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I started on a KOTCS edit a while back and ended up boring myself with it at around the time they get to the Conquistador Tomb. I found it so boring that it actually made it difficult to drag up the will to continue editing KOTCS! (So I never started a work-in-progress thread since I thought I'd never finish it).
But after viewing njvc's excellent Raiders of the Lost Skull edit I realised what was wrong with KOTCS. Since njvc had skillfully removed all the offensive material like CGI goffers, Mutt doing the splits, the fridge, the CGI flying saucer etc, those irritations no longer distracted my eye. So I could finally see what was left with fresh eyes. It was clear that in the original cut, between Indy escaping Doom Town and the quicksand scene, there was 47 minutes of near solid exposition (With only the brief bike chase to break it up). It goes...
Exciting Roswell Chase / Sit in AirForce base explaining the plot / Sit in Indys home explaining the plot / Sit in Cafe explaining the plot / Exciting Bike Chase / Walk through market explaining the plot / Stand in cell explaining the plot / Explore tomb while explaning the plot / Tie Indy to chair while explaining the plot to him / Mildy Fun Quicksand Scene
... so if I could cut this portion of the movie back to it's barest minimum the film woud finally flow. After alot of thinking the obvious removals were 'The CIA debrief', 'Indy returning to college' and 'The Sanitorium'. The first and second scenes setup the unresolved McCarthyism subplot and introduce a roster of characters we never see again. The second only adds further layers of exposition to the already complicated Oxley backstory (In my edit, these and other minor trims account for 14 minutes of the excised footage alone). I completely scrapped my old edit and started again.
Changes include:
- Entire film recoloured/desaturated to be less cartoony
- All CGI Goffers removed
- Mutt's swordfight and vine-swinging retained but heavily recut
- Doom Town, Debriefing, University and Sanitorium scenes entirely removed
- All footage showing the beings as bug-eyed aliens removed (Plus flying saucer)
- Ends in Akator (Same as njvc's brilliant ending)
- Recut wedding moved to a 'Marvel Style' post credits sequence
- Probably a hundred other changes that I'm yet to fully list (Total = 30 minutes)
I know this is at least the 5th edit of KOTCS out there, so sue me. I think the removal of the 3 additional scenes and the retention of Mutt's heroics makes this unique. For me, Mutt needs those swashbuckling Errol Flynn moments to keep his character alive... he just doesn't need to do acrobatics accross two Jeeps and have a spiritual bond with a bunch of CGI monkeys. I'll get a full cutlist together soon.
This edit is done and uploaded and is available as a:
DVD-5: with motion menus and '14 minute Re-Edited Deleted Scenes Compilation' bonus feature
and
4GB 1280x720 mp4: with the same '14 minute Re-Edited Deleted Scenes Compilation' zipped along side
Here is the cover (Click to enlarge):
It's designed to match in with my old Indy DVD boxset:
Here is the opening 27 minutes:
and here is that recut post-credits Wedding scene (With Jim broadbent removed):
The implication is that the guy running at the start is Indy, late for his own wedding (And not broadbent). The reason I've put it post credits is because I think it's a nice end to the saga but a bad end to the film.
If you've got any questions/comments about the edit post below or hit me up with a PM.
But after viewing njvc's excellent Raiders of the Lost Skull edit I realised what was wrong with KOTCS. Since njvc had skillfully removed all the offensive material like CGI goffers, Mutt doing the splits, the fridge, the CGI flying saucer etc, those irritations no longer distracted my eye. So I could finally see what was left with fresh eyes. It was clear that in the original cut, between Indy escaping Doom Town and the quicksand scene, there was 47 minutes of near solid exposition (With only the brief bike chase to break it up). It goes...
Exciting Roswell Chase / Sit in AirForce base explaining the plot / Sit in Indys home explaining the plot / Sit in Cafe explaining the plot / Exciting Bike Chase / Walk through market explaining the plot / Stand in cell explaining the plot / Explore tomb while explaning the plot / Tie Indy to chair while explaining the plot to him / Mildy Fun Quicksand Scene
... so if I could cut this portion of the movie back to it's barest minimum the film woud finally flow. After alot of thinking the obvious removals were 'The CIA debrief', 'Indy returning to college' and 'The Sanitorium'. The first and second scenes setup the unresolved McCarthyism subplot and introduce a roster of characters we never see again. The second only adds further layers of exposition to the already complicated Oxley backstory (In my edit, these and other minor trims account for 14 minutes of the excised footage alone). I completely scrapped my old edit and started again.
Changes include:
- Entire film recoloured/desaturated to be less cartoony
- All CGI Goffers removed
- Mutt's swordfight and vine-swinging retained but heavily recut
- Doom Town, Debriefing, University and Sanitorium scenes entirely removed
- All footage showing the beings as bug-eyed aliens removed (Plus flying saucer)
- Ends in Akator (Same as njvc's brilliant ending)
- Recut wedding moved to a 'Marvel Style' post credits sequence
- Probably a hundred other changes that I'm yet to fully list (Total = 30 minutes)
I know this is at least the 5th edit of KOTCS out there, so sue me. I think the removal of the 3 additional scenes and the retention of Mutt's heroics makes this unique. For me, Mutt needs those swashbuckling Errol Flynn moments to keep his character alive... he just doesn't need to do acrobatics accross two Jeeps and have a spiritual bond with a bunch of CGI monkeys. I'll get a full cutlist together soon.
This edit is done and uploaded and is available as a:
DVD-5: with motion menus and '14 minute Re-Edited Deleted Scenes Compilation' bonus feature
and
4GB 1280x720 mp4: with the same '14 minute Re-Edited Deleted Scenes Compilation' zipped along side
Here is the cover (Click to enlarge):
It's designed to match in with my old Indy DVD boxset:
Here is the opening 27 minutes:
and here is that recut post-credits Wedding scene (With Jim broadbent removed):
The implication is that the guy running at the start is Indy, late for his own wedding (And not broadbent). The reason I've put it post credits is because I think it's a nice end to the saga but a bad end to the film.
If you've got any questions/comments about the edit post below or hit me up with a PM.