Comparison between Hero theatrical cut and director's cut?

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Comparison between Hero theatrical cut and director's cut?

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Does anyone know of a site that details the differences in the film between Zhang yiimou's Hero theatrical and director's cut?

Cheers.
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Have you tried the "alternative version" section on the film's IMDB profile?
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All I can remember is that the DC is ten minutes longer.
-The fight on the lake is told from another angle.
-The Maggie/Ziyi fight in the golden forest is longer and slower (the pace fits the music better).
-There are two very short Tony/Maggie and Jet/Ziyi fights.

Most of the extended stuff consists of added shots, though. Nothing major.
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Theatrical cut was on Filmfour on Monday.

Subtitles were different (like Edko although in better wording/placement) compared to the made-up ones Miramax created for the cinematic release but the "Our Land" concept remained :( .
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Re: Comparison between Hero theatrical cut and director's cu

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degeneration wrote:Does anyone know of a site that details the differences in the film between Zhang yiimou's Hero theatrical and director's cut?

Cheers.
http://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittb ... hp?ID=1708

Text is in german, but there are screenshots for every change.
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Cheers for that!
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chenlung wrote:Theatrical cut was on Filmfour on Monday.

Subtitles were different (like Edko although in better wording/placement) compared to the made-up ones Miramax created for the cinematic release but the "Our Land" concept remained :( .
I missed it :(
I avoided it as I thought the dumbed down ones Miramax made up would be used :(
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Post by bradavon »

You have the DVD don't you? So it's hardly a big deal.
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Fair enough :D