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The Last of the Mohicans: Hybrid Cut (Second Version)
(This edit replaces the previous Extended Edition Fanedit as it is an entirely new approach to the edit and does not simply insert deleted footage)
tagline: More feathers in your war-bonnet!
original film name: The Last of the Mohicans
new film name : The Last of the Mohicans: Hybrid Cut
original film studio name : Morgan Creek, Twentieth Century-Fox
edit crew name : Captain Khajiit
Date Original Film Was Released : 1992
Date Edit Was Released on FE : December 2010
Original Runtime : 112 min (theatrical) 117 min (Director's Expanded Edition) 114 min (Director's Definitive Cut)
New Runtime : 117 min
Amount of time cut/added : depends on the cut you compare it to, but approximately five minutes are added to the theatrical version
Cuts removed/added/extended : see below
Fanedit details : NTSC anamorphic widescreen SL DVD with AC-3 5.1 48 kHz 484 kbps audio
Intention for this fanedit: to balance the larger-than-life drama of
the theatrical cut of The Last of the Mohicans with the more serious
historical side to the film that was emphasised in the Director's Expanded
Edition and the Director's Definitive Cut.
Software used:
* DVD Fab HD Decrypter
* DGIndex
* DGAVCDec
* PGCDemux
* Photoshop 7
* Avisynth 2.5.8
* Womble MPEG Video Wizard DVD
* eac3to
* HeadAc3he
* Virtualdubmod
* HC Encoder 0.25
* DVD Lab Pro
* Tsmuxer
Time needed for the edition: about eight weeks
persons involved: one; however, thanks must be given to a number of people: Rogue-TheX for support and cover art, Throwgncpr for being willing to help, and jagabo, manono and poisondeathray for technical advice.
How intention was achieved: SPOILERS ahead!
Cutlist
-added Hybrid Cut title and faneditor's credit without disturbing the original title sequence
-extended approach to Cameron's cabin with theatrical takes used at various points
-The line that was missing from the raising of the County Levy in the DEE is present.
-I used the theatrical approach to Albany as it shows more of the bridge, which I like.
-DDC version of Major Heyward's meeting with Webb (with the significant extra line of dialogue at the beginning and superior take of Webb's line about loyal American subjects)
-Uncas' line "Find yourself a musket" is not restored. It makes Heyward seem more capable if he thinks of this himself. He is a professional soldier, trained in the European school of warfare, who is unaccustomed to warfare in the Americas, but he can still improvise.
-Hawkeye's "Clear it up any?" line is not restored in the default audio mix. The line made it seem as if Hawkeye was insulting the Major's intelligence without, as yet, any reason to do so; without the line, the disagreement between the two men seems one of mindset, which allows the potential for the two men, eventually, to achieve a respect for each other.
-Theatrical version of Hawkeye and Cora's conversation about the decision not to bury the Camerons. (The DDC deleted Cora's cry of "What?"; the DEE deleted the "breed apart" dialogue.)
-extended siege of Fort William Henry
-I restored Hawkeye's line, "Just dropped by to see how you boys is doin'" on entering the fort because I like the bravado.
-The footage of the children in the French camp singing out of time with the music is not present, and the first conversation between Magau and Montcalm follows the DDE.
-Hawkeye's "I think one day you and I are gonna have a serious disagreement" line at the fort is present.
-Major Heyward's diversion is back.
-Cora's says, "The whole world's on fire," as she does in the DDC, not, "The whole world's on fire, isn't it?" as she does in the theatrical cut. Both versions of this line work, but I prefer the shorter one.
-The full extended version of the parley scene is present, including the line about one British officer helping another. The latter was an annoying deletion from the DEE, in my view, as the other officers are obviously looking to Munro for a comment that never comes, and to cut to Heyward's line seems unnatural.
-The extended dialogue in the conversation between Magua and Montcalm after the Parley is present, with "Le Subtil" not "Magua", to match lip movements.
-The footage of the French entering the fort has not been used: I think the footage looks rough and there is some junk piled up on the left that looks, well, odd.
-I have removed the assistant director with the megaphone and the baseball cap out of one shot by zooming it slightly. Unfortunately, fixing other goofs is beyond me at present.
-The extra shots of redcoats and Huron fighting in the battle in the forest are retained, as is the DDC'c cut from Magua to the column before he begins yelling. (This was a good idea on Michael Mann's part.)
-Added Cora's missing lines at the waterfall, as the attempts that Mann made to cut this sequence, although interesting, left one feeling that something was missing.
-Hawkeye's line to the Major on the lake has not been restored. This might be unpopular, but with the line it seems as if Hawkeye has shamed Heyward into not shooting; without it, he appears to make his own decision. This builds his character and makes his decision to sacrifice himself later on more plausible. It also links nicely to the earlier scene in which Hawkeye tells Heyward, "In case your aim's any better than your judgment," because Heyward now shows his characer by making the correct judgment (without Hawkeye's cajoling).
-The extra canoe chase footage is present.
-In the default audio mix, the Clannad theme without English lyrics plays over the chase sequence with the new sunset shots, as in the DDC. On reflection, I like the sunset shots, and the song conveys the appropriate mood and feelings without the English lyrics spelling them out.
