Director's cut

A director's cut is a specially edited version of a film, and less often TV series, music video, commercials or video game, that is supposed to represent the director's own approved edit. 'Cut' explicitly refers to the process of film editing: the director's cut is preceded by the rough editor's cut and followed by the final cut meant for the public film release. Director's cuts generally remain unreleased to the public because, as far as film is concerned, with most film studio the director does not have a final cut privilege. The studio (whose investment is at risk) can insist on changes to make the film more likely to succeed at the box office. This sometimes means a happier ending or less ambiguity, but more often means that the film is simply shortened to provide more screenings per day. The most common form of director's cut is therefore to have extra scenes added, often making the "new" film considerably longer than the "original". Traditionally, the "director's cut" is not,... full article at wikipedia