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some story elements just don’t make it
to the silver screen welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 plot
points that were cut out of movies come
on guys we can go there we can get the
rich stuff for this list we’ll be
looking at plot details that were
entirely absent from a movie’s
theatrical cut ever see him would you
lower your voice people are mourning
here holy shit there they are come on
fine just whatever you do don’t
embarrass me from character revelations
to drastic plot turns proceeded number
10 the last dream would have been real
Brazil
Hollywood’s not exactly known for being
entirely cooperative but sometimes
things can get dicey take the production
of Terry Gilliam’s landmark satirical
film Brazil which was infamous for the
disputes Gilliam had with US distributor
Universal Pictures universals then
president and CEO Oh Sid Sheinberg
wanted the film to have a happy ending
involving the lead character Sam
escaping with his lover Jill
however Gilliam persisted in his
resistance to universals wishes and the
film’s intended bleak ending was
maintained after the studio agreed to
release a director supervisor modified
version he’s got away from his Jack
fade you’re right mr. Helpmann he’s gone
number nine explaining the t800
Terminator three rise of the machines
Cyberdyne it’s ancient history
at long last one clearly vital question
would have been answered why does the
Terminator look like an Austrian
bodybuilder in this third installment of
the Terminator series a scene was filmed
explaining why the titular human killing
machine
looked like Arnold Schwarzenegger I was
honored to be selected by CIS in the
ongoing effort to save American lives I
don’t know about that accent we can fix
it it turns out the Chief Master
Sergeant William candy played by
Schwarzenegger at his face scanned and
eventually used for future projects
alongside the deep voice of a corporate
executive while the reason the scene was
cut isn’t known we sense it would have
raised too many questions and was just
too laughably bad and just plain silly
mmm it’s me
number eight exit pride enter rogue
x-men Days of Future past
um rogue apparently removing entire
subplots is a valid option to consider
if fizzes to be believed Simon Kinberg
the writer of Days of Future past stated
that the popular mutant rogue was meant
to have a larger role in the proceedings
well that’s the point stupid otherwise
it wouldn’t be an adventure early drafts
of the script allegedly had rogue
intervening in the scene where fellow
mutant Kitty Pryde is stabbed by
Wolverine whatever you’ve done will take
hold and become history and for the rest
of us that’ll be the only history that
we know it’ll be like the last 50 years
never happened
rogue would use her power borrowing
ability on Kitty taking over the task of
keeping Wolverine in the past what if I
need to get a little rocky some peaceful
thoughts
peaceful thoughts you have any good news
alas it was not to be ken burgin company
felt rogue was unnecessary and modified
the script accordingly castles
fortunately the over 15 minutes of
unused footage that was shot with rogue
would later appear in an alternate
version of the film released as the
rogue cut in 2015 after seen it number 7
a blind but voiced monster Frankenstein
Meets The Wolfman
even in the early years of cinema key
details could get lost on the way to
opening night difficult to believe my
good man see that scar that’s where I
was bitten by a wolf such was the case
for this 1943 monster mashup the
original intent was for the film’s
version of Frankenstein’s monster to
speak and to be blind however when a
test audience reacted negatively to the
monster being voiced by Hungarian born
actor Bela Lugosi the studio and film
makers elected to simply cut most of the
monster scenes which meant context for
the beasts blind actions was also lost
it was a wild animal around here a few
years ago it killed people
number 6 attack of the octopus The
Goonies once in a blue moon truly weird
ideas almost find their way into films
in the case of The Goonies such an idea
came in the form of an octopus what
happened out there were your life’s in
danger
yonder which was boy killing Oh
which boy dangerous carry on us walking
offhandedly mentioned at the end of the
film this aquatic creature was
originally supposed to attack the
titular kids near one-eyed Willy’s lost
ship the octopus would harass group
members mouth and Steph before kid
genius data intervened with a walkman
cassette player for unspecified reasons
the entire scene was removed from the
film proper
number five Nick getting eaten honey i
shrunk the kids i shrunk the kids what
and the Thomson kids – they’re about
this big they’re in the backyard it’s
probably a good thing that this plot
point didn’t see the light of day while
the final cut of Honey I Shrunk the kids
gave everyone involved a happy ending
one potential alternate ending would
have taken the story in a darker
direction to the Thompsons and the
zelinsky’s and many more dinners
together in the scene where rick moranis
is character wayne is eating cereal that
his shrunken son nick has fallen into
the intent was to have Wayne
unintentionally each Nick we suspect
this may have been too grim for the
filmmakers to consider trying to keep
our eyes Cheerios the one with oat bran
number four Dante’s End clerks
jumpy
for such a classic film Kevin Smith’s
first outing might have ended on an
absolute downer that’s on such a down I
mean that’s what life is a series of
down endings an extended final scene was
filmed showing the main character Dante
being fatally shot by a robber Smith’s
thinking was that his film being
stylized in the vein of independent
films should include the death of a
vital character in its climax others
puzzled as you I’ve actually seen it
before in the end though Smith took the
advice of his mentors and cut out the
