The Director's Cut of Alien is an alternate version of the 1979 film, released theatrically in 2003. Contrary to the vast majority of so-called "director's cuts", it is actually a shortened version of the movie, decreasing the run time by around a minute. It features several alternate scenes not included in the original theatrical version, including the infamous "Eggmorphing" scene. Its creation was overseen by Alien director Ridley Scott.
Overview
In 2003, 20th Century Fox was preparing the Alien Quadrilogy DVD box set, which would include the four theatrical films from the Alien franchise. In addition, Fox also wanted to include alternate versions of each of the films in the form of "special editions" and "director's cuts" (possibly influenced by the pre-existing Special Edition of Aliens). Fox approached Ridley Scott to digitally restore and remaster Alien for the set, and to also reinstate several scenes that had been cut during the editing process for inclusion in an expanded version of the film.
Upon completion of this process, Scott felt that the movie was too long and chose to recut it into a more streamlined alternate version.
"Upon viewing the proposed expanded version of the film, I felt that the cut was simply too long and the pacing completely thrown off. After all, I cut those scenes out for a reason back in 1979. However, in the interest of giving the fans a new experience with Alien, I figured there had to be an appropriate middle ground. I chose to go in and recut that proposed long version into a more streamlined and polished alternate version of the film. For marketing purposes, this version is being called "The Director's Cut"."
―Ridley Scott on editing the Director's Cut[1]
Fox elected to release the Director's Cut theatrically, and it premiered on October 29, 2003.[2] Despite its name, the alternate cut of the film is not technically a director's cut in the traditional sense of the phrase, as Scott still considers the original theatrical release to be his preferred version, as mentioned on the Quadrilogy DVD itself (and subsequent home video releases).[3]
"The traditional definition of the term "director's cut" suggests the restoration of a director's original vision, free of any creative limitations. It suggests that the filmmaker has finally overcome the interference of heavy-handed studio executives, and that the film has been restored to its original, untampered form. Such is not the case with Alien: The Director's Cut. It's a completely different beast."
―Ridley Scott[1]
Scott has stated that he was very pleased with the original theatrical cut of Alien, saying that, "For all intents and purposes, I felt that the original cut of Alien was perfect. I still feel that way", and that the original 1979 theatrical version "remains my version of choice".[1] He has since stated that he considers both versions "director's cuts", as he feels that the 1979 version was the best he could possibly have made it at the time.
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