Admittedly when 54
-- the risqué ensemble drama about the Studio 54 starring Ryan Phillippe, Mike
Myers and Salma Hayek -- came out in 1998, it was a flop. Opening to poor
reviews and ultimately landing at 13 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, the film only
made $16.8 million at the box office and earned Razzie Award nominations for
Phillippe and co-star Ellen Albertini Dow.
In the 17 years since, 54
has become something of a cult classic despite the 44 minutes director Mark
Christopher was forced to cut and 30 new minutes of reshoots added to the
theatrical release. VHS bootleg versions of the extended cut circulated among
film buffs and petitions to get Miramax to release to get Christopher’s version
appeared online.
“I’ve never seen this kind of editing and reshooting on another film I’ve done,” Phillippe told Vulture. “The characters were fundamentally changed in a way that wasn’t true to the original script. Not even close.”

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