The Dark Knight Rises Jonathan Nolan's original draft

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We do know there was quite a substantial chunk cut out of the final film though to accommodate the limited IMAX reels. Almost certainly not as much as going from draft 1 to final draft, but still a lot. I'd say before it had been cut down it was over 3 hours.

I honestly have no idea if a substantial chunk was cut out. But even if it did , not everything that is shot belong to a movie. This is a very common practice in cinema.

The only thing i read regarding this was that Nolan didn't want a movie much bigger than the other two.