supposed to be one choice. you suck.

 

[BatFitz]

Anybody else remember the shot of Joker in the middle of the street twitching his hand from the first teaser

While that was a great shot...I think sticking that into the scene would kind of throw the pace off. It was a pretty slow shot in the trailer...maybe just a snippet of it will work. Because youve got Batman driving fast towards Joker and meanwhile Joker is thinking and yelling "hit me"...I'm actually satisfied with the way they did it in the film. Just my opinion though. It'd be cool to see some new stuff. Especially if there's something showing Joker leaving the party. Heheh, or Batman admitting he can't believe he survived a 25 story drop onto a car!

 

[CaptainClown]

Thats not a bias poll at all.

 

[YsoSerious]

Even me, a purist Republican type, says " Bring on some deleted scenes!!"

 

[Eggyman]

It is perfect as it is.

 

[fabman]

Huh, this is ridiculous?

Why should they re-edit the flick because some fans like the shots from the trailers better than what was in the final cut?

I mean, The Dark Knight is out... accept it for what it is or become directors, then you can decide which shots to include by yourself.

"Yo Hitchcock, that shot sucks... you should've used the other take. Universal, please fix that, okay? And re-release it on DVD".

 

[patrickbateman]

is the January re-release global?