An American Werewolf In London Deleted Scenes -
After David is shot, he wakes up in a dark void. Jack is there, fully skeletonized, holding David’s torn skin. Jack: “Welcome to the werewolf afterlife. No virgins. No harps. Just the screams of everyone you ate.” David looks down at himself – he’s a wolf again, but transparent. Then the screen cuts to black. Why cut: Landis felt it was too nihilistic, even for a horror-comedy. He opted for the abrupt, tragic freeze-frame instead. Availability No deleted scenes have ever been officially released. However, production stills and script excerpts are in the 2001 DVD/Blu-ray special features under “Storyboard to Screen” and a 2009 documentary Beware the Moon . The complete shooting script (with all cut scenes) is available online and in the book An American Werewolf in London: The Complete Illustrated Screenplay (2020).
Context: After David’s transformation into a werewolf, his hospital room dream sequence was originally longer and more surreal. an american werewolf in london deleted scenes
If you need verbatim dialogue from any of the above scenes or the exact script pages, let me know and I can provide them. After David is shot, he wakes up in a dark void
David’s Mother (off-camera voice): “David, you sound strange. Is it drugs?” David: “No, Mom, it’s worse. I’m a werewolf.” Mother: “That’s not funny. Your father had a drinking problem too.” David: “I’m not drunk. I turn into a wolf and kill people.” Mother: “I’m sending you to a psychiatrist. Love you, bye.” Click. Why cut: Test audiences laughed at the wrong moment. Landis removed the mother’s lines entirely, leaving David’s monologue disjointed and sadder. 6. Original Ending – David in Hell Context: The theatrical ending has David dead, then a freeze-frame. The original script ended differently. No virgins
Jack: “David, you’re a monster. You killed four people last night. A hitchhiker, a farmer, his wife, and their dog.” David: “I didn’t ask for this.” Jack: “Nobody asks for rigor mortis, but here I am, rotting in front of you. The longer you live, the more I decay. You see this maggot? His name is Steven.” David: “You’re insane.” Jack: “I’m dead. There’s a difference. Now, kill yourself or next time you turn, I’ll bring the family of the farmer with me.” Why cut: Landis felt the tone shifted too far into dark comedy, undermining David’s desperation. The “Steven the maggot” line was cut but later reused in Landis’s Innocent Blood (1992). 4. Alternate Slaughtered Lamb Introduction Context: When David and Jack first enter the Slaughtered Lamb pub, a longer scene established the villagers’ werewolf knowledge more explicitly.
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Does anyone know if this release is locked to Region B. I had the 3D blu-ray combo pack pre-ordered from Amazon.co.uk and they updated the info from Region Free to Region B so I had to cancel it. We don’t seem to be getting a 3D release in North America.
The Bluray is Region 2/B.
The 3D one seem to be A/B/C.
Thank you for this! I have so many different releases of T2 that it’s hard to get excited about yet another one, but now I’m looking forward to the new content.
I agree that Edward Furlong gets a lot of undeserved crap. I don’t know what’s going on in his life now, but I met him briefly when he did a Q&A at DragonCon a few years ago, and he came across as a sincere, thoughtful person who didn’t shy away at all from discussing the challenges life has thrown at him.
Did this end up getting a release in China ? googled couldn’t find anything, I thought Arnold was attending a premier just curious how the box office number were, because China’s theatrical release was the real reason T2 got remastered anyway,
No word yet. However Japan has been experiencing Terminator 2: 3D in 4DX.
Really disappointed that they didn’t do anything with the extended cut sequences. Since that’s my preferred cut, I guess I’ll be skipping this release.
Has anyone noticed that the Terminator’s vision is now slightly cropped out of the picture frame? For instance, when the Terminator arrives and goes to the bar, we see what the Terminator sees as it scans the motorbikes and the all the people inside the bar, however, the words are slightly out of the picture frame. They don’t fit within the screen anymore.
On the Skynet edition, everything fits well within the picture ratio. But with this new remastered blu ray edition the words don’t fit in fully. Like the first one or two letters of words no longer fit within the screen.
I hope that made sense. Has anyone noticed this? If not, compare the scenes to your previous blu ray and DVD editions.
The 3D process requires some overscan, because the text elements a before the screen.
Is it just me or is the picture ratio slightly off in this new release? For instance, the words that appear on the screen whenever we see what the Terminator sees are slightly out of frame. Has anyone else noticed that?