Back in October, we pored over Cormac McCarthy‘s script for “The Counselor” and compared it to the theatrical cut of Ridley Scott‘s film—and there was a fair bit left on the cutting room floor. While we dug into The 5 Best Deleted Scenes from the movie, there is much more, and now you’re going to see it all.
20th Century Fox has announced that the Unrated Extended Cut of the movie will hit Blu-ray next month. So, how much longer will be it? According to Collider, the unrated cut runs 138 minutes long, roughly 20 minutes longer than than the 117 minute theatrical cut. And we’ll see what material makes it back in as there is something interesting stuff left out including more zaniness with Javier Bardem‘s Reiner, the fate of cheetahs, more Rosie Perez, extended sequences and more. (Again, check out our feature and no word yet if Cameron Diaz‘s original Rihanna-esque dialogue will be put back in).
This new cut will only be available on Blu-ray, with the theatrical version on DVD. Here’s Fox’s official release below, but note: the runtimes include the bonus features, so as awesome as a 3 hour 40 minute “The Counselor” sounds, that’s not happening.
“The Counselor” arrives on home video on February 11th.
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Extended Cut and Theatrical Version
| Street Date: | February 11, 2014 |
| Prebook Date: | January 8, 2014 |
| Screen Format: | Widescreen 2.40:1 |
| Audio: | English 5.1 DTS-HD-MA |
| Spanish 5.1 DTS | |
| French 5.1 DD | |
| Subtitles: | English / French / Spanish |
| Unrated Run Time: | 220 minutes |
| Theatrical Run Time: | 162 minutes |
| U.S. Rating: | R |
| Closed Captioned: | Yes |
| Street Date: | February 11, 2014 |
| Prebook Date: | January 8, 2014 |
| Screen Format: | Widescreen 2.40:1 |
| Audio: | English 5.1 DD |
| Spanish 2.0 Surround DD | |
| French 2.0 Surround DD | |
| Subtitles: | English / French / Spanish |
| Run Time: | 140 minutes |
| U.S. Rating: | R |
| Closed Captioned: | Yes |
