# Films that that had added footage AFTER completion

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**Created:** [August 23, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-that-had-added-footage-after-completion/988973 "2023-08-23T13:23:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-that-had-added-footage-after-completion/988973/55 "2023-08-26T21:25:42Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > Kubrick re-edited _2001: A Space Odyssey_ pretty aggressively after underwhelming preview screenings in Washington, DC and NYC, cutting IIRC almost a fifth of the original version.
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> I don’t think I’ve ever heard that before. Is there any information on what was in the deleted scenes? Kubrick being Kubrick, I assume the footage does not still exist.

See here: [2001: A Space Odyssey - #126 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2001-a-space-odyssey/472997/126). I see I misremembered: he cut about 12%, not 20%. And yes, I believe it’s now lost footage. I highly recommend that book, _Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece_ by Michael Benson.

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