Does 'Watchmen (2009)' have more versions than any other movie? [closed]

Warner released a 186-minute director's cut of the film, expanded from the 162-minute theatrical cut, on all formats on July 21, 2009. This was followed by the November 10, 2009, home video release of the 215-minute "Ultimate Cut".

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Like dna says in their comment - three versions of a movie isn't all that unusual - especially if the movie is older, or there was some contention in the creation of the movie between the director and the producers. Sometimes, rarely, it's actually intentional (the move Clue was released with three endings to different cinemas).

The best examples of contentious productions are Dune (1984) and Blade Runner. Both of these movies suffered from pretty egregious interference from the studio - to the point that David Lynch actually asked for his name to be removed from the movie, which was released theatrically as an Alan Smithee film. Ridley Scott was eventually able to restore his Director's Cut of Blade Runner.

I have five "official" versions of Blade Runner in a single Blu-Ray set that was released a few years ago.

It might be hard to pinpoint which movie has the most versions - but Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope might be the strongest contender. Depending on what you count as a new version, there may be at least six or seven, and possibly more than a dozen official versions of that movie that have been released (and rumours of an unreleased version that Lucas was working on before he sold Lucasfilm to Disney).

Another contender may be Orson Welles' Confidential Report - but not all of those were sanctioned by Welles or the studio.

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How many versions of Watchmen are there?

But it hit Prime in three different versions: theatrical cut; director's cut; and \u201cultimate cut.\u201d Rather than spending nine-and-a-half hours watching all three, allow me to help you choose which version best suits your needs.

Is the Watchmen Ultimate Cut worth it?

This interesting and in-depth look is definitely worth a watch. The third disc includes a digital copy of the theatrical version of the film. If you already own the Director's Cut, there's not much reason to pick this one up, unless you really want to see the full effect of the additional footage for yourself.

Is there a Watchmen 2 movie?

Jackie Earle Haley explains why studio contention is the reason there were no Watchmen movie sequels ever made after the 2009 film. Jackie Earle Haley opens up and explains why there were no sequels ever made to the 2009 live-action Watchmen film.

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