# Movies unavailable for purchase on DVD, VHS, etc.

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**Created:** [October 31, 2013, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-unavailable-for-purchase-on-dvd-vhs-etc/672720 "2013-10-31T04:51:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-unavailable-for-purchase-on-dvd-vhs-etc/672720/13 "2013-10-31T14:43:18Z")

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> [@shijinn](#):
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> **Big** , the one with the alternate ending.

Is this a woosh? This has already been discussed to death.

From one of the [earlier threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10019351):

> [@What happened to the alternate ending to Big?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-alternate-ending-to-big/456801/56):
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> There was no alternate ending to Big. We established this already.
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> The ending of the Disney made-for-TV rip-off of Big made no sense, but the beginning and middle was pretty sucky too. The character didn’t become an adult overnight by some behind the scenes mysterious magic, he jumped into a device that made vegetables bigger.

From an even [earlier thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=109762):

> [@Anyone else remember the alternate ending to "Big"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-remember-the-alternate-ending-to-big/103864/169):
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> It’s surprising that the alternate ending isn’t mentioned by the director in her autobiography (which of course discusses her ‘big’ hit), isn’t on the extended edition DVD (which does have other deleted scenes), and that the actress who played young Susan isn’t talking about her brush with greatness. It’s also somewhat odd that Disney copied the alternate ending for “14 Going on 30” without complaints from the writers or producers of “Big.”

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