Added a few more on the list.I planned to start kind of similar thread since I also care for alternate versions of movies. Especially movies that is kind of "working" better dramaturgical. For example Terminator 2, The Abyss, Aliens, Da Vinci Code and the Lord of the Rings movies. But the list can go on.
I started thinking of this when Abyss and Aliens popped up in the store and I was about to buy both of them in 3.5 seconds. Just did a quick check so the better version was in 4K but it was not so I canceled both. Still waiting and I really would like to buy them along with all the others.
The Abyss and Aliens is two of my favorite movies and I've bought both of them several times. The Abyss I think I actually only bought three times but it haven't been released so many times. Aliens I think I bought 8 times.
The list so far.
Movies missing alternative version in 4K quality that's available on other formats
(Apocalypse Now: Redux and original version missing in 4K)
Apocalypse Now: Final Cut
A Green Beret journeys into the darkness of Vietnam to neutralize a renegade officer driven by madness and terror. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, and Frederic Forrest. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR with Dolby Atmos audio.www.kaleidescape.com
Avatar
A paraplegic soldier recruited to exploit a planet's indigenous people questions his loyalty after they accept him as their own. Directed by James Cameron. Starring Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldana, Stephen Lang, and Sigourney Weaver. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR with Dolby Atmos audio.
Black Hawk Down
An elite group of U.S. Rangers stands firm after being trapped in Somalia by an African warlord's militia. Action, War, History. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, and Eric Bana. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR with Dolby Atmos audio.
Deadpool 2
Deadpool assembles a misfit team of superheroes to save a young mutant from a deadly serious time traveler. Action, Sci-Fi, Comedy. Directed by David Leitch. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Zazie Beetz, and Morena Baccarin. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR with Dolby Atmos audio.
The Doors
A chronicle of the band's swift rise to fame, focusing on Jim Morrison's exploits and drug habit. Drama, Music, Biography. Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, and Frank Whaley. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR.
The Exorcist
A pair of Catholic priests do battle with a demon who has possessed a young girl. Horror. Directed by William Friedkin. Starring Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, and Kitty Winn. Purchase and download today in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Atmos audio.
Gladiator
Betrayed by the Emperor's son, a Roman general seeks revenge through public acclaim as a gladiator. Action, Adventure, Drama. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, and Oliver Reed. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR.
Independence Day
After alien ships destroy the world's major cities, the survivors unite to fight back. Sci-Fi, Action, Disaster. Directed by Roland Emmerich. Starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, and Mary McDonnell. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR.
The Martian
An astronaut left on Mars after a freak accident uses science to survive in hopes of contacting NASA and being rescued. Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Jeff Daniels. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
Rambo
Rambo becomes drawn into a deadly mission to rescue kidnapped aid workers being held by the genocidal Burmese regime. Action, War. Directed by Sylvester Stallone. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Paul Schulze, and Matthew Marsden. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR with Dolby Atmos audio.
Rambo: Last Blood
When his niece goes missing in Mexico, Rambo wages a brutal war against the cartel he suspects has taken her. Directed by Adrian Grunberg. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, and Adriana Barraza. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR with Dolby Atmos audio.
Star Trek 1: The Motion Picture
The newly refitted Enterprise sets off to face a gigantic, powerful nebula that's headed straight for Earth. Sci-Fi, Adventure. Directed by Robert Wise. Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, and Stephen Collins. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR.
Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country
Spock pursues the real culprits behind a sneak attack that landed Kirk and McCoy on a Klingon prison world. Sci-Fi, Adventure. Directed by Nicholas Meyer. Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, and James Doohan. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR.
Movies missing longer version or is in less quality on K
1941
A rag-tag group gears up to defend the California coast from invasion after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Comedy, War. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, and Lorraine Gary. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
When a football team's mascot is kidnapped, a wacky detective who specializes in animals takes on the case. Comedy. Directed by Tom Shadyac. Starring Jim Carrey, Sean Young, Courteney Cox, and Tone Loc. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
Brazil
A civil servant in a retro-future world gets mixed up in a rebel movement after trying to correct a clerical error. Sci-Fi, Satire, Drama, Comedy. Directed by Terry Gilliam. Starring Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, and Ian Holm. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
Commando
A retired colonel pursues an exiled dictator who has kidnapped his daughter as part of an assassination plot. Action, Adventure. Directed by Mark L. Lester. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya, and Vernon Wells. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
Con Air
A man just getting out of prison winds up on a plane with violent inmates who have a daring hijack escape plan. Action, Thriller. Directed by Simon West. Starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, and Steve Buscemi. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
The Counselor
A lawyer finds himself in over his head when the drug deal he makes with a shady associate begins to fall apart. Thriller, Drama, Crime. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, and Javier Bardem. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
Coyote Ugly
A shy songstress moves to New York City and takes a job at a bar known for its sexy and rowdy bartenders. Comedy, Drama. Directed by David McNally. Starring Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, Maria Bello, and Melanie Lynskey. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
Crash
A series of events and prejudices sets a multiracial group of people in Los Angeles on a collision course. Drama. Directed by Paul Haggis. Starring Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, and Brendan Fraser. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
Crocodile Dundee
A legendary Australian bushman encounters the natives of New York after following a beautiful reporter home. Adventure, Comedy. Directed by Peter Faiman. Starring Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, David Gulpilil, and Mark Blum. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR.
