Quentin Tarantino said he will release two separate versions of his upcoming Western film, "The Hateful Eight." The legendary director will release a director's cut version and a theatrical version of the film which stars Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Bruce Dern and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
Two weeks before "The Hateful Eight" hits theaters, Tarantino will release the director's cut version of the film which is longer than the theatrical version. The longer cut is from the movie's initial roadshow release, in which the film will tour and screen at about 100 theaters using the 70-mm format, reported Entertainment Weekly. Tarantino said that he was hoping to make the film a special cinematic event. The roadshow/director's cut version was said to be three hours and two minutes, which is six minutes longer than the theatrical cut.
Tarantino said certain sences in the roadshow version were tweaked to in order to give fans a different experience. The secnes will play in "big, long, cool, unblinking takes" to further take advantage of the scope of a 70-mm projection, Tarantino said, according to USA Today.
"The roadshow version has an overture and an intermission, and it will be three hours, two minutes," Tarantino told Variety. "The multiplex version is about six minutes shorter, not counting the intermission time, which is about 12 minutes."
The longer version of the film is the one Tarantino will submit for film critics and Academy voters and will play in crystal clear 70 mm.
"The 70 is the 70," he said. "You've paid the money. You've bought your ticket. So you're there. I've got you. But I actually changed the cutting slightly for a couple of the multiplex scenes because it's not that."
"The Hateful Eight" comes out on Jan. 8, 2016.