character’s death though this tragic
version of the film does appear as a
special feature on the tenth anniversary
special edition called clerks ex keep
cracking wise that’s why you’re
jockeying or registering some kind of
local convenience store instead of
working on a steady job number three no
escape for Cooper interstellar like an
prospects or the edge of what might
sustain human life talk about narrowly
avoiding a depressing outcome we must
confront the reality of interstellar
travel we must reach far beyond our own
lifespans at the climax of 2014’s
interstellar lone astronaut Cooper
enters a black hole and emerges in fifth
dimensional space Cooper attempts to
send vital data to his daughter on earth
and exit through the wormhole but in the
original draft of the script the story
ended with the hole collapsing because
the bulk beings are closing the
tesseract according to writer Jonathan
Nolan the intent was to have Cooper’s
sacrifice himself without knowing if the
data got through in time
whatever snare number to the machination
x’ of Ricky’s father American Beauty one
character’s demise might have been the
springboard for another character
suffering after murdering Lester Burnham
the homophobic colonel fits what have
set out to ensure his own survival it
said that a further 30 minutes of film
was planned and partially filmed
detailing the Colonel’s framing of his
son Ricky and Lester’s daughter Jane for
Lester’s murder using Ricky’s video
recordings as evidence of their guilt
since director Sam Mendes felt this plot
development would hurt the film we may
never know how it would have played out
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions that
guy yeah
Wow
no rice left
number one star killer and the Lars
family the Star Wars franchise all right
I’ll be right there aunt Beru I’m sorry
but he appears to have picked up a
slight flutter it’s amazing at times
that George Lucas’s original
groundbreaking Star Wars trilogy
succeeded as it did considering the
numerous script rewrites hey coming up
I’ll be right up there with you and if I
got stories to tell you throughout the
writing of episode four script for
instance Lucas was fixated on two names
Starkiller and Lars I’m never doing you
originally starting with the name Anakin
Starkiller which became Luke Starkiller
and then finally settling on Luke
Skywalker the movies hero also evolved
from being a retired general to a
teenage boy I am ready I bet I can be a
Jedi been televised right meanwhile Obon
and Beru Lars were supposed to have
children of their own and those children
were supposed to be the main focus of
the movie
in the end the original script for Star
Wars was divided into three parts and
reworked creating the Star Wars trilogy
we all know and love I’ll not leave you
here I’ve got to save you already
why do you agree with our list what cut
out plot points draw your attention for
more detail-oriented top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
preview of our upcoming product line
some story elements just don’t make it
to the silver screen welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 plot
points that were cut out of movies come
on guys we can go there we can get the
rich stuff for this list we’ll be
looking at plot details that were
entirely absent from a movie’s
theatrical cut ever see him would you
lower your voice people are mourning
here holy shit there they are come on
fine just whatever you do don’t
embarrass me from character revelations
to drastic plot turns proceeded number
10 the last dream would have been real
Brazil
Hollywood’s not exactly known for being
entirely cooperative but sometimes
things can get dicey take the production
of Terry Gilliam’s landmark satirical
film Brazil which was infamous for the
disputes Gilliam had with US distributor
Universal Pictures universals then
president and CEO Oh Sid Sheinberg
wanted the film to have a happy ending
involving the lead character Sam
escaping with his lover Jill
however Gilliam persisted in his
resistance to universals wishes and the
film’s intended bleak ending was
maintained after the studio agreed to
release a director supervisor modified
version he’s got away from his Jack
fade you’re right mr. Helpmann he’s gone
number nine explaining the t800
Terminator three rise of the machines
Cyberdyne it’s ancient history
at long last one clearly vital question
would have been answered why does the
Terminator look like an Austrian
bodybuilder in this third installment of
the Terminator series a scene was filmed
explaining why the titular human killing
machine
looked like Arnold Schwarzenegger I was
honored to be selected by CIS in the
ongoing effort to save American lives I
don’t know about that accent we can fix
it it turns out the Chief Master
Sergeant William candy played by
Schwarzenegger at his face scanned and
eventually used for future projects
alongside the deep voice of a corporate
executive while the reason the scene was
cut isn’t known we sense it would have
raised too many questions and was just
too laughably bad and just plain silly
mmm it’s me
number eight exit pride enter rogue
x-men Days of Future past
um rogue apparently removing entire
subplots is a valid option to consider
if fizzes to be believed Simon Kinberg
the writer of Days of Future past stated
that the popular mutant rogue was meant
to have a larger role in the proceedings
well that’s the point stupid otherwise
it wouldn’t be an adventure early drafts
of the script allegedly had rogue
intervening in the scene where fellow
mutant Kitty Pryde is stabbed by
Wolverine whatever you’ve done will take
hold and become history and for the rest
of us that’ll be the only history that
we know it’ll be like the last 50 years
never happened
rogue would use her power borrowing
ability on Kitty taking over the task of
keeping Wolverine in the past what if I
need to get a little rocky some peaceful
thoughts
peaceful thoughts you have any good news
