Three Cuts for Malick's "New World"

By Garth Franklin {DarkHorizons.com} Source: {Aint It Cool News.com}

A scooper for Ain’t It Cool News.com caught a special screening last night of Terrence Malick's The New World in Massachusettes where one of the producers, Sarah Green, was in attendance. Green answered questions regarding the multiple cuts of this film and its eventual DVD release: I asked Green if it was true if Malick had cut a shorter version of the film for the nationwide release next Friday and she mentioned the following details. The version we saw is the 155 minute version that is presently playing in NY and LA.

She mentioned that this version "will always exist" but... Malick has trimmed this version and it will be this new cut that will be released when the film opens nationwide. She said that "none of the scenes were cut out, all the scenes are intact, but he did trim down scenes and made a tighter cut of the film." But, more importantly, she said New Line has agreed to release an extended cut of the film, even longer than the 155 minute cut, to DVD. Again, this was info straight from Producer Sarah Green. It's not as official as if it came from execs at New Line, but that's what she said, for what it is worth. She didn't confirm if the nationwide theatrical cut will be packaged with the extended cut or if New Line will drop the Extended Cut Super Special Edition (with flair!) some months after a bare bones DVD of the nationwide theatrical cut is released.”