Dances With Wolves
A Civil War lieutenant stationed at a remote outpost becomes a member of the nearby Lakota Sioux Indian tribe. Western, Drama, Adventure. Directed by Kevin Costner. Starring Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, and Rodney A. Grant. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
Enemy of the State
A lawyer becomes the NSA's prime target when evidence of a political murder comes into his possession. Thriller, Action, Crime. Directed by Tony Scott. Starring Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, and Lisa Bonet. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
The Joes reunite to prevent Cobra from taking over the world while dealing with a powerful threat from within the government. Directed by Jon M. Chu. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis, Channing Tatum, and Lee Byung-hun. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR with Dolby Atmos audio.
Leaving Las Vegas
An unemployed screenwriter meets a compassionate hooker while staying in Las Vegas long enough to drink himself to death. Drama. Directed by Mike Figgis. Starring Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, and Richard Lewis. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
Lethal Weapon
A suicidal detective and his by-the-book partner become embroiled in an international drug syndicate run by trained mercenaries. Action, Crime, Thriller. Directed by Richard Donner. Starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, and Mitchell Ryan. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
Lethal Weapon 2
Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a South African drug trafficker operating under the protection of diplomatic immunity. Action, Crime, Thriller. Directed by Richard Donner. Starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, and Joss Ackland. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
Lethal Weapon 3
Murtaugh and Riggs hunt a gang selling armor-piercing bullets with an internal affairs investigation pending. Action, Crime, Thriller. Directed by Richard Donner. Starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, and Rene Russo. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
A bored couple manages to rejuvenate their loveless marriage after discovering that they are rival assassins hired to rub each other out. Directed by Doug Liman. Starring Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn, and Adam Brody. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
Pretty Woman
A self-serving financier gains perspective on love from a hooker he hired for a week-long date. Comedy, Romance. Directed by Garry Marshall. Starring Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Ralph Bellamy, and Jason Alexander. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
Rock of Ages
In the hair metal scene of the 1980s, a small-town girl and a city boy chase their Hollywood dreams. Musical, Drama, Comedy. Directed by Adam Shankman. Starring Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Julianne Hough, and Diego Boneta. Purchase and download today in DVD quality.
Team America: World Police
An American special forces team and a Broadway star fight a terror wielding tyrant and the Film Actors' Guild. Comedy, Satire, Action, Musical. Directed by Trey Parker. Starring Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller, and Masasa Moyo. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR.
Tombstone
Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday decide to retire, but rivals soon appear, leading to a challenge at the O.K. Corral. Western, Action. Directed by George P. Cosmatos. Starring Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Michael Biehn, and Powers Boothe. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
The Tree of Life
A disillusioned man contemplates his upbringing and the meaning of life on the anniversary of his brother's death. Drama. Directed by Terrence Malick. Starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, and Hunter McCracken. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
Walk the Line
On the rocky road to stardom, a country singer battles personal demons while falling for a musical darling from a famous family. Directed by James Mangold. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Robert Patrick. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
Waterworld
A drifter protects a girl tattooed with a map leading to dry land from a gang of thugs in a water-immersed future. Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Disaster. Directed by Kevin Reynolds. Starring Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and Tina Majorino. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR.
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Missing Alternative Cuts in 4K HDR
- Thread starter LoveCinema
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Most of the newly added items are remnants of the DVD days when studios inserted a few deleted scenes and slapped a banner saying "Director's Cut" on a double-dip disc (generally the Directors were never involved in the process). When it came time to produce HD masters and Blu-rays, these were all generally left in the bin, though sometimes you'd get the deleted scenes as special features.
These are all trapped on DVD:
Coyote Ugly
Crocodile Dundee
Enemy of the State
Lethal Weapon 1, 2, 3
Pretty Woman
Tombstone
Con Air's various versions seem to all be related to tweaks for foreign markets or broadcast TV.
Team America got an unrated Blu-ray, but that version never made it to digital. If you want this, grab the disc.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith is the only added title that is readily available in separate Theatrical and Unrated cuts on various digital stores. (If you can't find a cut on iTunes or Vudu, there's no way K can get it.)
I'm still assembling the list for the "Hole" thread. The fact is, we'll never see most of these, but maybe a few key cuts will get owner interest and sufficient requests to K will get them to consider.
Yes. Totally agree. These are on the 'not important' list.
I left out those that got stuck on Laserdisc (Ransom and Dead Poets Society)
I feel like I'm still confused which version of "RoboCop" is at the K Store! The store lists the UHD version as rated R, and does not differentiate it as a Director's Cut. @MikeKobb could you confirm this? And if K store does have the unrated director's cut, maybe they can change the description.
I can confirm this. Downloaded both and double checked. I mailed K about the info that is misleading on the store. The running time is just a difference in 21 seconds so it's correct. Unrated Director's Cut (103:14), the R-Rated Theatrical Cut (102:53) so they both are 103mins
UHD = Unrated Director's Cut
HD = R-Rated
I mailad K maybe a year ago about it's difficult to which version is available in different resolutions. In the small box that appears when you push the features button it's usually only states "Movie" on 4K and UHD. But on HD it usually states very clearly which version it is. My tip to them was to change to the above on RoboCop.
Example from Leon The Professional. Easy to understand versions on UHD and HD but I 50/50 on the HDR version. Not that important but why not state 'Theatrical Version' instead of just 'Movie'.
