Every finished film is really two films: the one audiences see, and the one left behind. Deleted scenes tend to be treated as minor footnotes, extra content for dedicated fans who buy the Blu-ray and ...

A deleted scene finally explains the blockbuster’s most mocked plot hole, making its infamous alien hacking twist far easier to accept.

Few movies have left such a mark on the sci-fi landscape as Alien and its sequels — and who knows what might have happened had these deleted scenes never hit the cutting room floor?

Deleted scenes are usually deleted for a reason. Sometimes they slow the pace, explain too much, or simply point the movie in a direction the director no longer wants to go. But every so often, a cut ...