Production of Sam Peckinpah’s Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid was plagued with problems that boil down to studio interference due to the directors alcoholism. Today, it is quite clear that this film had the possibility to be Peckinpah’s ultimate masterpiece.
The Blues Brothers is considered by fans to be a classic comedy, and come to think of it, almost all comedies are thought by someone to be a classic. But not every comedy is likely to be titled a “Catholic classic” by the Vatican.
The lackluster Reindeer Games was slammed by critics and audiences alike when it was originally released in theaters in 2000. It was the last film that the legendary John Frankenheimer directed and only a year before he died a director’s of the film was released on DVD.
The cyber terrorism film Blackhat is Michael Mann’s lowest grossing film in the US since The Keep in 1983. Not only did it tank at the box office but it also received bad reviews from critics, so it was only a matter of time when a director’s cut of the film would surface.
The Terminator was true to his words when he said he’d be back – He returned seven years later with a bang in 1991.
The highly anticipated director’s cut of the cult musical Little Shop of Horrors finally saw the light of day in 2012 when it was released on Blu-ray.
