The Avengers (1998)

[TheBoss062]

Originally Posted by scaramunga

Try eBay. It’s going to be expensive though.

I would recommend the iTunes or other digital version for $9.99.

I sold all of my disc copies of the film over the past year.

Sadly, I prefer physical copies.

[oddbox83]

That'd be tragic if the unused elements no longer exist.

There's never gonna be a great movie in here, but there's definitely one that will make better sense and be more fun. I mean, I like the movie (sort of) as it stands. The leads are miscast but there's a lot of good (wacky) stuff in it.

[Shane Rollins]

Shout or Arrow getting it would be the best chance it has of getting the original footage restored.

WHV would probably not even do this one.

[CompleteCount]

Originally Posted by wanderingfins44

this movie had a lot of issues mostly due to the studio, but it really needs a better release.

The original edit certainly made a lot more sense (Emma Peel being de Wynter's niece, the Peel clone destroying the Prospero facility, the de Wynter knife-torture scene, et al) and there a number of reasons what fuelled the lack of confidence which saw it hacked down by nearly 40 minutes.

The most likely are the complete lack of chemistry between Fiennes and Thurman, Fiennes' association with The English Patient (which had American Oscar viewers tuning out in droves when it started sweeping the board), Thurman's leaden performance/dodgy accent and the fantastical/surreal nature of the plot.

Given how Warner Bros used to put destruction orders on unused elements after about 15 years, it's unlikely the original materials exist at all, let alone in good enough shape to stitch it back together.