alas it was not to be ken burgin company
felt rogue was unnecessary and modified
the script accordingly castles
fortunately the over 15 minutes of
unused footage that was shot with rogue
would later appear in an alternate
version of the film released as the
rogue cut in 2015 after seen it number 7
a blind but voiced monster Frankenstein
Meets The Wolfman
even in the early years of cinema key
details could get lost on the way to
opening night difficult to believe my
good man see that scar that’s where I
was bitten by a wolf such was the case
for this 1943 monster mashup the
original intent was for the film’s
version of Frankenstein’s monster to
speak and to be blind however when a
test audience reacted negatively to the
monster being voiced by Hungarian born
actor Bela Lugosi the studio and film
makers elected to simply cut most of the
monster scenes which meant context for
the beasts blind actions was also lost
it was a wild animal around here a few
years ago it killed people
number 6 attack of the octopus The
Goonies once in a blue moon truly weird
ideas almost find their way into films
in the case of The Goonies such an idea
came in the form of an octopus what
happened out there were your life’s in
danger
yonder which was boy killing Oh
which boy dangerous carry on us walking
offhandedly mentioned at the end of the
film this aquatic creature was
originally supposed to attack the
titular kids near one-eyed Willy’s lost
ship the octopus would harass group
members mouth and Steph before kid
genius data intervened with a walkman
cassette player for unspecified reasons
the entire scene was removed from the
film proper
number five Nick getting eaten honey i
shrunk the kids i shrunk the kids what
and the Thomson kids – they’re about
this big they’re in the backyard it’s
probably a good thing that this plot
point didn’t see the light of day while
the final cut of Honey I Shrunk the kids
gave everyone involved a happy ending
one potential alternate ending would
have taken the story in a darker
direction to the Thompsons and the
zelinsky’s and many more dinners
together in the scene where rick moranis
is character wayne is eating cereal that
his shrunken son nick has fallen into
the intent was to have Wayne
unintentionally each Nick we suspect
this may have been too grim for the
filmmakers to consider trying to keep
our eyes Cheerios the one with oat bran
number four Dante’s End clerks
jumpy
for such a classic film Kevin Smith’s
first outing might have ended on an
absolute downer that’s on such a down I
mean that’s what life is a series of
down endings an extended final scene was
filmed showing the main character Dante
being fatally shot by a robber Smith’s
thinking was that his film being
stylized in the vein of independent
films should include the death of a
vital character in its climax others
puzzled as you I’ve actually seen it
before in the end though Smith took the
advice of his mentors and cut out the
character’s death though this tragic
version of the film does appear as a
special feature on the tenth anniversary
special edition called clerks ex keep
cracking wise that’s why you’re
jockeying or registering some kind of
local convenience store instead of
working on a steady job number three no
escape for Cooper interstellar like an
prospects or the edge of what might
sustain human life talk about narrowly
avoiding a depressing outcome we must
confront the reality of interstellar
travel we must reach far beyond our own
lifespans at the climax of 2014’s
interstellar lone astronaut Cooper
enters a black hole and emerges in fifth
dimensional space Cooper attempts to
send vital data to his daughter on earth
and exit through the wormhole but in the
original draft of the script the story
ended with the hole collapsing because
the bulk beings are closing the
tesseract according to writer Jonathan
Nolan the intent was to have Cooper’s
sacrifice himself without knowing if the
data got through in time
whatever snare number to the machination
x’ of Ricky’s father American Beauty one
character’s demise might have been the
springboard for another character
suffering after murdering Lester Burnham
the homophobic colonel fits what have
set out to ensure his own survival it
said that a further 30 minutes of film
was planned and partially filmed
detailing the Colonel’s framing of his
son Ricky and Lester’s daughter Jane for
Lester’s murder using Ricky’s video
recordings as evidence of their guilt
since director Sam Mendes felt this plot
development would hurt the film we may
never know how it would have played out
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions that
guy yeah
Wow
no rice left
number one star killer and the Lars
family the Star Wars franchise all right
I’ll be right there aunt Beru I’m sorry
but he appears to have picked up a
slight flutter it’s amazing at times
that George Lucas’s original
groundbreaking Star Wars trilogy
succeeded as it did considering the
numerous script rewrites hey coming up
I’ll be right up there with you and if I
got stories to tell you throughout the
writing of episode four script for
instance Lucas was fixated on two names
Starkiller and Lars I’m never doing you
originally starting with the name Anakin
Starkiller which became Luke Starkiller
and then finally settling on Luke
Skywalker the movies hero also evolved
from being a retired general to a
teenage boy I am ready I bet I can be a
Jedi been televised right meanwhile Obon
and Beru Lars were supposed to have
children of their own and those children
were supposed to be the main focus of
the movie
in the end the original script for Star
Wars was divided into three parts and
reworked creating the Star Wars trilogy
we all know and love I’ll not leave you
here I’ve got to save you already
why do you agree with our list what cut
out plot points draw your attention for
more detail-oriented top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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