-The DDC cut the scene in the Huron village and Great Sachem's speech into two parts and, awkwardly, deleted Hawkeye's line: "[would Huron] kill every man, woman and child of their enemy?" The reason for the re-ordering escapes me, as it diminishes the impact of Great Sachem's speech. The original sequence of events has been recreated by recutting the Blu-ray footage and adding some better quality shots from the DEE. This is not a complete restoration of the theatrical sequence, as some shots differ slightly, but the effect is the same. The brief new shots of the Huron gathering in the village have been retained.
-The Blu-ray's darker, richer color palette has been used, as the faneditor prefers it. Shots from the two previous cuts have been color corrected to match it. The color fluctuations have been removed from the film.
-The audio mixes on the DDC and DEE had high dynamic ranges, which pleased audio enthusiasts, but irritated many others who had to scramble for their remotes. An attempt has been made to keep the volume level from fluctuating too much throughout the film, and a limited amount of dynamic range compression has been applied.
-The extra shots of Cora and Hawkeye walking backwards out of the Huron village are not present. They were nice, but they slowed down the sequence.
-Major Heyward's second scream, just before his death, has not been restored, in the default audio mix. On reflection, this makes Heyward stoic and more like Hawkeye than he first appears: Hawkeye's two yells as he raced to save Cora in the second forest ambush have always been muted, so now there is a nice parallel between Hawkeye and Heyward. Without Hawkeye's quip to Heyward on the lake, the moment near the end in which Hawkeye hesitates before shooting Heyward seems somehow more poignant.
-The new sound of Magua's knife as he cuts Uncas' throat is used. I like the original sound, but the new sound is "nastier" and makes the slaying of Uncas seem more brutal.
-Chingachgook's war-club is shown impaling Magua throught the back
-The footage of Hawkeye comforting Cora after Alice's death is present.
-The theatrical ending is back. I like Chingachgook's long speech at the end just as much, but this is unpopular, and there is something fitting about ending the film with the phrase, "Last of the Mohicans".
An alternate "purist" audio mix is included in the download, with instructions as to how to rip and replace the default audio mix. The alternate mix differs from the default audio mix in the following ways:
-Hawkeye's line, "Clear it up any?" has been restored.
-Cora now says, "The whole world's on fire, isn't it?" as she did in the theatrical cut, rather than just "The whole world's on fire," as she does in the DDC.
-The English lyrics are present in the Clannad song.
-Major Heyward's missing second scream has been put back.
-The original sound of Magua's knife cutting Uncas' throat has been restored.
(This edit replaces the previous Extended Edition Fanedit as it is an entirely new approach to the edit and does not simply insert deleted footage)
tagline: More feathers in your war-bonnet!
original film name: The Last of the Mohicans
new film name : The Last of the Mohicans: Hybrid Cut
original film studio name : Morgan Creek, Twentieth Century-Fox
edit crew name : Captain Khajiit
Date Original Film Was Released : 1992
Date Edit Was Released on FE : December 2010
Original Runtime : 112 min (theatrical) 117 min (Director's Expanded Edition) 114 min (Director's Definitive Cut)
New Runtime : 117 min
Amount of time cut/added : depends on the cut you compare it to, but approximately five minutes are added to the theatrical version
Cuts removed/added/extended : see below
Fanedit details : NTSC anamorphic widescreen SL DVD with AC-3 5.1 48 kHz 484 kbps audio
Intention for this fanedit: to balance the larger-than-life drama of
the theatrical cut of The Last of the Mohicans with the more serious
historical side to the film that was emphasised in the Director's Expanded
Edition and the Director's Definitive Cut.
Software used:
* DVD Fab HD Decrypter
* DGIndex
* DGAVCDec
* PGCDemux
* Photoshop 7
* Avisynth 2.5.8
* Womble MPEG Video Wizard DVD
* eac3to
* HeadAc3he
* Virtualdubmod
* HC Encoder 0.25
* DVD Lab Pro
* Tsmuxer
Time needed for the edition: about eight weeks
persons involved: one; however, thanks must be given to a number of people: Rogue-TheX for support and cover art, Throwgncpr for being willing to help, and jagabo, manono and poisondeathray for technical advice.
How intention was achieved: SPOILERS ahead!
Cutlist
-added Hybrid Cut title and faneditor's credit without disturbing the original title sequence
-extended approach to Cameron's cabin with theatrical takes used at various points
-The line that was missing from the raising of the County Levy in the DEE is present.
-I used the theatrical approach to Albany as it shows more of the bridge, which I like.
-DDC version of Major Heyward's meeting with Webb (with the significant extra line of dialogue at the beginning and superior take of Webb's line about loyal American subjects)
-Uncas' line "Find yourself a musket" is not restored. It makes Heyward seem more capable if he thinks of this himself. He is a professional soldier, trained in the European school of warfare, who is unaccustomed to warfare in the Americas, but he can still improvise.
