Michael Mann

[Stefan Andersson]

Manhunter Final Cut, 4K, 120 mins:
"we’ve carefully remastered the film to vividly deliver all the mood and intensity of those images – all heightened with 5.1 surround sound audio sourced from the original 35mm masters."
https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/ac ... rogrammes/
https://www.academymuseum.org/programs/ ... 38732fe7b0

[Zot!]

Manhunter Final Cut, 4K, 120 mins:
"we’ve carefully remastered the film to vividly deliver all the mood and intensity of those images – all heightened with 5.1 surround sound audio sourced from the original 35mm masters."
https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/ac ... rogrammes/
https://www.academymuseum.org/programs/ ... 38732fe7b0

So for those keeping score...we've got the Theatrical Cut (120 mins), the Director's Cut (124 mins), the Director's Restored Edition (124 mins), and now this "Final" Cut (120 mins). I don't know what Mann is still futzing about with, but I hope we might still get the Theatrical in 4K included on a disc and close the book on this. He's spent decades messing around with extra footage sourced from VHS tapes (If I remember correctly it even has the Time Code burned in). Why doesn't he try to re-edit one of his shitty movies instead, this one was already great.

[beamish14]

Manhunter Final Cut, 4K, 120 mins:
"we’ve carefully remastered the film to vividly deliver all the mood and intensity of those images – all heightened with 5.1 surround sound audio sourced from the original 35mm masters."
https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/ac ... rogrammes/
https://www.academymuseum.org/programs/ ... 38732fe7b0

So for those keeping score...we've got the Theatrical Cut (120 mins), the Director's Cut (124 mins), the Director's Restored Edition (124 mins), and now this "Final" Cut (120 mins). I don't know what Mann is still futzing about with, but I hope we might still get the Theatrical in 4K included on a disc and close the book on this. He's spent decades messing around with extra footage sourced from VHS tapes (If I remember correctly it even has the Time Code burned in). Why doesn't he try to re-edit one of his shitty movies instead, this one was already great.

I truly detest the Director’s Cut. The climactic shoot-out is impossible to follow with the cuts he made, and it removes a really beautiful shot of Graham going into an elevator in his Atlanta hotel

[chrisandy007]

Manhunter Final Cut, 4K, 120 mins:
"we’ve carefully remastered the film to vividly deliver all the mood and intensity of those images – all heightened with 5.1 surround sound audio sourced from the original 35mm masters."
https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/ac ... rogrammes/
https://www.academymuseum.org/programs/ ... 38732fe7b0

So for those keeping score...we've got the Theatrical Cut (120 mins), the Director's Cut (124 mins), the Director's Restored Edition (124 mins), and now this "Final" Cut (120 mins). I don't know what Mann is still futzing about with, but I hope we might still get the Theatrical in 4K included on a disc and close the book on this. He's spent decades messing around with extra footage sourced from VHS tapes (If I remember correctly it even has the Time Code burned in). Why doesn't he try to re-edit one of his shitty movies instead, this one was already great.

Completely missed these details - thank you for sharing.

[Finch]

Is there any Director's Cut of Mann's that is preferred to the theatrical, outside of Blackhat?

[beamish14]

Is there any Director's Cut of Mann's that is preferred to the theatrical, outside of Blackhat?

Maybe Ali, but the theatrical cut is fantastic.

Speaking of said film, it’s bizarre that the wonderful score never got a commercial release

[flyonthewall2983]

The issue of his soundtracks almost mirrors some of the stuff about home video releases. The Heat soundtrack emphasizes the needle drops mixed in with some of Elliot Goldenthal’s major themes, but his entire score for it has never been released officially. The end titles he composed for it was repurposed for the following years Michael Collins.

The soundtracks for the films he did after this up to Public Enemies tended to follow in the same way, causing some disappointment certain cues were missing. Ironically one of the motifs in Public Enemies was the cue set to the climax of Heat, a sparse but tense string melody.