-Hawkeye's "Clear it up any?" line is not restored in the default audio mix. The line made it seem as if Hawkeye was insulting the Major's intelligence without, as yet, any reason to do so; without the line, the disagreement between the two men seems one of mindset, which allows the potential for the two men, eventually, to achieve a respect for each other.
-Theatrical version of Hawkeye and Cora's conversation about the decision not to bury the Camerons. (The DDC deleted Cora's cry of "What?"; the DEE deleted the "breed apart" dialogue.)
-extended siege of Fort William Henry
-I restored Hawkeye's line, "Just dropped by to see how you boys is doin'" on entering the fort because I like the bravado.
-The footage of the children in the French camp singing out of time with the music is not present, and the first conversation between Magau and Montcalm follows the DDE.
-Hawkeye's "I think one day you and I are gonna have a serious disagreement" line at the fort is present.
-Major Heyward's diversion is back.
-Cora's says, "The whole world's on fire," as she does in the DDC, not, "The whole world's on fire, isn't it?" as she does in the theatrical cut. Both versions of this line work, but I prefer the shorter one.
-The full extended version of the parley scene is present, including the line about one British officer helping another. The latter was an annoying deletion from the DEE, in my view, as the other officers are obviously looking to Munro for a comment that never comes, and to cut to Heyward's line seems unnatural.
-The extended dialogue in the conversation between Magua and Montcalm after the Parley is present, with "Le Subtil" not "Magua", to match lip movements.
-The footage of the French entering the fort has not been used: I think the footage looks rough and there is some junk piled up on the left that looks, well, odd.
-I have removed the assistant director with the megaphone and the baseball cap out of one shot by zooming it slightly. Unfortunately, fixing other goofs is beyond me at present.
-The extra shots of redcoats and Huron fighting in the battle in the forest are retained, as is the DDC'c cut from Magua to the column before he begins yelling. (This was a good idea on Michael Mann's part.)
-Added Cora's missing lines at the waterfall, as the attempts that Mann made to cut this sequence, although interesting, left one feeling that something was missing.
-Hawkeye's line to the Major on the lake has not been restored. This might be unpopular, but with the line it seems as if Hawkeye has shamed Heyward into not shooting; without it, he appears to make his own decision. This builds his character and makes his decision to sacrifice himself later on more plausible. It also links nicely to the earlier scene in which Hawkeye tells Heyward, "In case your aim's any better than your judgment," because Heyward now shows his characer by making the correct judgment (without Hawkeye's cajoling).
-The extra canoe chase footage is present.
-In the default audio mix, the Clannad theme without English lyrics plays over the chase sequence with the new sunset shots, as in the DDC. On reflection, I like the sunset shots, and the song conveys the appropriate mood and feelings without the English lyrics spelling them out.
-The DDC cut the scene in the Huron village and Great Sachem's speech into two parts and, awkwardly, deleted Hawkeye's line: "[would Huron] kill every man, woman and child of their enemy?" The reason for the re-ordering escapes me, as it diminishes the impact of Great Sachem's speech. The original sequence of events has been recreated by recutting the Blu-ray footage and adding some better quality shots from the DEE. This is not a complete restoration of the theatrical sequence, as some shots differ slightly, but the effect is the same. The brief new shots of the Huron gathering in the village have been retained.
-The Blu-ray's darker, richer color palette has been used, as the faneditor prefers it. Shots from the two previous cuts have been color corrected to match it. The color fluctuations have been removed from the film.
-The audio mixes on the DDC and DEE had high dynamic ranges, which pleased audio enthusiasts, but irritated many others who had to scramble for their remotes. An attempt has been made to keep the volume level from fluctuating too much throughout the film, and a limited amount of dynamic range compression has been applied.
-The extra shots of Cora and Hawkeye walking backwards out of the Huron village are not present. They were nice, but they slowed down the sequence.
-Major Heyward's second scream, just before his death, has not been restored, in the default audio mix. On reflection, this makes Heyward stoic and more like Hawkeye than he first appears: Hawkeye's two yells as he raced to save Cora in the second forest ambush have always been muted, so now there is a nice parallel between Hawkeye and Heyward. Without Hawkeye's quip to Heyward on the lake, the moment near the end in which Hawkeye hesitates before shooting Heyward seems somehow more poignant.
-The new sound of Magua's knife as he cuts Uncas' throat is used. I like the original sound, but the new sound is "nastier" and makes the slaying of Uncas seem more brutal.
-Chingachgook's war-club is shown impaling Magua throught the back
-The footage of Hawkeye comforting Cora after Alice's death is present.
-The theatrical ending is back. I like Chingachgook's long speech at the end just as much, but this is unpopular, and there is something fitting about ending the film with the phrase, "Last of the Mohicans".
An alternate "purist" audio mix is included in the download, with instructions as to how to rip and replace the default audio mix. The alternate mix differs from the default audio mix in the following ways:
-Hawkeye's line, "Clear it up any?" has been restored.
-Cora now says, "The whole world's on fire, isn't it?" as she did in the theatrical cut, rather than just "The whole world's on fire," as she does in the DDC.
-The English lyrics are present in the Clannad song.
-Major Heyward's missing second scream has been put back.
-The original sound of Magua's knife cutting Uncas' throat has been restored.
